Lettuce - Iceberg

Type: Vegetable

Rotation Group: 0, No rotation needed


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WEBBS WONDERFUL

A favourite Iceberg type lettuce that is easy to grow. This crisp and tender lettuce produces large, solid crunchy hearts with a good flavour. Slow to bolt even in hot weather and reliably performs all summer long.
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BARCELONA

The large, succulent heads of this premium quality iceberg lettuce have strong resistance to tipburn, green lettuce aphid and all known races of downy mildew. Its flavour is equally impressive!
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SOLEISON

Not only is this one of the most naturally healthy lettuces we know, but it produces impressive, dense hearts even with the minimum of attention. This home-grown 'iceberg' has a real lettuce flavour to complement its superbly succulent and crisp texture.
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ICEBURG 2

Produces large, solid, crunchy heads which are the base of all good salads. Iceburg 2 has large slightly open hearts with crisp leaves tinged red on the edge. Sow spring and early summer.

Site, Soil and Preparation

Grow lettuces in full sun in moisture-retentive soil. Early and late sowings may need protection against cold, using cloches, plastic tunnels or horticultural fleece. Prepare the ground for your Lettuce seed sowing, removing weeds, fork in organic matter or well-rotted manure. Consolidating and raking a nice fine seedbed.

Indoor Sowing

Alternatively, start lettuce off in trays of individual cells or a cell propagator. Always use a decent peat-free compost.

Outdoor Sowing

Sow seeds thinly, 13mm (1/2in) deep, in rows 30cm (1ft) apart. Sow a short row every fortnight to ensure continuity of cropping.

Thinning

Thin seedlings as soon as the first true leaves appear and continue until the plants are 30cm (1ft) apart. The seedlings you thin out can be added to salads.

Transplanting

Indoor sown lettuce seed can be transplanted once large enough to handle.

Care

Watering regularly particularly in dry conditions, a regular liquid feed will be beneficial and always check for the dreaded slugs and snails.

Harvest

You can harvest lettuces from late spring through to winter, if sown regularly using suitable seasonal varieties. Whole lettuces are ready to harvest when a firm heart has formed - cut through the stem at the base.