Salanova
Crispy Red lettuce
Product information
€ 3,29
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Description
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In the app
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Level 1
sowed indoors
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Level 2
seedling visible
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Level 3
seedling
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Level 4
first day hardened-off
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Level 5
hardened-off 2 days
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Level 6
hardened-off 3 days
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Level 7
Hardened-off 4 days
Level 8
at final place
Level 9
first harvest
Level 10
harvesting
Level 11
big plant
Height: 15-25 cm
Content: 12 clay pellets
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- The app helps you with almost everything you do in your vegetable garden: sowing, tending, and harvesting.
- If something goes wrong, the app tells you what steps to take.
- If that doesn’t work, you can ask us for advice.
- If that still doesn’t help, we’ll look for other solutions together. Until we get it right.
More about our Crispy red lettuce
- Type name: Salanova Crispy picking lettuce (red)
- Family: leaf
- Number per patch: 1
- Height: 15 to 25 cm (front or middle row)
- Pre-sow: March - mid-August
- Sowing depth: 0.5 to 1 cm
- Germination time: between 5 and 18°C in 2 to 8 days
- Time to harvest: from 6-7 weeks
- Sunlight: can be in both sun and shade
Salanova varieties are specially cultivated to produce a higher yield per head while also sprouting faster and growing better than regular lettuce.
Plus, slugs tend to leave red lettuce alone much more than green lettuce, and it looks great on your plate.
Is red Crispy lettuce healthy?
What do you need?
- MM pre-sowing mix
- small size MM air pots
- clear kitchen wrap
If you're planting the seedling outside, you'll need this:
- a 30x30 cm patch
- Makkelijke Moestuin mix
- a spot with at least 6-8 hours of sunlight per day
How to grow Crispy red lettuce?
Pre-sowing
Level 1: Voorzaaien
Especially in the first few weeks, the little plant is quite vulnerable to bad weather and pests like slugs. That's why you start it indoors and plant the grown seedling in your bed about 4 weeks later.
Another advantage of pre-sowing is that you can make optimal use of your squares this way. Because in those four weeks, you can have something else growing there first.
Pre-sowing works best in small air pots with MM pre-sowing mix. This way, they don't take up too much space and get just enough nutrients for the initial growth.
(If you don't want to pre-sow, you can also sow directly in your bed starting in April.
Care on the windowsill
Levels 2 en 3: Verzorgen op de vensterbank
Rotate it a quarter turn every day to prevent it from growing crooked, and keep the mix moist.
3 to 4 weeks later, let the plant get used to the outdoor air first, and then transfer it to a section in your outdoor box.
Care in the garden
Level 9: verzorgen in je tuin en de eerste oogst
About 2 weeks later, you can start harvesting the first leaves.
Harvesting
Level 10: doorlopend oogsten
If you keep harvesting the outer leaves - and not the whole plant at once - the plant will keep growing from the inside, and you can keep harvesting for quite a few weeks.
What do you use red Crispy lettuce for?
Start harvesting once the leaves are about 4 inches. Then the leaves are still very tender: perfect for salads. But even when the leaves are a bit larger, they remain tasty.
Only when the plants are over 2 months old do the leaves become tougher and a bit bitter. Use them then for a mash or stir-fry. Or make a nice soup out of it 😀
