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Little Gem, organic seeds

Eco Heirloom

Information

"Sugar Cos"  is in our opinion one of the best-tasting lettuces. The head is small, about 15 cm high but still relatively thick. The outer leaves are a strong light-green colour, slightly crumpled and surround a very crispy, yellow interior. Little Gem (french. Sucrine) is fast and can be set closer together. It is also good for early and late sowing in greenhouses and hotbeds. Little Gem was introduced as early as 1903. A portion contains about 300 seeds.


 

Product number:4215
Scientific name:Lactuca sativa var. longifolia
Botanic family:The Sunflower Family - Asteraceae
Organic:Yes
Days to maturity:55
Lifespan:Annual
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: March–May/Direct sow: May–August
Sowing depth:0,5 cm
Germination time:5–8 days
Plant spacing:15–30 cm
Row spacing:35–50 cm
Height:20–30 cm
Plant location:Sun–Half shade
Harvest/blooming:June–October
Seeds/g:700–1100 seeds
Heirloom variety:Yes

Cultivation advice

Sowing

Sow thinly about 0.5 cm deep! The seeds need light and a temperature below 18oC to germinate. A higher temperature causes late and bad germination. Lettuce can be forced very early in a green-house (soil temperature at least 5°C) or sown indoors and in hotbeds 3-5 weeks before handle several degrees of frost. Direct sowing can take place as soon as the soil is ready. Water the row before sowing if the soil is dry. That lowers the temperature some when sowing in high summer. To get a supply of lettuce all through summer and autumn, sow successively or several kinds of different growth times! Autumn sowing for wintering could succeed. 

Spacing

Thin out early! Cos lettuce need a mutual space of 20-30 cm to be able to form heads, 35-50 cm between the rows.  

Harvest

The lettuce heads should be harvested as soon as they have made heads.

Seed

700-1100 seeds/g, a normal portion sows 5-10 m outdoors or yields 100-250 seedlings for setting and 5 g for 100 m if sowing directly and 20 g yield seedlings for 1000 m2. 50-100 g sows 1000 m2 directly.
A portion contains about 300 seeds.