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10 Vegetable Leaf vegetable
Lettuce
No. of seeds per gram: 700-1000
Seed quantity for sowing: 0.5 kg/ha; 5-10 g/100 m 2 (SEEDLING CULTIVATION);
0.6-1 kg/ha; 15-25 g/100 m 2 (DIRECT SOWING)
Seed germinates:
7-10 days
Sowing time:
February-April (UNDER GLASS);
April-June (OUTDOOR)
Transplanting time:
Planting distance:
Harvest time:
Good neighbours:
Content:
Therapeutic effects:
Useful advice:
Chicory
April-July; August-September (winter lettuces)
25-30 x 30 cm
June-August; March-May (winter lettuces)
Beans, fennel, peas, cucumbers, kohlrabi, radishes,
beetroot, spinach, tomato
Water, fibrins, magnesium, red-leaf lettuce contains
carotenes and folic acid
Protects the cells from toxic substances such as free radicals,
increases the inflow of oxygen into the cells, improves
the digestion of proteins, strengthens the nervous system
and helps with tiredness, strengthens the immune system.
It should never be planted too deep and the roots
should not be bended.
No. of seeds per gram: 600-900
Seed quantity for sowing: 8-10 kg/ha; 15 g/100 m 2
Seed germinates:
7-10 days
Sowing time:
March-August (for cutting); 21.06.-10.07. (chicory for heads)
Transplanting time: July-August
Planting distance:
30 x 40 cm
Harvest time:
May-November (for cutting); September-February
(chicory for heads)
Good neighbours:
Useful advice:
Tomato, pole bean, carrot, lettuce
Chicories for cutting fresh leaves (Zuccherina Di
Trieste, Verona, Rossa di Trevisio 2, Catalogna a foglia
frastagliata) are sown from March until August. When the
plants reach 15-20 cm in height, they can be cut. If we
have sown in July and August, thinned them out to 5-8
cm, the chicory will form tasty rosettes - heads in spring.
Chicories or Radicchios which form the heads in autumn
(Palla Rossa 2, Pan Di Zucchero and Castelfranco)
or in spring after they overwintering (Verona, Rossa di
Treviso 2, Bianca di Milano, Palla Rossa 4, Palla Invernale)
are sown after 21st June, after the longest day,
until around 10th of July.
“Witloof” chicories (Verona, Rossa di Treviso 2, Castelfranco)
are sown in rows in the first half of May.
359 - Lettuce Leda
Summer iceberg lettuce
that tolerates heat well.
Heads are large and compact.
Leaves are bright yellow,
with crinkled, serrated
edges. Good neighbours:
radish, kohlrabi, celery, tomato,
leek.
361 - Lettuce
“ Dalmatinska
Ledenka”
Iceberg lettuce for spring
and summer outdoor production.
Head dark green
with excellent quality.
370 - Lettuce Unicum
Summer iceberg lettuce
that tolerates heat well.
Heads are large, firm and
very TASTY. Leaves are
dark-green with brown-red
patches.
380 - Lettuce Great
lakes 118
Summer iceberg lettuce.
Large heads are firm with
dark green, serrated leaves.
Suitable for transport.
381 - Lettuce
Amerikanischer
Brauner
Leaf lettuce for spring outdoor
production. Head
brown-red crispy and curled.
Not for transport!
355 - Lettuce
Attraction
Early BUTTERHEAD variety
for spring and summer
outdoor production. Good
for transportation.
356 - Lettuce
“Braziljanka”
Iceberg lettuce for spring
and summer outdoor
production. Head yellow-green
with excellent
quality.
415 - Leaf Lettuce
Leaf lettuce for outdoor production.
379 - Lettuce
May King
Early BUTTERHEAD variety
that also tolerates less
favourable growing conditions.
Use also for greenhouse
cultivation. Large
head is firm and well
closed. Large and highquality
crop.
358 - Lettuce
“ Ljubljanska
Ledenka”
Iceberg lettuce for spring
and summer outdoor
production. Head yellow-green
with excellent
quality.
414 - Lettuce Lollo
Rossa & Lollo
Bionda
Loosesleaf Italian type.
Plants form compact mound
of deeply curled, jade-green
and deep maroon-red crisp
leaves. Days to maturity:
45-70. Easy to grow.
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