Lettuce is an easy to grow vegetable. It is a key ingredient in many salads. Its chlorophyll-rich leaves are very nutritious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the lettuce plant, you can cut a few leaves at a time for your salad, or pull out the whole plant and use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tastiest leaves are found in the inside (heart of the lettuce), but the outer leaves are the ones with the most chlorophyll and are the most nutritious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latin name: Lactuca sativa. Asteraceae family<\/strong> You can sow lettuce seeds directly in the garden, or start them in a nursery and then transplant the seedlings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lettuce is a vegetable that you can plant almost any time of the year. But you will get better results if the temperature is below 21 degrees Celsius. The seeds need light to germinate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you plan to plant lettuce in August, then it is best to plant lettuce seeds in a nursery indoors. Make sure that the nursery is in a cool place and that it is exposed to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to have a continuous harvest, sow new lettuce every 2 to 3 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should sow lettuces at distances of 20 to 25 cm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lettuces need constant and frequent watering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lettuce prefers soil that is well drained and rich in organic matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1079,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"fyta-ccat":[961,947],"class_list":["post-4114","fyta","type-fyta","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fyta_ccat-annual-cat","fyta_ccat-vegetables-cat"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Greek name: \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b9 (single), \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b9\u03b1 (plural)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTips for growing lettuce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Start lettuce from seeds or seedlings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Distances between lettuce plants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Irrigating lettuces<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Best soil for lettuce<\/h4>\n\n\n\n