Lettuce 'Butterhead Sylvesta' Organic - Seeds

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£3.49

Catalogue Code: 30610084

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Organic butterhead lettuce ‘Sylvesta’ produces big heads with large tender green outer leaves and crisp inner hearts. Reliable and disease-resistant, it’s ideal for succession sowing to give a long harvest period through summer. Tasty and refreshing in salads and sandwiches!

Key Features

Perfect for pots and containers
Disease resistant

Pack Contents: 250 Seeds

Height: 30cm

Description

Organic butterhead lettuce
Tender outer leaves and crisp hearts
Good disease resistance
Ideal for an organic garden

Organic butterhead lettuce ‘Sylvesta’ produces big heads with large tender green outer leaves and crisp inner hearts. Reliable and disease-resistant to downy mildew and lettuce aphid, it’s ideal for succession sowing to give a long harvest period through summer.

Sow indoors

Sow thinly 1cm deep in clean trays or modules of firm, pre-watered compost. Place in warmth, 10-15°C and keep moist at all times.

Plant out

After the risk of frost has passed, plant into the required harvest position 25cm apart with 30cm between each row when plants have 3-4 true leaves.

Sow outdoors

Sow thinly 1cm deep in direct harvest location. Keep soil moist at all times. Thin to 25cm apart.

Tips

Keep well watered. Small sowings made every 3 weeks will ensure a continuous supply. Use netting to help prevent damage from birds and insects.

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Growing Calendar

	J Jan	F Feb	M Mar	A Apr	M May	J June	J Jul	A Aug	S Sep	O Oct	N Nov	D Dec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Harvest

Delivery

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Order Type	Delivery Charge	Delivery Charge
Seed only order	£2.49	If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £5.99
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories	£5.99	If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items	£9.99	These are clearly displayed at check-out
Compost (and any other large or heavy items)	£5.99	These items are subject to a delivery multiplier where orders containing 3 or 4 items will be subject to an additional £5.99 for every further 2 items added. This is automatically applied at check-out: 1 - 2 bags £5.99 3 - 4 bags £11.98 5 - 6 bags £17.97 7 - 8 bags £23.96 9 - 10 bags £29.95 If you'd like more than 10 bags of compost please call our Customer Service team who can arrange for a bespoke competitive quote on 01480 774555 (standard network charges apply)

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