- Botanical name: Lactuca sativa 'Salad Bowl'
- Common name: Lettuce
- Family: Asteraceae
- Plant Type: Vegetable
There is a bewildering diversity of lettuce types, with more appearing all the time. Butterheads are soft loose-hearted varieties, crispheads or icebergs are large dense and crunchy, cos types have upright crisp leaves, and loose-leaf do not make hearts but are gathered as dense leafy heads or individual leaves are picked over a long period.
Lactuca sativa ‘Salad Bowl’ is a loose-leaf lettuce, with pretty burgundy green crimped leaves with a good flavour, suitable for salads and also garnishing.
Grow Lactuca sativa ‘Salad Bowl’ in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. With its decorative appeal it’s also at home in an ornamental border, grown as edging or scattered among other plants.
How to grow Lactuca 'Salad Bowl'
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Plant size
15cm height
23cm spread
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Aspect
East facing, south facing, west facing
- Sun exposure: Full sun, dappled shade, partial shade
- Soil type: Well drained / light / sandy / clay / heavy / moist
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Sow | ||||||||||||
| Sow |
J
Do not Sow in January |
F
Do not Sow in February |
M
Do Sow in March |
A
Do Sow in April |
M
Do Sow in May |
J
Do Sow in June |
J
Do Sow in July |
A
Do not Sow in August |
S
Do not Sow in September |
O
Do not Sow in October |
N
Do not Sow in November |
D
Do not Sow in December |
| Plant | ||||||||||||
| Plant |
J
Do not Plant in January |
F
Do not Plant in February |
M
Do not Plant in March |
A
Do not Plant in April |
M
Do Plant in May |
J
Do Plant in June |
J
Do Plant in July |
A
Do Plant in August |
S
Do Plant in September |
O
Do not Plant in October |
N
Do not Plant in November |
D
Do not Plant in December |
| Harvest | ||||||||||||
| Harvest |
J
Do not Harvest in January |
F
Do not Harvest in February |
M
Do not Harvest in March |
A
Do not Harvest in April |
M
Do Harvest in May |
J
Do Harvest in June |
J
Do Harvest in July |
A
Do Harvest in August |
S
Do Harvest in September |
O
Do Harvest in October |
N
Do not Harvest in November |
D
Do not Harvest in December |
Lactuca 'Salad Bowl' and wildlife
Lactuca 'Salad Bowl' has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Lactuca 'Salad Bowl' poisonous?
Lactuca 'Salad Bowl' has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to Birds
No reported toxicity to Cats
No reported toxicity to Dogs
No reported toxicity to Horses
No reported toxicity to Livestock
No reported toxicity to People
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