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Leafy Vegetables

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For the love of lettuce

Salads, sandwiches and wraps wouldn’t be complete without the not so humble lettuce and ‘cut and come again’ lettuces are perfect for giving you an ongoing supply of leafy goodness.

Yates® Lettuce ‘Salad Mix’ is a colourful blend of dark green and maroon-red frilled lettuces that are easy to grow and individual leaves can be picked as you need them.

Here’s how to grow your own lettuces at home:

• Sow seed direct where the lettuces are to grow or raise in trays of Yates® Seed Raising Mix and transplant when the seedlings are 3 – 4 cm high.

• Yates® Lettuce ‘Salad Mix’ can be grown in a sunny vegie patch or in pots. A pot positioned on a deck or courtyard, not too far from the kitchen, makes it super convenient to harvest.

• Keep the soil moist while the seedlings establish. If the plants are closer than 20 cm, you may need to thin them out. There’s no need to waste these thinnings – if you lift them out carefully you can transplant them into another spot.

• As the lettuces grow, water them regularly and each week apply some Yates® Thrive® Vegie & Herb Liquid Plant Food. It’s a complete and balanced fertiliser that contains the right blend of nutrients to encourage lots of leafy green growth. Dilute 1 to 2 capfuls of Yates® Thrive® Vegie & Herb Liquid Plant Food in a 9L watering can and apply over the lettuces and surrounding root zone.

• Harvest individual lettuce leaves regularly, which will encourage them to grow more fresh leaves.

Lettuce pest watch: keep an eye out for snails and slugs, which love eating through lettuces. Control snails and slugs by scattering some Yates Blitzem™ Snail & Slug Pellets over the soil around the lettuce plants.

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