Sowing calendar · Leafy
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa · Alface, Lechuga, Laitue, Kopfsalat, Lattuga
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysall year
- Sow directFeb–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Transplantall year
- Harvestall year
- Germination
- 4–10 days · soil from 4 °C
- Spacing
- 30 cm between rows · 30 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Harvest after
- 50–80 days
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- half hardy
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~3 years
Notes
Bolts and turns bitter in heat. In summer sow in the shade and pick heat-tolerant varieties.
Good neighbours
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.