'Cos Cucuracha' Lettuce Plants

Cut fresh and more will grow

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Subtly bitter with a good crunch
  • Quick and easy to grow, with no waste
  • Incredible in Greek Maroulosalata salad
  • Harvest from April to August

Description

  • A classic cos lettuce that's fresh, tasty and versatile - oh and very easy to grow!
  • Perfect for salads, wraps, sandwiches and braising, Cucuracha is high in fibre and full of vitamins A and C
  • Grow in raised beds, allotments, borders or pots
  • Long, cylindrical leaves forming a tall head of lettuce with a crisp texture and a slightly bitter taste reminiscent of chicory
  • Plant out after the last frosts and harvest as you need it - pick leaves regularly and more will grow, or cut the whole head
  • Premium salad plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
  • Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop and eliminates waste - just pick what you need
  • Easy to grow and care for - you should see your first crop within 6-8 weeks

What to expect

Supplied as

Strip of 7 Plants
Young plants ready to pot on before planting out

Eventual height

20-25cm

Eventual spread

30cm
Plants will spread approx 30cm

Tasting notes

Strong, sweet and crunchy

Time to first crop

6-8 weeks
Harvest leaves as you need them or leave the lettuce to grow and harvest the whole head.

Habit

Clump forming
Grows as clumps of foliage with a compact centre

Hardiness

Hardy annual
H2 - tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5). Plant out after the last frost.

Uses

Salads, sandwiches, lettuce wraps

Spacing

30cm
If planting in rows, space 30cm apart with another 30cm in between the rows. If planting in a pot, plant 30cm apart and ensure the pot has adequate drainage holes.

How to grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Good pest and disease resistance

Slugs and aphids can be a problem for lettuce. To prevent slug damage, keep the area around the lettuces as clean and dry as possible, especially during the night. Use barriers such as crushed egg shells or copper wire.

Water regularly

Water regularly

Water lettuces every couple of days in warm weather, taking care not to splash the leaves.

Full sun to partial shade

Full sun to partial shade

Lettuce needs around 6-8 hours of sunlight every day. Partial shade during the hottest parts of the day will help prevent the plant bolting (running to flower and stopping leaf growth).

Rich, well draining soil

Rich, well draining soil

A good-mix to use is three parts quality compost to one part topsoil. If you are planting into the ground then make sure you have added plenty of compost, especially if your soil is clay-heavy as the lettuce can rot due to poor drainage.

Feed when planting

Feed when planting

Applying a nitrogen-rich feed such as chicken manure pellets will help promote leafy growth resulting in bigger lettuce heads.

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Meet Josh

Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs

Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.

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Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

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