Mixed Lettuces Seeds Lattughe Miste Heritage Blend by Franchi Seeds

This Mixed Lettuces heritage blend (L1) combines 13 carefully selected lettuce varieties, offering a colourful mix of leaf shapes, textures and flavours in every sowing. The blend typically includes soft butterheads, crisp romaine types and tender loose-leaf lettuces, creating fresh salads with excellent balance between sweetness, crunch and delicate bitterness.​

Ideal for cut and come again harvests, this mix is designed for successional sowing so you can enjoy a continuous supply of baby and semi-mature leaves from spring into autumn. With approximately 6000 seeds per packet, one pack can produce a remarkable number of salad bowls or home “salad bags” if a small pinch is sown each month from March to September.​

🌱 Sowing information
Sow thinly from March to September in shallow drills outdoors, in raised beds, or in deep containers and window boxes using a fertile, moisture-retentive but free draining compost or soil. Cover seeds lightly (around 0.5–1 cm), water gently and keep the seedbed consistently moist until germination and establishment. Successional sowings every 2–3 weeks provide a steady flow of tender leaves.​

☀️ Light exposure
Mixed lettuce prefers full sun in the cooler months of spring and early autumn, but benefits from light shade during warmer periods to prevent stress and bolting. In Irish gardens, a bright but not overly exposed position often gives the best combination of colour, texture and flavour.​

💧 Water needs
Keep soil or compost evenly moist for soft, succulent foliage; drought can turn leaves bitter and encourage plants to run to seed. Mulching or using closely spaced rows helps conserve moisture and maintain clean leaves, especially in raised beds or containers that dry more quickly.​

🌡️ Germination temperature & time
Lettuce germinates well at cooler temperatures of around 10–18 °C and usually appears within 7–14 days. In Ireland, early sowings can be started under cover or with cloches, while mid-season sowings do well directly outdoors as soils warm.​

📏 Plant spacing & final size
For cut and come again salad mix, sow more densely in bands or wide drills and harvest leaves young. For fuller heads or semi-mature rosettes, thin plants to 15–25 cm apart in rows 25–30 cm apart, allowing each plant to develop a robust crown of leaves.​

🌼 Harvesting notes
Begin cutting baby leaves 3–5 weeks after sowing, using scissors to harvest the outer foliage while leaving the growing point intact for repeated cuts. For “home salad bags”, cut a mix of varieties into a bowl, rinse gently, dry and chill; frequent light harvesting encourages a prolonged, productive season.​

Bullet Technical Data
🌱 Sowing depth: Approximately 0.5–1 cm deep​
📅 Ideal planting months for Ireland: Sow from March–September, in small batches every 2–3 weeks for continuous salads​
☀️ Light requirements: Full sun to light partial shade, especially in mid-summer​
🌡️ Germination time: About 7–14 days at 10–18 °C​
📏 Plant height: Typically 15–25 cm for cut and come again leaves​
🪴 Spacing: Densely sown for baby leaves; 15–25 cm between plants for larger rosettes​
⏳ Days to maturity: Around 25–40 days for baby leaves; longer for fuller plants​
🧪 Approximate seeds quantity: about 6000 seeds per packet​