Corn salad Large-Seeded - Vilmorin seeds

Lettuce 'Grosse Graine' is an early variety that produces long, tasty, slightly flattened green leaves. It is a generous lettuce, ideal for autumn salads. It is sown in August and September for harvest from September to November.

Lettuce, or "Lamb's Lettuce," is a small salad with rounded leaves arranged in rosettes. It is THE little salad of autumn and winter, although some varieties known as "all-season" can be sown and harvested throughout the year. Varieties with large seeds have larger leaves but are less cold-resistant than those with small seeds.

Lettuce belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family (like Honeysuckle) and grows wild throughout Europe to the point where it is sometimes considered a "weed."

This little salad is mainly consumed raw, on its own or accompanied, for example, by kiwi and avocado or beetroot, but can also be cooked, like spinach. It has remarkable nutritional value, being low in calories but particularly rich in vitamin C (three times more than Lettuce), vitamin E, and beta-carotene.

Cultivating Lettuce is easy, but the sowing must be done in firm soil, and it is important to ensure the soil remains moist.

Harvest: With a knife, lettuce is harvested as needed by cutting the rosette just above the collar.

Storage: It can be stored for a few days in the refrigerator's vegetable drawer.

Gardener's Tip: If you are gardeners who tolerate a bit of disorder, even in the vegetable garden, don't hesitate to let some rosettes go to seed in the spring. They will self-seed and provide you with some greenery on your plate at no cost or effort!