Lettuce Grasse Sucrine - Lactuca sativa

The Sucrine Lettuce is a variety of lettuce with an elongated, small and compact head. Its leaves are thick and fleshy, with a shiny dark green colour and an almost sweet flavour. It is heat resistant. Sow from April to July. Harvest from July to October.

If Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables (consumed at a rate of 4.2 kilograms per person per year), it is appreciated for its freshness, crunchiness, as well as its taste and nutritional qualities. It can be consumed raw in salads, but also cooked, for example, to accompany peas.
As the ultimate leafy vegetable, lettuce is an annual plant that belongs to the large family of Asteraceae. Its Latin name, Lactuca sativa, refers both to the white sap (lactuca) that flows when it is cut and to the fact that it is cultivated (sativa).
It is an essential vegetable in any respectable vegetable garden, and there are so many varieties that it can be cultivated almost all year round. Lettuce cultivation is easy as long as the cultivation calendar for each variety is respected. Its growth is fast and it thrives in any soil, as long as it is rich and remains moist.

Harvest: It can simply be harvested with a knife when it reaches maturity.

Storage: Lettuce can be stored for a few days in the refrigerator, but to enjoy its freshness to the fullest, we recommend consuming it immediately after harvest.

Gardener's tip: During hot summer weather, lettuces exposed to direct sunlight tend to wilt. To prevent this phenomenon, consider protecting them from intense rays by using overturned crates. In our garden, summer lettuces are not grown in rows, but rather interspersed throughout: at the base of climbing beans, in the middle of cucumbers and squash, whose foliage provides beneficial shade.