Vegetables · Cool
Lamb's Lettuce
Valerianaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 10 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–9a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 10 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- partial shadeAlso okay:full sunshade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Direct sow
Sow directly into the bed — no pre-culture needed.
Stachi's tip
Lamb's lettuce is the easiest winter veg. Sow in September, cover with fleece in November, harvest December-March. No fuss. Tolerates almost any soil.
Sowing
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage