Potted lamb's lettuce: winter lettuce

Canons (Valerianella locusta). It is known as the winter lettuce. And it is a fantastic crop for this season, very easy and very grateful. The lamb's lettuce are also delicious in salads. Now that there is little activity in the flowerpot, we can grow this herb and other aromatic, as well as taking the opportunity to learn more about the germinated.

You can grow it in flower pot, riding a window box or in cultivating table. It has a small root. You need a 10 cm pot. in diameter (or a distance between crops of 10 cm) and does not require tutored.

Farming

Se sowing directly in the pot, and it is convenient to soak the seed 48 hours before sowing.

Will germinate in 8-10 days and you can start the Recoleccion in a few weeks, always trimming the outer leaves, which quickly grow back, providing good harvests. It should be consumed shortly after harvesting, that is why it is ideal for our flower pot. It is an annual plant, found naturally in cold areas of Europe.

Su harvest it will last until spring, with the arrival of warmer temperatures, the plant blooms and is no longer suitable for consumption.

They do not like the heat or the lack of water. It is convenient a irrigation regular, which maintains the humidity of the substrate.

Regarding the cultivation associationsAs it is a plant with a small root and a short cycle, it can be grown between the spaces of other plants with a longer cycle such as leek, turnip, carrot or cabbage.

Properties

It is a source of beta-carotene, vitamin C, and folic acid. It has diuretic, cleansing and laxative properties.

From

It is native to Europe, where the wild variety, with a stronger flavor, grows naturally in cold areas. It has been consumed for centuries. It began to be cultivated as winter lettuce until its use declined during the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries due to the appearance of cold-adapted varieties of lettuce. Its name refers to its cultivation in monasteries.

Further information: Aromatic in autumn, Seed sprouts