Sowing takes place in summer
We would like to enrich our dishes with fresh lettuce leaves early in the year. But the Sugar Loaf cannot contribute anything. Sown early in this country, it will get cold stimuli that drive it to skyrocket and blossom. You can only sow it from March if you can offer it consistently warm temperatures, for example in a greenhouse. Otherwise wait until at least mid-June. You can sow the seeds until the end of July.
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Prepare the bed for sowing
Choose a sunny to partially shaded bed with fresh, moist and well-drained soil. It can be used beforehand for early crops such as spinach or peas. Before sowing, the bed must be prepared:
- remove all remnants of the preculture
- pull any weeds and roots out of the earth
- Loosen the bed with a cultivator
- Remove stones, break up large lumps of earth
- Sowing area with the Rake smooth
Tips
No fertilization is required when growing after legumes, as these enrich the soil with nitrogen. Otherwise, you can use the sowing Mix in some more compost.
This is how sowing is done outdoors
Since the sugar loaf has a long taproot, it is difficult to prick out. So sow it right away, observing the optimal spacing. Between two plants and two rows should be at least Be 30 cm. If there is enough space available, the rows can also be 45 cm apart. Please also note the following points:
- sow staggered in the rows
- Sow 2-3 seeds per site for safe germination
- the ideal sowing depth is 1 to 1.5 cm
- the earth must always be slightly moist
After the seeds have sprouted, only leave the strongest sugar loaf plant per sowing point.
Prefer Sugar Loaf for earlier harvest
You can get Sugar Loaf in small pieces at the beginning of June Growing pots(€ 9.68 at Amazon *) prefer and him at the end of June plant out. Here, too, the bed must be prepared as described above. The distances are the same as for direct sowing.
You can get the Sugar Loaf earlier this way as early as August to harvest.Cut Simply place the required head off the floor. Heads of lettuce that have not yet been consumed can easily be placed in the bed at temperatures down to - 4 ° C overwinter and serve us as a winter salad.
