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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Sowalong - Lettuce with Claire Vennis

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Home & Garden, Leisure, Science

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Easy to grow and with so many varieties to choose from in many colours, shapes and textures, lettuce is a fabulous vegetable to grow from seed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.6

Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

0:35.6

Join us as we chat all things gardening

0:37.8

with the nation's favourite experts.

0:49.4

Easy to grow and with so many varieties to choose from

0:52.3

in many colours, shapes and textures. Lettuce is a fabulous vegetable to grow and with so many varieties to choose from in many colours, shapes and textures, lettuce is a fabulous

0:56.5

vegetable to grow from seed. Plus, lettuce can be ready to harvest from around six weeks, depending

1:02.8

on the variety. Hello, I'm Claire from the magazine, and lettuce is one of the earliest seeds

1:08.5

I sew from March onwards when I start sewing lettuce

1:11.7

in containers in my greenhouse, because the ground is usually too cold outside.

1:17.3

Did you know that there are two different types of lettuce?

1:20.5

There are those with hearts such as Coz, Butterhead and Iceberg, and then there's

1:25.6

loose leaf lettuce. Both types can be grown in the UK,

1:29.1

undercover and outdoors, and some can provide you with leaves all year round. The loose leaf

1:36.3

varieties work well for a cut-and-come-again salad leaf, which is why I love this type of lettuce

1:41.4

so much. It's great to pop out and cut a few leaves for lunchtime to put in a sandwich or to make a salad,

1:48.1

knowing the leaves were growing only a few minutes ago.

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