Lettuce – (Miner’s) Lettuce

£4.49

Lettuce – (Miner’s) Lettuce Information

  • Claytonia - Miner's Lettuce - a succulent winter salad green full of Vitamin C.

    Your plants will arrive as multi-sown plugs, ready to be planted out

  • Number of vegetable plant plugs in the box: 10
  • Latin name for Lettuce – (Miner’s) Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata
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Are you ready to elevate your garden and cuisine with the vibrant, tender leaves of Miner’s Lettuce? Look no further than our Miner’s Lettuce Plug Plants. These exceptional plants not only enhance the natural beauty of your garden but also provide you with a source of inspiration for fresh and nutritious dishes. Here’s why these plug plants are a must-have for gardeners and food enthusiasts:

Garden Growth Guide:

Cultivating Miner’s Lettuce is a delightful journey with our plug plants. Here’s how:

  1. Ideal Location: Plant them in a shaded to partially shaded area, particularly in the spring or fall. Miner’s Lettuce is a cool-season green that thrives in milder temperatures.
  2. Adequate Spacing: Provide sufficient space between plants to encourage lush growth and air circulation.
  3. Regular Care: Keep the soil consistently moist to support healthy foliage development. Weed the area to prevent competition for nutrients.

Harvesting Goodness:

As your Miner’s Lettuce plants mature, you can start harvesting their tender, coin-shaped leaves. You can pick them when they’re young for a milder flavour, or wait for more mature leaves for a slightly tangier taste.

Culinary Creativity:

Miner’s Lettuce, with its mild and slightly tangy flavour, is perfect for a range of dishes. Here are a couple of culinary ideas:

  1. Miner’s Lettuce Pesto: Make a unique pesto by blending Miner’s Lettuce leaves with garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil. Use it as a pasta sauce, sandwich spread, or as a flavourful topping for grilled meats and vegetables.
  2. Miner’s Lettuce Wraps: Use Miner’s Lettuce leaves as a fresh and crunchy alternative to traditional wraps. Fill them with a mixture of chicken, shrimp, or tofu, along with a medley of fresh vegetables and your favourite sauces.
  3. Miner’s Lettuce Smoothie: Incorporate Miner’s Lettuce into your green smoothies for an extra dose of nutrients and a refreshing twist on your daily beverage.

Miner’s Lettuce Plug Plants offer a vibrant and nutrient-rich addition to your garden and culinary repertoire, making them an excellent choice for gardeners and food enthusiasts seeking fresh, wholesome greens. Order now to enhance your garden with these exceptional plants and explore the exciting flavours they bring to your dishes.

Winter Salads planting schedule

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Autumn and Winter Delivery

Planning your site

Lettuces and crops grown for their individual leaves need plenty of sunshine and moisture-retentive soil. They will grow well almost anywhere that you can provide these conditions – raised beds or pots, beds or windowsill containers!

Growing tips

Try to give plants about 15cm between them. Miner’s lettuce will grow in sun, light or heavy shade. However, for the best quality leaves, plant in a cool, damp, semi-shade area.

What to watch out for

Slugs! But as these plants grow in the winter pests aren’t really a problem. It will self seed to be sure to eat the small flowers before they set seed.

What to do when your plants arrive

  1. Unpack them. Your seedlings will arrive carefully packed in bio-degradable straw, cardboard and paper. They may look a little bit bedraggled from their journey. Don’t panic – this is totally normal and they should soon perk up. Please try and unpack your plants as soon as they arrive, as every extra hour they spend in the box will add to the stress of travelling to their new home.
  2. Give them a drink. Having spent a day or two in the post, your new plants will be thirsty! Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.
  3. Plant them out into their forever home! Your plants can’t wait to get their roots into the soil. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them. Make sure you water them in well, and give them plenty to drink until their roots have had a chance to get settled.

Substitutions

As you well know, plants are unpredictable creatures and so is the British weather. As such, we reserve the right to substitute items in your order for an equivalent variety. To find out more about substitutions, please take a look at our terms and conditions.

Delivery

We charge a flat shipping fee of £6.99 per shipping season. If you order everything from one season ie Spring you will be charged once, if you order Spring and Summer you will be charged twice etc. We do not ship outside of the UK.

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