LETTUCE 
First sowings for Spring use : Late February or as 
soon as the soil is workable. 
Harvested : April, May. 
For fall use : Mid to late August. 
For overwintering :. October. 
P.M.Gs. in use : February sowing—February to April. 
March sowing—March to May. 
August sowing—October to December. 
October sowing—October to February. 
Varieties : First sowings—Early Hanson, Slobolt, May 
King. 
Later sowings and fall: Imperial 44 or 456. 
General Cultivation 
To get best results, finely divided organic matter, preferably 
compost, should be forked into the top 4 or 5 inches at five 
to six ounces to the square yard and a good fertiliser with an 
‘organic base raked into the top 3 or 4 inches at four to five 
ounces per square yard. A similar dressing of wood ashes 
may be given also. 
Divide main sowings into two periods. 1. Seed sown in 
February for early Summer use. 2. Seed sown in mid-August 
and mid-October for Winter use. Put the P.M.Gs. in position 
two weeks before the seed is to be sown. Rake down finely, 
prepare drills } inch deep, and sow the seed very thinly. 
Under P.M.Gs. two rows, plus a row of carrots down. the 
centre. To ensure succession, sow third week February, and 
the second week March. Thin to 4 inches apart. Before 
plants get overcrowded, thin to 8 inches. Use second 
thinnings. 
August sowings provide lettuces for November and up to 
Christmas. October sowings provide lettuces in March to 
April. October sowings are often transplanted from special 
seed bed into the open under further P.M.Gs. in January. 
From the same sowings the earliest plants will be those which 
have not been transplanted. If this is borne in mind it is 
easy to get a succession. 
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