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Lettuces

Sowing and planting

Prepare the soil by digging in lots of well-rotted garden compost before sowing. This improves moisture retention, and helps prevent lettuces from bolting in hot or dry weather – especially in light soils.

Sow seeds thinly along a 1cm-deep drill (trench), made by pressing a bamboo cane into the

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