West Coast Seeds - Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds

Green Salad Bowl is a classic heirloom looseleaf lettuce producing large, lime-green rosettes with deeply lobed, frilly oakleaf-style leaves. Known for its excellent flavour and tender texture, this reliable variety offers good resistance to bolting and bitterness, making it a great choice for spring, summer, and fall salads. Its compact growth also makes it well suited to patio containers and small-space gardens.

Why you’ll love it:

• Large, attractive lime-green rosettes
• Frilly, deeply lobed leaves with excellent flavour and texture
• Good resistance to bolting and bitterness
• Excellent for salads, sandwiches, garnishes, and baby leaf harvesting
• Well suited to garden beds, cold frames, and containers
• Heirloom variety dating back to 1952

Growing Information:

• Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
• Plant Type: Looseleaf lettuce
• Season: Cool season
• Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Germination: Approximately 7–15 days
• Optimal Germination Temperature: 10–22°C
• Days to Maturity: Approximately 50 days from direct sowing
• Plant Spacing: Thin looseleaf plants to approximately 20–25 cm apart

Seed Details:

• Seed Type: Open pollinated
• Variety: Heirloom
• Average Seeds Per Gram: Approximately 997
• Special Characteristics: Slow to bolt with good resistance to bitterness

Suggested Uses:
Direct sow outdoors or start indoors for transplanting. Sow seeds approximately 5 mm deep, or near the soil surface where consistent moisture can be maintained. For a continuous supply of fresh lettuce, sow short rows every 2–3 weeks during cool weather. Harvest individual outer leaves as needed, pick young leaves for baby greens, or allow plants to mature into full rosettes.

Seed packet includes planting instructions. Results may vary based on growing conditions.