Lettuce - Winter Density & Lambs lettuce

[Elle's Garden]

A free packet containing the above seeds came with the September issue of KG. Can anyone tell me which packet contains which seeds? I only have "Lettuce" and a series of numbers printed on the white packets.

1. Lettuce 53426/U
2. Lettuce 107163 B

We like lettuce, but are not too keen on the cut and come again variety so I would like to only sow the Winter Density.

Many thanks,

[macmac]

have just opened mine and it's the same,how stupid

[oxalis]

You could check the shape of the seed, or if you value you're judgement feel it through the packet!
oxalis

[FelixLeiter]

Lettuce and lamb's lettuce are of differing size and shape. Lamb's lettuce are larger, and rounded; lettuce are narrow and pointed.

I hope they germinate. A few years back, Gardeners' World magazine gave away sunflower seeds, none of which came up, not for me nor anyone else I knew who tried them. I guess with freebie stuff they're under no obligation for it to be any good. Amateur Gardening's freebie seeds are always excellent. I have some fabulous verbenas grown from one of their recent giveaways.

[Geoff]

I sowed Lamb's Lettuce and Winter Density from open packets I already had today so opening the freebies reveals that 108371/W is Lamb's Lettuce and 107163 B is Winter Density, well I hope so with the number being different to yours.
Glad to hear it wasn't only me with those Sunflowers.

[Elle's Garden]

Thank you all. I think from that I can go for the 107163 B as the Winter Density. I don't value my own judgement at all with no experience of lettuce beyond throwing in a few freebie packets of cut and come again stuff which of course has all sorts of differing seeds. The cos lettuces I have came as plug plants so didn't see the seeds. We have worked out though that we prefer ' a lettuce', to just 'leaves'.

Thanks again for your help.

[glallotments]

We had the same confusion. Thought someone from KG would know the answer and put us out of our misery! Well maybe not exactly misery!

[KG Steve]

Hi Folks

Sorry for the delay in responding to this. I can put you all out of your misery and tell you that:

LETTUCE 108371/W is Lamb's Lettuce
LETWINDT 107163/A is Lettuce Winter Density
ONSPWHLIS 102122/R is Onion White Lisbon (Winter Hardy)

Sincere apologies for any confusion. As you'd expect I've made the seed supplier aware of the problem, but I hope you enjoy growing the seeds nonetheless.

Steve

[Piglet6]

Hi, I know I'm only a Newbie, but my packets from the same mag say:-

LETTUCE 108371/U

LETWINDT 107163/A - which I presume is Winder Density.

[KG Steve]

Hi Piglet
Yes your first one will be lamb's lettuce, your second packet lettuce 'Winter Density'.
Since my last posting I've also been told by the seed company that code 53426/U (which some of you have on your packets) is also lamb's lettuce.
Hope that helps.
Steve

[glallotments]

Ours are also labelled differently. Just say LETTUCE on both followed by a number which I can't remember. The packet is in the allotment shed so I can't look.

But I peeped at the seeds and have determined which is which from that.
Strange though that they couldn't stick to the same labelling on all our packets.

[oldherbaceous]

Maybe the packets were misprinted, thats why we got them.

[MKPoshfan]

I contacted KG over this and tho I had to wait a bit as the editor was away I did get a response - like several other people I didn't want the cornsalad......

[Tigger]

Is it me?

They were free! You can always give away any seedlings you don't want!