[Beetroot Queen]

Picked up a pack of lambs lettuce and ruby chard from lidl, florence has eaten it and asked for seconds two days running, being thick though i didnt think ruby chard was a lettuce. 

Could i grow them together and outdoor, indoor, sowing to cropping times. Easy to grow. Etc etc. i should google but i have typed it now. Forgive me 

[Aunt Sally]

Lambs lettuce is not a lettuce either 

[Beetroot Queen]

Oh  So what the heck is it 

It was in the salad pack. 

[Beetroot Queen]

Googled this ruby chard but it doesnt look anything like what we have. Blimey oh riley what have we got then

[Aunt Sally]

You probably have its baby leaves.

Lamb's lettuce is a a member of the valerian family

The rhs have a good pdf about growing salad leaves

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/RHS-Publications/Journals/The-Garden/Past-Issues/2010-issues/March/Salads-for-all-seasons

[Aunt Sally]

http://www.britishleafysalads.co.uk/know/leaf-guide.shtml

[Beetroot Queen]

Lovely have sent to print.

I feel a right plumb now  lambs lettuce aint a lettuce. Why call it lettuce then, was rather tasty. 

[Beetroot Queen]

Now i know why we love it, its known for its mild beetroot flavour 

[Aunt Sally]

It is very tasty

[diospyros]

Lamb's lettuce or corn salad is really easy to grow and sets seed easily as well.  I used to grow it as a sort of green manure you could eat a bit of if you wanted to.  It's fairly low growing even when flowering and has lots of fine roots.

[gobs]

Picked up a pack of lambs lettuce and ruby chard from lidl, florence has eaten it and asked for seconds two days running, being thick though i didnt think ruby chard was a lettuce. 

Could i grow them together and outdoor, indoor, sowing to cropping times. Easy to grow. Etc etc. i should google but i have typed it now. Forgive me 

If you want the young leaves for salads, I had some in my windowsill all winter, sown in the autumn. Dead easy 2 customers they are. Add some wild rocket!

Chard does well outdoors all winter, just needs cooking then, it goes tough.

[Beetroot Queen]

Thanks I will investigate further and buy some seeds  lambs lettuce thats not lettuce like a wolf in sheeps clothing if you ask me

Fraudster heehe.

[Headgardener22]

Bright lights chard is great for salads, pick the young leaves (even now) you don't need to cook them. We always have some on the go under cloches or in the polytunnel, add it to the nasty stuff you have to buy from the supermarket in the depths of winter and it really brightens up the salad.

Watercress does well as well.

[cadalot]

Thanks I will investigate further and buy some seeds  lambs lettuce thats not lettuce like a wolf in sheeps clothing if you ask me

Fraudster heehe.

Premier Seeds via ebay 1000 seeds for 99p plus 49p delivery - just bought some having read this thread and reading the beetroot type taste - just to bought to try  OK OK any excuse to buy seeds

[Headgardener22]

If you want leaves with a beetroot taste, why not grow beetroot and pick the young leaves? They taste excellent. I heard somewhere (once upon a time) that the Romans grew beetroot only for the leaves.