Botanical name: Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Healing power:
- appetizing,
- it works in case of concentration problems and
- problems in getting to sleep.
- for blood formation because of the high amount of iron.
- to prevent thrombosis because of the vitamin K.
- The bitter constituents promote the circulation of the blood of the digestive organs and are good for gall bladder. They even are diuretic.
How to use:
You eat the fresh leaves in salads.
Description of the plant:
Cabbage lettuce belongs to the family of lettuce and grows annual.
The location should be sunny, the soil humus.
Nutrient content: 100 g Cabbage lettuce contains 11 kilocalories.
Propagation/Cultivation:
Sow the seeds at the end of February indoors in flats. When the plants are big enough to handle, transplant them to bigger pots.
Plant them in the garden in April in a distance of 30 x 30 cm, protect the young plants with a film against frost.
From April to July sow Cabbage lettuce directly in your garden. The best is, to sow it in a distance of 14 days. So you can dig Cabbage lettuce permanently till Octobre.
Harvet time is 8 - 10 weeks after sowing.
Pests and diseases are:greenflies,caterpillars, snakes, virus diseases, mildew.
Ingredients:
protein
fruit acid
calcium
calium
phosphorus
iron
provitamin A
vitamines K,B1,B2,B6,C
Recipe for the salat:
To make the sauce you take 5 soup spoons of olive oil, 5 soup spoons of balsamico-vinegar, a little bit salt and pepper and 2 dessert spoons of mustard.
Clean the leaves, dry them. If you don´t dry them, the whole salad tastes like water.
Pour the sauce over the salad.
