Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Bitter Lettuce

 

About:

The leaves are round-lanceolate, green on the surface and grey-green on the back; the flowers are bright yellow. The young leaves of bitter lettuce can be eaten. They taste slightly bitter when eaten raw, but the bitterness can be removed by blanching them in boiling water. They can be stir-fried with meat, made into soup, or made into tofu with some soybean powder. They can also be blanched in boiling water and eaten with noodle sauce, bitter lettuce porridge, etc.

Bitter Lettuce


Nutritional Value:

Every 100 grams of fresh bitter lettuce contains 1.8 grams of protein, 4.0 grams of    carbohydrates, 5.8 grams of dietary fibre, 120 milligrams of calcium, 52 milligrams of    phosphorus, and trace elements such as zinc, copper, iron, and manganese, as well  as vitamins B1, B2 (0.2 mg), C (88 mg), carotene (3.22 mg), niacin, etc.;

In addition, it also contains 88 mg of vitamin C and 3.22 mg of carotene, which are 2.1 and 2.3 times the content in spinach respectively;

The young leaves contain a full range of amino acids, and the proportions between the various amino acids are appropriate.

Source: https://m.sohu.com/n/444759397/

Grow and Care:


Cultivation :

Bitter lettuce can be grown using seeds, reaching maturity in 40 to 50 days. This plant is suitable for growing in a pot, a flower pot with a diameter of 12 inches is enough to allow this plant to grow lushly

Soil:

This plant requires fertile soil, loam soil mixed with compost and organic fertilizer is very suitable

Sunlight:

Better lettuce needs sunlight for at least six to eight hours a day

Water :

make sure the soil is always moist, in hot weather, it needs to be watered twice daily.

Ferlilizer:

The appropriate fertilizer to use is organic fertilizer or granular fertilizer with NPK 15:15:15








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