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Thanks for the reply Charles, I shall look out for the lettuce you suggested. I’ve noticed that a neighbour grows corn salad outdoors and forces chicory in his cellar which I can also try.
At the moment we are having a mild spell, with 6 to 10 degrees during the day and 4 or 5 at night – but we had minus 8 for several nights just over a week ago and last winter it went down to minus 12 or thereabouts for a week or more (though that does’nt happen every year).
I appreciate what you wrote about winter salads being more frost tolerant than moisture resistant. I think I will experiment next winter with my cold frame and some cloches before moving on to anything bigger. Whilst on the subject of cloches – how often do they have to be lifted (if at all) for ventilation? I might only get to the allotment at weekends during the winter….