Method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine and laundry washing machine

A method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine comprising a washing tub external to a rotatable washing drum wherein the laundry to be washed is loaded, a recirculation circuit including a recirculation pump adapted to drain liquid from a bottom region of the washing tub and to re-admit the liquid into a higher region of the washing tub wherein the method comprising:

• providing a quantity of detergent;
• providing a first quantity of water to form with said quantity of detergent a quantity of washing solution;
• introducing said washing solution into said washing tub;
• recirculating said washing solution inside said washing tub by said recirculation circuit until said washing solution is absorbed by said loaded laundry inside said washing drum and the level of said washing solution is below said washing drum;
• activating a heater for heating said wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum;
• deactivating said heater and maintaining said heated wetted loaded laundry inside said washing drum for a predetermined dry maintenance time;
• supplying a second quantity of water in said washing tub;
• rotating said washing drum;
• and
• rinsing said loaded laundry by drum rotations and by liquid drainage from said washing tub,
• wherein the method further comprises a mixing phase wherein said washing solution is mixed, the mixing phase takes place after the phase of introducing the washing solution into the washing tub and before the recirculating of said washing solution inside said washing tub by the recirculation circuit,
• wherein said mixing phase is carried out by a mixing device associated to the bottom of the washing tub, said mixing device comprises:
• a mixing pump separate from the recirculation circuit,
• an inlet connecting line separate from the recirculation circuit, said inlet line connecting the mixing pump to the bottom of the washing tub in a first zone thereof, and
• a single outlet connecting line separate from the recirculation circuit, said single outlet connecting line connecting the mixing pump to the bottom of the tub in a second zone thereof,
• wherein the mixing pump is activated to mix the liquid inside the washing tub so that the mixing pump withdraws liquid from the bottom of the washing tub via the inlet connecting line and discharges the liquid withdrawn back into the bottom of the tub via the single outlet connecting line.