| Lettuce Type: | Batavian |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 8" |
| Leaves: | Other: Green leaves with red tips and veins. Compact and upright. Very heat resistant. Resists some diseases, bottom rot, bolting and tipburn even in hot summers. 'Sierra' lettuce was introduced by Vilmorin in 1992, then was "PVP#9000142" until 2010. |
| Uses: | Vegetable Salad greens |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Needs specific temperature: 40F to 75F. Fastest from 60F to 70F. Days to germinate: 2-15 Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch deep Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info: Lettuce almost never cross-pollinates. It has perfect flowers and usually self-pollinates before opening. 50 DTM. Recent French OP variety. (Vilmorin 1992). |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
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