| Lettuce Type: | Loose head or Butterhead |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Spring ephemeral Other: Grown for its soft, thick, crumpled, mild, buttery-flavored, pale green edible leaves. Well-formed heads. Excellent heat resistance - a summer lettuce. Resists tipburn and bolting. |
| 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. 58 DTM. A German OP variety for summer. Also called a French variety. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
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