| Lettuce Type: | Loose head or Butterhead |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Plant Spread: | small |
| Leaves: | Other: Grown for its edible leaves. Bibb type. Thick green leaves. Small tight head. Stays sweet into summer. |
| 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. Slow to bolt in fall. OP variety. 48 DTM. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
| Awards and Recognitions: | AAS (All-America Selection®): 1963 National |
| ricelg | On January 5, 2018 | Seeds germinated outdoors |
| ricelg | On December 25, 2017 | Seeds germinated Tremendous germination...lots of seedlings per cell |
| ricelg | On December 24, 2017 | Seeds sown Winter sown - outdoors in plastic jug |
| ricelg | On December 22, 2017 | Seeds sown Sowed 12 cells (indoors)...overseeded |
| paleohunter | On January 20, 2024 | Seeds sown |
| Johannian | On February 1, 2023 | Seeds sown Winter sown in milk jugs. |
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