| Lettuce Type: | Batavian |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Other: Green leaves. Slow-growing, compact tight head resembles crisphead (Iceberg type). Very heat-tolerant any-season lettuce. Seeds can germinate above 80F! No bitterness. Means "rainbow" in Hawaiian, pronouced "Ahh, Louie Louie" with Ns. |
| 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. 72 DTM. Recent OP variety bred by University of Hawaii (1987). |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
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