Data specific to Lettuces (Edit)
Lettuce Type: Loose head or Butterhead

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Other: Medium sized green butterhead with wavy leaves. Sweet. Tolerates heat and cold. Reliable. Overwinters in some locations, especially with protection.
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. 70-75 DTM. Heirloom OP variety predates 1870.
Pollinators: Self
Flies

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'All the Year Round'.

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Common names
  • Butterhead Lettuce
  • Lettuce

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr kitchen garden
Date: 2018-10-20
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