| Lettuce Type: | Romaine |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Other: Grown for its edible green leaves with bronze tips. Loose-headed for a Romaine. Flavor better in Fall or over-wintered. Bitter in heat. |
| 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. 65 DTM. 1840s French heirloom (Vilmorin 1885) |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
| paleohunter | On January 20, 2024 | Seeds sown |
| paleohunter | On October 9, 2022 | Seeds sown |
| paleohunter | On October 29, 2021 | Seeds germinated |
| paleohunter | On October 24, 2021 | Seeds sown |
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