I started some lettuce late last summer (my first lettuce crop ever) and it won't die! I assumed that the first hard frost would completely kill leaves that juicy, but no.
They looked pathetic after the hard freeze, but we've had warmer days since then, and they came back blithely like "who cares about frost?"
The only varieties that came up for me were
- Merveille des Quatre Saisons ("all seasons butterhead" indeed!) and
- 'Forellenschluss' = 'Flashy Trout's Back' (Loose, open head.)
'Flashy Trout's Back' is called an "open-headed romaine type", but I would call mine "loose leaf". It was speckled for a month or two, but then went over to all-red when weather got cool.
I have to admit that my lettuce-palate is plebeian. Both of those have a slight bitter after-taste that I'm not crazy about. Pretty, but I hope I get some plain Romain to come up next year.
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