Lettuce Type: | Looseleaf |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Plant Spread: | up to 16 inches |
Leaves: | Other: Grown for its large, loose, crumpled, light green edible leaves. Slightly ruffled and blistered. Very early lettuce, ASAP in Spring. NOT heat tolerant. |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
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. 42 DTM. OP variety. Heirloom, at least 1850. |
Pollinators: | Self Flies |
lovesblooms | On March 4, 2018 | Seeds sown direct |
NikkiGerena | On May 17, 2017 | Plant emerged |
NikkiGerena | On May 8, 2017 | Seeds sown |
paleohunter | On January 20, 2024 | Seeds sown |
paleohunter | On September 5, 2022 | Seeds sown |
Johannian | On June 12, 2023 | Harvested Harvested all four stalks. |
Johannian | On February 1, 2023 | Seeds sown Winter sown in milk jugs. |
TomatoNut95 | On September 18, 2023 | Seeds sown |
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