Data specific to Lettuces (Edit)
Lettuce Type: Iceberg

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Other: Grown for its edible leaves. Tight, ball-shaped head. Very heat-resistant. Deep green outside, light green interior.
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. 48 DTM. OP variety developed at OSU.
Pollinators: Self
Flies

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2014-05-03

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on May 30, 2014 10:34 AM concerning plant:
    This has been a bad year for lettuce. Late freezes directly to 90+ degree weather. This is doing ok. Heads are not sizing up, but getting small heads. No bolting or rot. Very comparable to the standard Iceberg A. At this point I find no advantage, but maybe in a better year. Not ready to give up on it yet.

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