Red Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds (Leaf Type) 1726

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Red Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds (Leaf Type) 1726. A red coloured form of the ever popular standard green Oakleaf. Like its close cousin, Red Oakleaf is quite heat tolerant and slow to bolt. While this lettuce is generally grown to be picked at the baby-leaf stage for tasty salads, it can also be grown through for full size heads.

How to Grow

880 seed/gram. Lettuce is a sun-loving cool weather crop that grows best in organic, well drained soil. Sow as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring, then every two weeks thereafter to ensure a continuous supply. Sow about 3 mm (1/8″) deep in rows 45 cm (18″) apart. An even supply of moisture during the entire growth period is imperative for success. Harvest leaf lettuce by either pulling the entire plant or by cutting leaves from the main stem at least 2.5 cm (1″) above the base – this will allow the plant to sprout new leaves. Harvest head lettuce by cutting the head off at the base just below the lower leaves. Once lettuce bolts (starts to produce a rapidly growing flower stem) leaves become bitter.

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WEIGHT N/A
DIMENSIONS N/A
SIZE

packet, $ – 125 g, $ – 1 kg, 25 g, 500 g

DAYS TO EMERGENCE

7 to 10

DAYS TO HARVEST

40

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

Easy

FAMILY NAME

Asteraceae

FROST TOLERANCE

Can Withstand Light Frost

GROWTH HABIT

Bushy

HEIGHT

Low to Medium (75 to 30 cm)(3"" to 12"")

HERITAGE

Open Pollinated

LATIN

Latuca sativa

LIFECYCLE

Annual or Biennial Harvested as an Annual

LIGHT

Full Sun to Partial Sun

PROPAGATION

Sow Direct Every Two Weeks as Long As Weather Is Cool

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