| Lettuce Type: | Loose head or Butterhead |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Spring ephemeral Other: Olive green leaves turn bronze in strong sun. Open head. Very fast growing, very cold hardy. Hard to find seeds (Eagleridge Seeds, BC). |
| 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. Old Italian OP variety. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
| Kristine1212 | On March 30, 2018 | Seeds sown |
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