| Lettuce Type: | Loose head or Butterhead |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Plant Spread: | 13 inches if you want the blanched inner head to develop. |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Medium-sized butterhead. Intense red or bronze-red outer leaves. A yellow-green interior develops if they are spaced more than 12" apart. Spring summer or fall lettuce. |
| 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 usually self-pollinates. 70 DTM. Merveille des 4 saisons 'Rosita' is an OP variety developed and/or marketed exclusively by Bakker Brothers. Merveille des Quatre Saisons' is a French heirloom pre-dating 1885. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
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