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: Dull, dark-green outer leaves occasionally have a slight yellowish cast. Creamy yellow interior. Sharply incised and indented, moderately crinkled leaves with strongly undulate margins. Ribs are flat to slightly raised.
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. Heads are firm to hard at maturity. Seed is black.
Pollinators: Self
Flies

Common names
  • Lettuce
  • Iceberg

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