| Lettuce Type: | Looseleaf |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Dark-red-tipped green leaves are crumpled and frilled. Distinctive taste. Traditional leaf lettuce. Very heat tolerant variety: stays red and is slow to bolt. 55 DTM. OP. |
| 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. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
| lovesblooms | On March 16, 2020 | Seeds sown direct (DIY seed mat) |
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