Data specific to Lettuces (Edit)
Lettuce Type: Loose head or Butterhead

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 10 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Thick, juicy, light green leaves are speckled with maroon dots. The centers may self-blanch. Mild flavor, slow to bolt. Grows quickly in cool weather.
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. 43 - 55 DTM. OP variety (over 350 years old).
Pollinators: Self
Flies

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