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Organic Red Oak Leaf, Lactuca sativa .100 grams
Light:
Full sun to partial shade
Zones:
Plant Height:
Seedling Depth:
1/8"
Days to Maturity:
30 days baby, 60 full size
When to Sow:
Sow when no danger of frost. Start transplants 3-4 weeks before setting outside. Sow seeds 4 per inch in flats or small-cell plug trays, barely covering with fine soil. If sowing into flats, transplant 2 weeks later into plug trays, pots, or into another flat at 1-2” apart.
Seedling Rate:
Babyleaf: 60 seeds/ft, in 2” bands.
Full size: 3 seeds every 8-10”.
Row Spacing:
Babyleaf - ¾” between bands, 16 rows/36” bed.
Full size - 12-18” or 3 rows/36” bed, 5’ centers.
Plant Spacing:
Babyleaf: Continuous band.
Full size: 8-12”
Harvest:
Cut lettuce holds best when harvested in the morning and cooled rapidly. For salad mix or baby leaf production, harvest individual leaves when they reach desired size, or cut evenly across the bed making sure to stay above the growing tip. For a continuous harvest, sow lettuce every 3 weeks.
Special Features:
Lettuce (Latuca sativa) is cool season annual in the Compositae family, which includes endive, escarole, chicory, globe artichoke, sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke, salsify, and burdock. Burgundy oak leaf with golden sheen, rounder oaky shape and large lobes. Large more packed full-size lettuce; great for baby leaf production. Maintains a mild flavor all season long, when other reds become bitter.
Disease Resistance: Downy Mildew, Tip Burn, Lettuce Drop, White Mold, Sclerotinia
Approox. 150 seeds per package.
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