General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Other: Grown for its edible leaves
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
Awards and Recognitions: AAS (All-America Selection®): 2015 National
Other: AAS 2015

Common names
  • Lettuce
  • Oak-Leaf Lettuce

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jan 24, 2015 3:52 PM concerning plant:
    All-American Selection 2015 for the Great Lakes area.
    Oak leaf type.
    Produces dark green leaves resistant to mildew, doesn't bolt fast, and doesn't go to seed with temperature rise.
    Good in the ground or in containers, spring or fall sown.

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