| Lettuce Type: | Romaine |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Plant Spread: | compact, upright Romaine |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Crisp, tasty, puckered, oval, upright dark red leaves have small green bases. Hardy, adaptable miniature red Romaine. OK to plant closely or in containers. |
| 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. 48 DTM. OP variety. |
| Pollinators: | Self Flies |
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