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:: Lettuce ::
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:: 04.08.08 ::
Lettuce Invasion!
The lettuce has been doing great and is going crazy. It is growing faster than we can eat it and I am giving it away like crazy before the temperatures get warm. Enjoying lots of yummy salads right now.
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:: 02.08.08 ::
Heirlooms

The I picked up three small heirloom lettuce starts at Marshal Grains last week. The tags on the back say they come from "Heaven Sent Produce" in Arlington Texas.

1. Paris White Cos (Romaine) - 1868 Heirloom this lettuce has a white inside and boasts the highest nutrative value.
2. Merveille de Quatre Saisons (20) blonde with cranberry tips, is a good cool weather lettuce.
3. Red Sails (20) varigated red leaf lettuce, slowe bolting.

I have grown Red Sails before, but the other two are new to me. It will be interesting to see how they do by comparison. I also have some Black Seeded Simpson seeds, so I am going to try lettuce from direct sowing seeds this year also.
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:: 03.13.07 ::


The bib lettuce is doing really great, thick and getting a lot larger. I will probably start eating it soon! I put some new red lettuce starts into the ground today and mulched all the beds with straw. More photos soon!
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:: 02.05.07 ::

Planted Baby Butter Bib lettuce again this year.
Seedlings went in the ground today.
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:: 04.11.06 ::


The lettuce is really growing fast!  The red leaf lettuce has lost a lot of it's red coloring (see sprouts below) as it got bigger...not sure if that is normal or if it is lacking some kind of fertilizer. It tastes good. The weather has been unusually warm, and it will will be hard to keep the lettuce from bolting as the temperatures go up.
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:: 03.25.06 ::
Something New



Newly planted lettuce sprouts after being transplanted about two weeks ago. They are starting to get a bit larger.



The red leaf lettuce sprouts glow in the sun after being transplanted to the garden, 2006.
 


 

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Garden Index

Lettuce
Red Leaf Romain
Baby Butter Bib


:: Blooms ::
Cool Weather Spring Vegetables

:: Sun ::
Full Sun
:: Water & Soil ::
Sandy loam.
Well draining, moderatly moist soil.

:: Location :: 
South raised beds.

 :: Propagation ::
February 2006 (nursery starts)
:: Characteristics ::

Black Seeded Simpson -
matures in 45 days
A fine loose heading with very light green, frilled and crumpled leaves and fringed edges. It forms a compact bunch of crisp brittle leaves  in a short span of time. Early Variety.


Trim lettuce leaves from the bottom up for a continuous supply fo lettuce leaves.

Lettuce will get a bitter taste if it is subject to too much hot weather.

The ancient Egyptians cultivated a tall cos type lettuce, four forms of which are mentioned in Greek literature. The name Cos comes from the Greek Island of Kos, where the Romans discovered the plant. Cos lettuce became so popular and widely grown in Rome that it eventually was identified with the city. From that association came the term romaine.

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