DESCRIPTION
Crisp green lettuce that is slow to bitter in hot weather. Produces loose heads but can be cultivated as loose leaf or “cut and come again.”
PROVENANCE
This seed has been grown in Oshkosh; it was originally acquired from Seed Savers Exchange.
GROWING RECOMMENDATIONS
Direct sow, 1/4 inch deep, anytime from spring through late summer. If you prefer young lettuce leaves, plant successive crops every few weeks. Needs protection against rabbits. If the season is wet, slugs may be a problem on lettuces. See our guide to organic pest control.
SEED SAVING INSTRUCTIONS
Plants sown in spring will flower and make seed by late summer. Needs to be at least 20 feet away from another flowering lettuce variety to maintain true-to-type seed. Harvest seed when tufts of white fluff are dry and rubbing these dried flowers releases grayish-white seed.