Lollo Rosso Leaf Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
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Lollo Rosso
Leaf-type Lettuce
Leaf-type Lettuce
50 to 70 days — The leaves are a beautiful magenta color with a light green base, deeply curled with a very mild flavor. 'Lollo Rosso' is an interesting choice to use to add color contrast to garden salads. It can be sown in spring or fall in most areas and is a "cut and come again" type. Each packet contains one gram, which is approximately 500 to 600 seeds.
Planting Instructions: Lettuce and other greens thrive in cool spring and fall weather (50° F to 60° F). A few greens can handle summer heat, but most of them prefer the cooler temperatures of spring and fall. Most lettuce and greens can withstand occasional exposure to light frost but if very cold weather is coming, protect your plants with a frost cover.
Sowing: Prepare the seedbed outdoors using a hard tined rake, smoothening out the soil. Lightly sow and just barely cover the seeds with soil. Keep soil moist until germination is achieved. You can also start seeds indoors by sowing into seed starting trays using fresh new seed starting potting mix into clean seed starting trays. Just barely cover the seeds and keep well watered until they sprout. Harden off and transplant into the garden after about 3 weeks.
Sowing: Prepare the seedbed outdoors using a hard tined rake, smoothening out the soil. Lightly sow and just barely cover the seeds with soil. Keep soil moist until germination is achieved. You can also start seeds indoors by sowing into seed starting trays using fresh new seed starting potting mix into clean seed starting trays. Just barely cover the seeds and keep well watered until they sprout. Harden off and transplant into the garden after about 3 weeks.
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★★★★★ Most beautiful Lettuce
By Cindy Gulledge on January 13, 2014
By Cindy Gulledge on January 13, 2014
Planted in containers, held up to the late summer weather of the pacific nw. It was beautiful in a salad, maintaining shape even under heavy cream-based dressings. It added another dimension, nutritionally and aesthetically, when sauteed for omelette.
★★★★★ Crunchy!
By Bonnie Mills on December 1, 2011
By Bonnie Mills on December 1, 2011
Beautiful addition to salad. Red color in picture is exactly how mine grew. Easy and fast to grow. A great cut and come again if you harvest by the individual leaf. It also stayed fresh for a few days in the fridge.
