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Sow cool. Some need light to germinate.
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Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Your guide to planting, growing, and getting to know this plant.
THE PLANT NOTEBOOK
Lettuce care, from seed onward.
- Botanical name
- Lactuca sativa
- Common names
- Romaine, Iceberg
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
- Species
- L. sativa
Growing with your kit
‘Cut-and-Come-Again’ allows weekly Seeds In A Cup® harvest.
Propagation
By seed.
Seasonal growth & harvest
Fast baby harvest (30d), Head (60d).
Growing conditions
Temperate; needs cool germination soil.
Weather & tolerances
Bolts/bitter above 80°F.
Pests & plant health
Slugs, downy mildew.
Plant safety
Safe for consumption.
Botanical features
Annual with milky sap (lactucarium).
Varieties
‘Little Gem’, ‘Parris Island’.
Garden & everyday uses
Salad basis. high vitamins
Native range & distribution
Mediterranean native; Global staple.
Conservation
Thousands of heirlooms secure.
Name origins
Latin ‘lac’ (milk), from milky stalk sap.
History
Egyptians grew for oil; Greeks for medicine.
Grow lettuce in a cup.
Entire Garden Kit
Lettuce Celebrate! Garden Kit
USD 24.99
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Seed Germination Kit
Lettuce Seed Starter Grow Kit
USD 10.99
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Lactuca sativa
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