Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb'
Lettuce
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Description
'Burpee Bibb's' soft heads are creamy yellow inside. The sweetest Bibb lettuce ever! The tender, dark green outer leaves are tinged with brown. Plant this varietal early in spring and repeat every two weeks into fall. During hot spells protect your plants from heat with shade cloth. This lettuce likes fertile, well draining soil and ample water. Space lettuce plants 8" apart if transplanting or thin to this spacing if sowing the seeds outdoors. This will take about 75 days until it is ready for harvest.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Blooming
Unless you are allowing the lettuce plants to set seed for seed harvesting, you should not allow the plants to flower. Blooms dense clusters of small yellow flowers.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Growth
Widely variable, leafy, cool-season annuals. Grows best in full sun. The leaves are edible and can mature into a range of colors and forms.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Planting
Sow when threat of frost has passed. Sow seeds directly into the ground in early spring. Cover seeds with a light layer of soil. Provide at least 4" of space between seedlings.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Pest
Earwigs, snails and slugs need to be controlled for.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Interesting facts
Lettuces are in the same plant family as the sunflower and dandelion. Although they may not look similar from their foliar characteristics, their flowers look very similar. There are around 100 species of Lactuca.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Burpee Bibb') - Soil and irrigation
Needs well-draining soils that have high air porosity. Does best in highly organic, garden soil.
