Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes'
Lettuce
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes') - Description
Medium green, fringed leaves make well-folded heads. This crispy, flavorful lettuce blanches white or creamy yellow in the center. This lettuce tolerates warm weather so it is o.k. that it takes 90 days after seeding for it to be ready for the table. Lettuce grows best in the cool weather of both spring and fall. Make successive plantings every week or two to extend period of harvest.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes') - 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 'Great Lakes') - 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 'Great Lakes') - 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 'Great Lakes') - Pest
Earwigs, snails and slugs need to be controlled for.
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Great Lakes') - 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 'Great Lakes') - Soil and irrigation
Needs well-draining soils that have high air porosity. Does best in highly organic, garden soil.
