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LACTUCA sativa 'Red Salad Bowl'
Red Oakleaf Lettuce
A red variant of the 1952 All-American Selection winner, ‘Salad Bowl’, 'Red Salad Bowl' is flavorful, high-performing looseleaf lettuce that produces rosettes of reddish, ruffled, oak-shaped leaves with a mild flavor and pleasing texture. It is heat tolerant and slow to bolt, which makes it a good variety for continual harvest, if planted in succession. Full-sized heads are ready to harvest 51 to 55 days after planting. Many favor it for edible landscaping because it’s as ornamental as it is delicious.
Loosehead or butterhead lettuce is an annual garden green grown for its smooth, thin, buttery leaves and looser heads. When temperatures warm up, the whole leafy clump elongates and grows upwards. At this stage they are no longer good eating. When fully elongated they become topped with tall branched stems covered with pale yellow flowers followed by fluffy white seedheads. Seed savers should collect the mature seeds for another planting.
In temperate zones lettuce is favored as a spring and fall crop and in frost-free, southern zones it is grown as a winter crop. Full sun and light, fertile, nutrient-rich soil and regular water are needed for good production and performance. Plant lettuce seeds in succession for a longer harvest period. Once lettuce is subjected to hot weather and begins to bolt its flavor usually becomes bitter. At this stage, pull them or let them set seed for collection.
12 - 1
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Vegetable
Full Sun
8"-12" / 20.3cm - 30.5cm
10"-12" / 25.4cm - 30.5cm
Late Spring, Early Summer, Indeterminate
Northern Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
Neutral
Well Drained
Loam
Very Fast
Average Water
Rosette/Stemless
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Insignificant
Light Yellow
Tan, Brown
Red, Green
No
Single
Yes
Coarse
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Butterflies
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