Madera

Season Overview

Description

The spherical, flattened heads weighing 350-400 g have an attractive yellow-green color. The variety is recommended for outdoor cultivation in summer. It can also be grown earlier in the season in unheated greenhouses. The advantages of Madera lettuce include high resistance to viral diseases and water shortage. Vegetation period of 65-80 days (medium-early). (Gardenseedsmarket)

Growing tips

Lettuces are very suitable as 'gap fillers'. They require sufficient moisture and have comparatively low nutrient requirements. With a clever selection, lettuce can be grown all year round: in spring and early summer, lettuce and cut/picked lettuce; in summer and fall, chicory lettuce and iceberg lettuce as well as lamb's lettuce (especially in fall and winter). For a continuous harvest, it is best to sow or plant at intervals. Species and varieties must be adapted to the respective season, e.g. spring varieties start to shoot when it is too hot. This causes a long stalk to form and the leaves become bitter. After a few weeks, small flowers appear at the top, from which many crescent-shaped seeds are formed. These can be collected for the following year or disperse themselves in the bed if you leave them standing.

Details

Light requirement

Semi-shaded

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Seeding distance

30 cm

Row spacing

40 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm