Summertime

created by Christin H.1 at 16.06.2023

Features

Color

green

Location

planting: greenhouse

planting: bed

planting: outdoor

planting: raised bed

Growth habit

growth habit: compact

growth habit: sprawling

Fruit shape

wavy

Resistances

robust

heat resistant

Leaf margin necrosis resistant

Cultivation Break

3 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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Description

Dark green, robust summer variety with beautiful heads and good resistance to powdery mildew.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Pre-cultivation: February-March. Direct sowing: April-July outdoors. Separate after 2 weeks. When sowing in trays, plant out after at least 4 weeks. Lettuces are very suitable as 'gap fillers'. They require sufficient moisture and have a comparatively low nutrient requirement. 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.