Romaine Red Cos

Season Overview

Description

Attractive, strong, dark red, compact romaine lettuce with elongated, crisp, tender leaves. Aromatic taste. Grown from spring to summer. Old variety.

Growing tips

Sowing: From March to June, 0.5 cm deep. Germination at 5-15°C. Eat what is too close together! This easy-care and fast-growing variety is not suitable for growing in the warmer months of the year, as the lettuce quickly withers in the heat. The heads can be tied together with string a few weeks before harvesting to keep the leaves nice and tender. Harvesting: Cut off the outer leaves or the whole plant as you go. 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.

Details

Light requirement

Semi-shaded

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Seeding distance

30 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

0.5 cm