Lollo Rossa – Lettuce
Lollo Rosso, for which you pay premium prices for in the supermarket is one of the easiest, trouble free lettuces you can grow. It's a cut-and-come-again, if you pick the outer leaves, the plant will continue to grow. Given the right conditions this type of lettuce will produce leaves for three months or more.
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Red Lollo Rosso lettuce is a classic Italian Heirloom lettuce, with dark copper red fading to bright green in the very center. The finely crinkled leaves are crisp, almost brittle when snapped. A most beautiful lettuce! This lettuce is appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste. It holds well in summer heat and in the cold. Harvest outer leaves or the entire plant.
Lettuce can grow from seed to salad in about 1 month in many regions, and only a little longer in others. The key to tender and tasty lettuce is rapid growth, however lettuce has a relatively shallow and compact root system that doesn’t absorb nutrients and moisture from the soil very efficiently, which can slow the growth. So to encourage fast growth, add plenty of finished compost before planting and again as a side-dressing a week or so after seedlings appear or transplants are planted. Give supplemental feedings of compost tea every few weeks until harvest.
Sow seeds 1/8” deep when soil can be worked in early Spring.
Approximately 100+ Heirloom/Organic seeds per package.
Always non-gmo seeds!
