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Sign up freeLactuca sativa (Butterhead)
vegetableSoft tender buttery leaves forming loose heads. Includes Boston and Bibb types. Mild sweet flavour. Cool-season; bolts quickly in heat.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Moist, well-draining, fertile
A fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Butterhead Lettuce
