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Classic Caesar salad lettuce with upright crispy hearts. More heat-tolerant than other lettuces. Harvest whole or as cut-and-come-again.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African MarigoldGood, AngelicaGreat and AniseFair nearby.
A fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Romaine Lettuce
Direct-sow Romaine Lettuce outdoors about 2 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Grow in partial sun, spaced about 25 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 70 days.
Water: Medium · Height: 30 cm · Soil: Moist, well-draining, fertile