Lactuca sativa var. crispa
Oakleaf lettuce
Common names: Oakleaf salad
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Description
The oakleaf lettuce is a loose cut-and-collect salad with soft, crinkled leaves that resemble oak leaves. It is available in green and warm reddish-brown. Its nutty-mild flavor and delicate texture make it an uncomplicated perennial guest in the garden, because it does not form a tight head and can be harvested for weeks.
Care instructions
Plant or sow it in loose, humus-rich soil and keep it evenly moist so the leaves stay tender. Harvest the outer leaves continuously from the outside in, then the core will regrow and you will harvest for many weeks. Sow a small batch every three weeks for continuous supply until October.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, loamy, well-drained, moist
Feeding
Medium feeder
Companion planting
Good neighbors
carrot family (Apiaceae)
Calendula and Tagetes next to carrots keep the carrot fly away with their scent.
For example Carrot fennelCorianderCelery (Stalk Celery)CarawayFennelparsley root and 15 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
Rather not
nightshade family (Solanaceae)
Sunflowers release substances into the soil that inhibit potato tuber growth, and they also compete for water and nutrients.
For example PotatoTomatoSweet pepperCocktail tomatoEggplantCape gooseberry and 9 more species in the catalogue
Source: basic crop-rotation rule
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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Diseases & pests
1 relevantFrom the knowledge base, automatically linked by affected species. How to spot and prevent them is covered in full in the lexicon.
Arion vulgaris
The Spanish slug is the most feared omnivore in the vegetable bed. It feeds at night and in damp weather, eating irregular holes into leaves, and often clears young lettuces or seedlings completely.
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