Lactuca sativa
Head lettuce
Common names: Garden lettuce, Loose-leaf lettuce
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Description
Lettuce is the quick success in the bed: from butterhead through crisp iceberg to the loose-leaf ‘Eichblatt’ you harvest fresh greens within weeks. As a gap filler it fits between almost every slower crop.
Care instructions
Set the young plants shallowly so the heart does not rot, and keep the soil evenly moist; drought makes lettuce bolt and turn bitter. Sow a small portion every two to three weeks, then you have a supply all summer.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
humus-rich, well-drained, loamy, moist, nutrient-rich
Feeding
Medium feeder
Months
Mar, Apr, Aug, Sep
Propagation
Methods
- From seed
Companion planting
Good neighbors
carrot family (Apiaceae)
Calendula and Tagetes next to carrots keep the carrot fly away with their scent.
For example celery rootFennelAstrantia majorAniseAngelica archangelicachervil root and 6 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
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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 PotatoChiliPeperoniOrnamental tobaccoPetuniaAngel trumpet and 2 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.
Some of these explanations were machine-translated.
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Varieties
10 varieties‘Amerikanischer Brauner’
You will find *‚Amerikanischer Brauner’* a robust old head lettuce with reddish‑brown, tender leaves and good stand against bolting.
‘Cocarde’
A French oak-leaf lettuce, *‚Cocarde’*, with deeply cupped, bronze‑red overflowing leaves in a loose rosette.
‘Forellenschluss’
This *‚Forellenschluss’* is an old Romana salad from the Alpine region, whose green leaves are heavily speckled with…
‘Grazer Krauthäuptel’
A Styrian traditional salad with reddish‑brown rimmed, delicate leaves that copes especially well with cold.
‘Great Lakes’
This proven iceberg lettuce classic forms firm, round heads with a crisp, light interior.
‘Lollo Bionda’
The light green sister of *‚Lollo Rossa’* with the same lavishly frilled leaves, only in a bright fresh green.
‘Lollo Rossa’
The decorative Italian cut and come again lettuce with strongly curled leaf edges washed in red brown, which lift any salad plate.
‘Maikönig’
A time-tested spring butterhead lettuce that forms tender, light green heads quickly even at cool temperatures.
‘Till’
A modern, open-pollinated head lettuce with broad resistance to downy mildew and the green lettuce aphid, bred for the robust home garden.
‘Wunder der vier Jahreszeiten’
A French classic (Merveille des Quatre Saisons), known for its exceptional adaptability across the season.
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