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Deer Tongue Lettuce in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Lactuca sativa 'Deer Tongue'

 

Deer Tongue Lettuce

Lettuce is an annual vegetable for use as a salad vegetable. There are three main types: butterhead, crisphead and Cos, the first being smaller having soft leaves, the second crisp leaves and larger, the latter being conical, semi crisp, and tallish. Deer Tongue is a green, loose-leaf type, - leaves can be harvested as required, leaving the plant to grow on.

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plant Features
  • Deer Tongue Lettuce likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Deer Tongue Lettuce likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Deer Tongue Lettuce is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Deer Tongue Lettuce likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Deer Tongue Lettuce

Latin name

Lactuca sativa 'Deer Tongue'

type

Vegetable

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.8 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Deer Tongue Lettuce likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Deer Tongue Lettuce is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Deer Tongue Lettuce likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Deer Tongue Lettuce likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Deer Tongue Lettuce is 0.15meters x 0.15meters 0.15 M 0.15 M

Lactuca sativa 'Deer Tongue'

Lettuce is an annual vegetable for use as a salad vegetable. There are three main types: butterhead, crisphead and Cos, the first being smaller having soft leaves, the second crisp leaves and larger, the latter being conical, semi crisp, and tallish. Deer Tongue is a green, loose-leaf type, - leaves can be harvested as required, leaving the plant to grow on.


Planting outdoors

From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer

Plant container grown plants out when risk of frost has passed, in rich moisture retentive soil. Watch out for slugs and snails - treat with pellets, or barriers (egg-shells, saw-dust, or copper tape) to avoid damage to the plants

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Summer

Sow lettuce seeds in damp compost in greenhouse, and keep the compost moist, but not waterlogged. Sow in succession - about every two weeks - to get a continuous crop

 
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