Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa'

Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa' (Leafy/Looseleaf)

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. 'Lollo Rossa' is a red lettuce with tight curly leaves, sometimes known as coral lettuce. The leaves are produced loosely in a whole head. The leaves are tender, with a slightly bitter taste, and add colour to a salad

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plant Features

Full sun
Occasional watering
Not Frost hardy
Moist and free draining

plant information

Common name

Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa' (Leafy/Looseleaf)

Latin name

Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa'

type

Vegetable

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.8 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

Not Frost hardy

Soil

Moist and free draining
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lettuce Lollo Rossa (Leafy/Looseleaf) is 0.15meters x 0.15meters

0.15 M 0.15 M

Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa'

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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