Lactuca sativa 'Red Velvet'
Lettuce 'Red Velvet'
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. 'Red Velvet' is a loose-leaf "cut and come again" type lettuce, with dark red leaves that are green tinted on the backs of the leaves
Contributed by @Ashdboner
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Lettuce 'Red Velvet'
Latin name
Lactuca sativa 'Red Velvet'
type
Vegetable
family
Asteraceae
ph
5.8 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.15 M
0.15 M
Lactuca sativa 'Red Velvet'
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. 'Red Velvet' is a loose-leaf "cut and come again" type lettuce, with dark red leaves that are green tinted on the backs of the leaves
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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