Lettuce Tour

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I've gotten more comments on the lettuces than any other vegetable we're growing. That's not all that surprising since the majority of the share is lettuce. I thought I'd post a few photos of the varieties and a little info. All of the varieties we're growing come from Wild Garden Seed in Philomath, OR. Frank Morton is the seed breeder there and his lettuces are not the ones you see in the grocery. The one above is Blushed Icy Oak.

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Emerald Oak, above, is quite small and very quick. Frank breeds a lot of his varieties for salad mix.

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Lolo Divino is an example of one of those lettuces that goes great in a salad mix.

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Blushed Butter Cos is a cross between a butter lettuce and a romaine (also known as cos) This has been one of my favorites.

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Flashy Lightning is another quick one.

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Plato II is a standard green romaine. All of the lettuces have been suffering in the heat in one way or another. The romaine unfortunately didn't germinate evenly so we have a thin bed with all different sizes right now. Romaine seems particularly sensitive to heat when it is germinating.

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Pirat is a red butter lettuce, this is a slightly immature head which, if left, will form a tight head.

We are also growing Red Iceberg, Danny's favorite so far. Our last planting didn't germinate- probably due to heat - so I don't have a photo. We have one more planting that has just germinated in the flats. Seems crazy but there are only two more seedings of lettuce left this year, the rest is already in the ground, or seed flats. Maybe we'll add a little and see if we get lucky with the fall weather.