Red Deer Tongue
Eco Heirloom
Information
Is a darkly wine-red variety of the old well-known Deer Tongue with its typically pointed and juicy leaves. It is a large lettuce, an intermediate between head-and perpetual lettuce is the closest classification. The brilliantly red colour is not completely dominant. Sometimes plants occur with green spots or green tinges. They are beautiful and have a butter-like goodness. Red Deer Tongue is very sound and can remain ready for harvest for a long time. A portion contains about 300 seeds. MOFGA-certified seed. See under Info etc. - Ecologically grown seeds.
| Product number: | 4340 |
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| Scientific name: | Lactuca sativa var. capitata |
| Botanic family: | The Sunflower Family - Asteraceae |
| Organic: | Yes |
| Days to maturity: | 58 |
| Lifespan: | Annual |
| F1 Hybrid: | No |
| New variety: | No |
| Sowing time: | Pre-cultivate: March–May/Direct sow: May–August |
| Sowing depth: | 0,5 cm |
| Germination time: | 5–8 days |
| Plant spacing: | 25–30 cm |
| Row spacing: | 35–50 cm |
| Height: | 20–30 cm |
| Plant location: | Sun–Half shade |
| Harvest/blooming: | June–October |
| Seeds/g: | 700–1100 seeds |
| Heirloom variety: | Yes |
Cultivation advice
Sowing
Sow thinly about 0.5 cm deep! The seeds need light and a temperature below 18oC to germinate. A higher temperature causes late and bad germination. Lettuce can be forced very early in a green-house (soil temperature at least 5°C) or sown indoors and in hotbeds 3-5 weeks before handle several degrees of frost. Direct sowing can take place as soon as the soil is ready. Water the row before sowing if the soil is dry. That lowers the temperature some when sowing in high summer. To get a supply of lettuce all through summer and autumn, sow successively or several kinds of different growth times! Autumn sowing for wintering could succeed.Spacing
Thin out early! Head lettuce need a mutual space of 20-30 cm to be able to form heads, 35-50 cm between the rows.Harvest
The lettuce heads should be harvested as soon as they have made heads.Seed
700-1100 seeds/g, a normal portion sows 5-10 m outdoors or yields 100-250 seedlings for setting and 5 g for 100 m if sowing directly and 20 g yield seedlings for 1000 m2. 50-100 g sows 1000 m2 directly.A portion contains about 300 seeds.
