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Post by ladymarmalade on Jun 19, 2017 14:29:54 GMT -5
One of my favorite lettuces that I grow every year. It's slow to bolt, nice and crunchy, and also compact for raised bed growing. If you let it be while it's growing, it will head up like the picture above. But it's also great because you can start harvesting from the stalk early and the stalk will just keep growing while you can just keep picking over an extended period of time. The leaves tend to get a little smaller as the main stalk gets longer, but it just keeps on giving as long as it can. Here's a pick of a few plants I've been harvesting from:
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Post by meandtk on Jun 19, 2017 16:41:15 GMT -5
That was my first lettuce to grow. I plan to grow it again this fall.
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Post by horsea on Jul 10, 2017 16:06:23 GMT -5
Anyone here try a variety called Fusion? I bought some seed of this variety just because I was looking for a lettuce seed in pelleted form. I hate the struggle with thinning. I got these seeds from Johnny's. They are called Fusion because - wait for it - they are a hybrid of leafy green lettuce and Romaine. They are growing well but are still small. They are sort of coarse and not a nice sweet taste; and I'm wondering if they will ever improve as they grow. Should've stuck with standard issue old variety Romaine. Actually, it is not too late...
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jul 11, 2017 23:06:45 GMT -5
I've never tried that variety (never heard of it, actually). Sorry to hear that it is disappointing. Maybe it'll get better as it matures. But yeah...I'd plant something that you know you like, just in case.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jul 12, 2017 9:19:19 GMT -5
Anyone here try a variety called Fusion? I bought some seed of this variety just because I was looking for a lettuce seed in pelleted form. I hate the struggle with thinning. I got these seeds from Johnny's. They are called Fusion because - wait for it - they are a hybrid of leafy green lettuce and Romaine. They are growing well but are still small. They are sort of coarse and not a nice sweet taste; and I'm wondering if they will ever improve as they grow. Should've stuck with standard issue old variety Romaine. Actually, it is not too late... Honestly, if they don't taste good as baby greens, I doubt they'll be good as large greens. That's a bummer.
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Post by horsea on Jul 12, 2017 22:44:31 GMT -5
Tks for the sympathy! In any event, I can't bear to waste food, so will chop 'em up for soup. Mixed with escarole, who will know the difference.
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Post by shelleybean on Feb 19, 2018 15:57:37 GMT -5
Parris Island is my go-to variety. Does very well here through heat and cold.
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Post by ahntjudy on Feb 22, 2018 18:06:15 GMT -5
You guys have inspired me to try Romaine again this year... I have a lot of crushed eggshells saved to place around them as slug deterrent as well as some Escar-go... But I'm also going to rig up something else to try... I have a lot of copper tape from stained glass windows I make...some of the tape is older and wider than I like to use anymore on the windows so I'm going to figure out and construct maybe a box type thing and wrap the copper tape around it making a barrier that'll shock those slugs into oblivion... Have to get into my 'lumberyard' and see what's available and appropriate for that... Another project...I just love projects...
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Post by ahntjudy on May 13, 2018 8:15:26 GMT -5
A little science experiment out there this year...a slug deterrent... Got to sit down at the end of a long day and do arts and crafts... Used up some copper tape that was slightly gnarly... Made 3...So I'll see how the romaines do in them and if slugs will cross the barrier... I'm just a curious one... I'm having a flashback to science class with frogs and scalpels... ...
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Post by brownrexx on May 13, 2018 9:36:44 GMT -5
That's actually kind of pretty. Hope it works.
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