Green Towers M.I. (Lettuce/Romaine/pelleted)
Latin Name: Lactuca sativa
Item #: 1600034M
Maturity:
74 Days
Difficulty:
Easy
Open Pollinated
Yes
74 days. Popular Romaine with extra large upright, dark green heads that are less cupped at the top than other Cos types. Lightly savoyed dark green leaves with smooth ribs. Pelleted seed.
74 days. Popular Romaine with extra large upright, dark green heads that are less cupped at the top than other Cos types. Lightly savoyed dark green leaves with smooth ribs. Pelleted seed.
COS LETTUCE for fresh market and home garden
oz./28 g contains about 20,000 seeds
CULTURE: Cos lettuce is not usually started early in the greenhouse, most growers prefer several outdoor seedings from late Apr. to early July - for a continuous supply throughout the season. Sow seed 1/4 in./6 mm deep @ 2 per in./25 mm; cover with fine soil and firm. Space rows 16 - 18 in./41 - 46 cm apart. Thin seedlings to 8 in./20 cm apart.
BLANCHING: Upright heads can be blanched by tying outer loose leaves 5 in./13 cm from the ground when plants are 6 or 7 in./15 or 18 cm tall. This blanches tender hearts white.
HARVEST heads at ground level, when the heads feel firm.
