Robust Batavia lettuce, leaves red and slightly wavy, and keep well when cut. Suitable for cultivation all year long, and particularly for overwintering in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors.
Colour: red
Type: batavia leaf lettuce
Temperature requirements: frost-tolerant
Nutrient requirements: medium
Seed spacing between the row: 25 cm
Seed spacing in the row: 20 cm
Sowing depth: 0.1-0.5 cm
Sowing calendar
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Indoor sowing
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Outdoor sowing
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Harvest
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Explanations
Pelleted seeds (pills). The seeds are coated with mineral fillers. The aim is to standardise size and shape to facilitate (technical) sowing. The biocompatible pills are sold per piece.
Conservation Breeding: For this variety Sativa practices conservation breeding in Rheinau. To ensure high-quality varieties, they must be maintained. They are regularly replicated and selected by their positive characteristics. In doing so the varieties are continually improved and adapted to growing conditions.
