Lettuces

[Tormato]

might want to check out ...... the history is there for Angel Heart

https://bountyhunterseeds.com/product/a ... -tomato-2/

I don't know if the full history will ever be known.

I grew Persimmon one year, being true to type, and I saved seeds. The saved seed produced an indeterminate RL pink heart, with an overabundance of very long weeping branches. I picked about 40 ripe fruit, and there were about another 40+ green ones that were lost when the 1st expected killing frost happened. I've heard that a cross of a beefsteak producing a 1st generation heart is genetically impossible.

The following year produced both pink and gold/orange hearts. Angel Heart was one of them, distinguished by many of the hearts having "innie" belly button blossom ends, a long tapered tomato ending with an indentation. I've never seen another tomato that consistently produces such a heart shape. The plants had a normal number and length of branches.

Medusa also came out of the saved seed of the pink heart.

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The various lettuce, arugula, frisée, spinach are firing on all cylinders now. Been handing out lettuce to the neighbors and eating all we can.

[karstopography]

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One particular bright spot this winter garden has been lettuce. Lettuce always surprises me on how cold hardy it is. Anyway, I’ve been supplying my mom, an almost daily salad eater, with ample lettuce and arugula and shared some with the kids and friends and yet there’s always more. Washed fresh Lettuce keeps well in the fridge in a partially open zip bag, this one is the two gallon size, with a couple of paper towels at the bottom to soak up any excess water. I like to pick the lettuce in the morning with the dew on it.

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Lettuce still coming. I think this is Landis Winter and Merlot. Plus, the wild type of arugula.

[Yak54]

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[Yak54]

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Been eating fresh lettuce for more than a week or so now and enjoying it very much !

[MissS]

Your lettuce is beautiful @Yak54 .

[Yak54]

Thank you very much for your kind words.

[svalli]

The mini greenhouse seems to work great for growing lettuce and herbs on the rooftop terrace. I have the plants in small pots on top of the self watering tubs, which have layer of moler-clay granules which have good capillary action. I tried first crushed LECA-pebbles, but those stayed dry and I had to water the plants from the top. I like that there is no worries from snails and slugs, like on my in-ground garden and I have easy access directly from the kitchen, since this is on the new garage roof, which is attached to our house and the roof replaced the old balcony. Railings are still missing so having this thing on wheels makes it easier to move away when the guys come to finish the work.

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Choy sum has started to flower, so I may have to use them now and sow some more seeds for later crop. I should start also new lettuce seeds to keep the fresh harvest going on. The containers on left with no plants at the moment have basil, cilantro and dill seeds sown yesterday.

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[CrazyAboutOrchids]

I covered mine this year for the first time ever in my 15+ years of having a garden. I am growing one head each of Muir, Saragossa, Black Seeded Simpson, Kalura and Winter Density. I have battled slugs for years.... the cover is allowing some beautiful heads to grow... I have the best lettuce ever! I started the first batch inside, have a second batch under a second cover that I planted seeds for when everything went out. Hope to keep rotating like this during the season.

[Shule]

I posted about our lettuce this year here:

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