Lettuce Italienischer grow and care – leaf plant of the genus Lactuca also known Italienischer Oakleaf Lettuce, Lettuce Italienischer is Annual or biennial plant, can grow in mediterranean, desert, subtropical, temperate climate and growing in hardiness zone 10b-12 as autumn-winter planting or 2-10a as spring planting
Lettuce Italienischer leaves
Leaves color green in pinnate shape leaves grow in rosette.
Flower color yellow in small size 1-3 cm, the flowers grow on inflorescence
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How to grow Lettuce Italienischer growing and care:
Cool weather
What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Sometime the flowers grow early and the leaves become bitter
Planting season:
Autumn – frost free area / Spring – temperate climate
Pests and diseases:
Aphids, armyworms, slugs, snail, leafminers
Pruning season:
All season
How to prune:
Dead leaves, prune the blossom stems
Size of the plant?
5-50 cm, 2-40 inches
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun (not in warm season)/ Half Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Spring / Summer / Autumn
General information about the flower
Small 1-3 cm yellow flowers grow on inflorescence
Thinning the bloom:
Better to thinning the stem before the flowers
Pollination is done by:
Bees
Edible leaves
Leaves harvesting season:
In cold area spring-summer in frost free autumn-winter (50-60 days from sowing)
How to harvest the leaves?
Two possibility separate leaves or all the leaves of the plant
Information about leaves:
Green leaves in pinnate shape leaves grow in rosette
Uses of Lettuce Italienischer leaves:
Salad, eaten raw
Scientific name:
Lactuca sativa
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