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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
Categories
Blooming Seasons
Autumn flowers Spring flowers Summer flowers
Edible Parts
Culinary uses
Flower colors
Climate
Desert Climate Mediterranean Climate Subtropics Climate Temperate Climate
Harvest Season
Autumn Harvest Spring Harvest Summer Harvest Winter harvest
Ornamental parts
Ornamental leaves Ornamental plant
Plant growing speed
Average growing plants Fast growing plants
Plant life-form
Annual plant Biennial plant Leaf plant
Plant Uses
Edible plants Ornamental plants
Planting Season
Autumn Planting Spring Planting
Plants sun exposure
Full sun Plants Part shade Plants
Watering plants
Big amount of water Regularly water
Hardiness zone
Hardiness zone 10 Hardiness zone 11 Hardiness zone 12 Hardiness zone 2 Hardiness zone 3 Hardiness zone 4 Hardiness zone 5 Hardiness zone 6 Hardiness zone 7 Hardiness zone 8 Hardiness zone 9