Lettuce

• Type : Vegetables
• Subtype : Leafy vegetables
• Botanical Family : Asteraceae (composites)

Characteristics

• Lifecycle : Annual
• Exposure : Partial Shade
• Frost Hardiness : Slightly Frost Sensitive
• Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
• Adult Height : 25 cm

Sowing & Planting

• Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
• Sowing Depth : 0.5 cm
• Plant Spacing : 25 cm
• Row Spacing : 25 cm

Maintenance

• Maintenance : Low
• Water Requirements : Moderate

Seeds

• Soil Type : Humus-rich
• Soil pH Preference : Neutral
• Pest Sensitivity : Moderate
• Disease Sensitivity : Moderate
• Weed Sensitivity : Moderate
• Pollination : Self-pollinating
• Propagation : Sowing