Quantity
Around 600 seeds
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Discover the plant
Family
Asteraceae
Type
Vegetable
Cycle
Annual
Organic red oak leaf lettuce is an heirloom variety with refined charm, prized for its delicately cut foliage, tender texture, and beautiful colored presence in the vegetable garden. With its broad, deeply lobed leaves reminiscent of an oak tree, Lactuca sativa immediately adds relief and elegance to garden beds and plates alike. Its green hue with red undertones gives harvests a decorative and gourmet dimension, particularly welcome in fresh salads in early and mid-season. Its sweet, slightly sugary flavor makes it a very pleasant lettuce to eat raw, both on its own and mixed with other young greens. Vigorous and rustic, it quickly produces beautiful, flexible, and flavorful leaves, allowing for regular harvests throughout the season. Easy to cultivate in cool, loose, and well-drained soil, it enjoys the sun but also benefits from some shade during the hottest hours. Its rapid growth provides the gardener with the simple pleasure of early, abundant, and always aesthetic harvests. It is an elegant, tender, and generous lettuce, perfect for enriching the garden with color, freshness, and finesse.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
0.2 in (0.5 cm)
Establishment temperature
10 to 20 °C (50 to 68 °F)
Establishment time
5 to 10 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun to partial shade
Soil
Loose, friable and well-drained
Watering
Regular
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJune to August
Harvest30 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionsCarrots, radishes, tomatoes
Avoid planting withCabbage, leeks
Salad, sandwich, cut-and-come-again harvesting, pot growing, nourishing kitchen garden
