Red Lettuce seed Lactuca sativa ‘Red Salad Bowl’
LATIN NAME: LACTUCA SATIVA
COMMON NAME: Red Salad Bowl Lettuce
The Red Salad Bowl lettuce frills the loose, open heads of the deeply lobed, ruffled, burgundy-red leaves that rise from the low crown, the whole plant carrying the soft, frilly, colourful form. The leaves keep the rich red tone and the tender, mild texture, and the plant crops over the long, cool season. It grows quickly from the seed, and it stands the cool weather well. It likes the sun or the part shade, and the rich, moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
In the daisy family, the lettuces have a long, leafy record in the studies of the vegetable crops, and the red-leaved forms appear in the research on the anthocyanin pigments and the tender-texture growth. The nutritionists value the leaf compounds, while the food scientists note the mild, fresh flavour. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the cut-and-come-again salad greens keep the forms in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the kitchen garden, the Red Salad Bowl lettuce frills the salad bowl with the burgundy red. The ruffled leaves serve the salads and the garnishes, they crop again after the cutting, and the loose heads keep the tender texture over the cool season. It grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained ground. Colourful, tender and cut-again.
To grow the Red Salad Bowl Lettuce from seed,
Scatter the seeds over the light, moist surface of the tray, then press them in gently, keep the tray in the bright, cool spot and mist lightly
Keep the tray bright and gently misted, and thin the seedlings for the room to leaf out. The ruffled leaves come within the season.
. The seedlings rise within a week or two, and they grow on fast. Settle the young plants in the rich, moist, well-drained ground, and the ruffled leaves will frill the bowl over the cool season.
Red Salad Bowl has oak like leaves that are mild and non bitter.
A loose type with a striking bronze burgundy oak-shaped leaves. Very popular for all season use. Stays bitter-free and is heat tolerant.