Lettuce 'Amish Deer Tongue'
Lactuca sativaAmazing two-in-one lettuce from the 1840s that can be cooked like spinach or used like lettuce, so you have a hot or cold vegetable to suit the season. Harvest from 5 weeks. Slow to bolt in warm weather, and recovers well from frost.
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Lettuce 'Amish Deer Tongue'
The best lettuces are grown fast. Grow them in beds that have just been vacated by peas or beans as all leaf crops, especially lettuce, enjoy plenty of nitrogen. Loose soil with plenty of organic matter will retain moisture and added potash will see them grow without check. Premature bolting and subsequent bitterness is usually the result of stress caused by poor transplanting techniques, damage to their shallow roots, lack of fertilizer or lack of water during hot periods. Mulch well to conserve moisture.