New Lettuce From Renee’s Garden
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- June
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All this rain and cool weather has been great for lettuces and other greens that peter out in hot weather. Often by this time of year, home gardeners give up on these tender greens until cooler weather arrives in fall.
This spring, Renee’s Garden introduced a blend of seeds called Ruby & Emerald Duet, an emerald-green baby butterhead lettuce paired with a dark red ruffled and crispy mini lettuce.
They are ideal for containers and bred to be heat tolerant.
When mature, the pair will form soft 5- to 6-inch heads. Renee’s suggests three heads in an 8-inch pot or nine to 11 heads in a 16- to 18-inch pot. Try planting new seeds every week or so to maintain a steady staple for salads all summer.
When the weather turns hot, give them afternoon shade and lots of water. Most lettuces like rich, well-drained soil, cool weather and full sun.
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on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm by Bill Cary.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
I will be ordering!!! And, we have been oooing and aaahing over her “Garden Babies Butterhead,” “Cut and Come Again – Baby Mesclun” and “Summer Perfection Long-Standing Spinach.” YUM!