Lettuce

Rex lettuce must be one of the most popular butterhead lettuces in production today. It is a thick-leaved summer type but often used year round. Excellent quality, slow-bolting and very strong against tip burn, with a nice, clean and well-closed base, its leaves are not brittle and it is easy to cut. Resistant to Bremia BL 1-12, 17, 18, 22.

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Lettuce seed from this supplier is untreated as standard.

For alternative - use FRANK or CHARLES

Muir is a medium-sized, light green, open and slow-growing greenleaf variety. The heads grow very upright and the hearts are well filled. Sweet flavor and strong against bolting and internal tipburn. Appropriate for field and unheated greenhouse production. Excellent mildew and aphid resistance.

Bl:16-26,28,32EU/1-8US/Nr:0/TBSV

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A great shaped lettuce,with a well filled head and a good balance of outer leaves.

Frank is a heavy lettuce with a high resistance level. Click here for Tech Sheet -  Frank Tech Sheet

A Compact long day butterhead lettuce for spring/summer/autumn production under glass. Suitable for both soil and hydroponic
production. Frank has good disease resistance Bl: 1-26,28-30; Nr: 0.

A medium green color with good tip burn and bolting resistance

Alternatives ALEXANDRIA or REX

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Red Oakleaf lettuce Bughatti is a vigorous red oak leaf with healthy base and strong root system.

Bughatti a fast growing, slow bolting variety. Performance in NFT systems is very stable and reliable.

This is a great looking lettuce, well formed and deep red.

Triple red multileaf with medium incised curly leaves and more vigor than Multired 55.
External leaves are relatively big. Ideal for multicolor/trio mixes.

Multired 80 has a good shape with an large, open head shape. This is an early, medium vigor variety with very good tip burn tolerance and bolting resistance
High Disease Resistances (HR) Bl: 16-31

Use Fresh Market; Multicolor/Trio mixes.

Variety Benefits - Best red to compete with greens in mixes. Adds color to Multicolor/Trio

These "MULTi" types of lettuce are similar to the Salanova or Artisan types. Leaves are joined low at the base of the plant so the lettuce head can be prepared with a single cut - a real favorite at restaurants and local produce markets.

Unlike field varieties that are widely sold for use in greenhouse, these varieties are smaller framed allowing for higher plant populations with exceptional rates of growth that mean plants reach maturity much more quickly.

Lettuce seed from this supplier is untreated as standard.

Carmesi is a Triple red lollo rossas with an exceptional vigor.

Suitable for hydroponic and outdoor production and recommended variety for the fresh cut industry. Triple-red lollo rossa variety with exceptional vigour. Benefits for both growers (higher yield) and fresh cut companies, due to better efficiency and optimal characteristics for processing. Extended bremia resistance.

Resistances:  Bl:16-27,30-32/Fol:1/Nr:0

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Cosbee is an excellent Mini Cos type for warm weather production twin packs with excellent compact heart shape, and sweet taste. Usually around 160-180mm height depending on time of year.

An excellent head shape, medium vigor and medium green color. Cosbee has excellent tipburn and bolting tolerance.

Disease resistance: HR. Bl: 1-28, 30-32 IR. Fol:1

Suitable for Spring, Summer and Fall

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Charles is a large framed long day variety for late spring, summer and early fall cultivation.

Charles is an attractive looking variety that performs well under many different locations and growing methods. It is widely adapted and an  excellent choice as for greenhouse production.

It is a medium sized, thick leaved variety with an attractive color that is slow bolting and strong against tip-burn. Resistance: Bremia races 1,3-10,14-22.

Unlike field varieties that are widely sold for use in greenhouse, these varieties are smaller framed allowing for higher plant populations with exceptional rates of growth that reach maturity much more quickly.

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Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Casey is a fresh, medium green colored butterhead for indoor production under long daylength. Casey is medium-fast maturity and yields jumbo-sized heads with excellent weight. It has a flat, clean, closed base and a full disease resistance package. Strong roots and good heat tolerance make Casey a great choice for summer production.

Crop Lettuce

Crop Type Butterhead, Hydroponic Green butterhead

Resistance HRBl-EU:16-37/Bl-US:1-9/Nr:0/Pb

Growing Method Heated Greenhouse, Hydroponic

Color Green

Seed is Pelleted, Untreated as standard

For alternative - use FRANK or CHARLES