Greenhouse Production

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.

Pelleted Seed

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

Pelleted seed

Seed from this supplier is untreated as standard

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

Pelleted Seed

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard

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.

Flandria is one of the standard glasshouse butterhead lettuce varieties for production from the spring to autumn. It is slow bolting and strong against tip burn, forming a well closed base. Resistant to BL 1-17, 21,23.

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.

Pelleted Seed

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Tacitus is a medium to large framed Romaine with good tipburn resistance.

To be phased out - Limited quantities

AmadeusF1 is a Cos / romaine lettuce with a uniform, upright frame. The head is well closed and uniform in shape that makes more leaves than comparable varieties. Resistant to BL 1-17, 21 and 23.

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.

Pelleted Seed

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Revolution is a beautiful lollo rossa, fancy type lettuce with a good red color. Revolution is slow bolting lettuce and has good vigor. Suitable for indoor and outdoor production. Resistant to Bremia BL 1-16.

See SOLTERO and ROUXAI as an alternative

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.

Pelleted Seed.

Lettuce seed from this supplier is available as untreated, pelleted seeds only.

Granite is robust lollo bionda with a darker green color.

Alternative LOCARNO

Nicely curled, strong leaves. Compact growth habit, good vigor, slow bolting. Resistant to Nr 0 Bl:1-26, 28.

Pelleted Seed.

Lettuce seed from this supplier is untreated as standard.

A Red oak leaf, with very intense red color, also on the underside of the leaves. Very suitable for processing with small, compact leaf shape.

Bright "cherry" red oak leaf variety. Upright habit with red colouring on both sides of the leaves.

Suitable for year round production in cooler areas

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.