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Lettuce (Red Leaf)

🥬 Vegetable
Hardiness Zones 2a to 10b
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📖 About This Plant

Loose-leaf lettuce with burgundy-tinged, ruffled leaves. More nutritious than iceberg, with anthocyanins from the red pigment. Harvest outer leaves continuously for months.

📊 Quick Facts

Sun
Partial Sun
Water
Regular
Season
Early Spring / Fall
Harvest
45-60 days

🌱 Care Tips

Cut-and-come-again variety — harvest outer leaves and plant keeps producing. Shade cloth extends season in heat. Very fast grower; ready in 45 days for baby leaf.

🤝 Companion Plants

These plants grow well alongside Lettuce:

RadishesStrawberriesChives
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