Description
'Great Lakes 118' lettuce brings the iconic, cool crunch of crisphead (also known as iceberg) to your garden. A 1960s improvement on the original 'Great Lakes', this variety is both heat-tolerant and resistant to bolting, scalding, and tip burn, ensuring a crisp harvest even in warmer weather. Compact, round heads with vibrant green outer leaves and a blanched center are perfect for adding to salads or topping sandwiches. Ideal for containers, this variety is a fantastic choice for those looking for an easy-to-grow, reliable lettuce that performs well through the heat of the season.
This packet sows up to 148 feet. 660 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 68–82 days
Family: Asteraceae
Native: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 6″ diameter
Variety Information: Very compact, round heads with green outer leaves and a blanched center. 'Great Lakes 118' is heat tolerant, and bolt, scald, and tip burn resistant. An improved selection over the original, award-winning, 'Great Lakes', which was bred to be larger and firmer than the crisphead lettuces developed earlier in Europe, known as Batavia or summercrisp types.
Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall and winter for cool season harvests.
When to Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm (above 80°F) to germinate lettuce seed.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: Surface to ?”
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8″
Row Spacing: 10″
Thinning: When ½” tall, thin to 1 every 8″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Harvest in the morning, by cutting off at ground level. If regrowth is desired, cut the leaves higher, at 2″. For a continual supply, outer, individual leaves can be harvested at any stage of maturity, but leave at least half of the plant for regrowth.