Iceberg lettuce Great Lakes 659, seeds Russian vegetable garden 1g

Large-sized variety for summer and autumn use. The growing season is about 90 days. Leaves are bright green, dense, corrugated, crunchy, sweet taste, keep fresh for a long time. Head weight -250-350 g. Resistant to shooting even in warm weather. Growing conditions. The culture is cold-resistant, light and moisture-loving. Sowing in open ground or on seedlings, the seeding depth is -1 -2 cm. Placed on fertile, loose, neutral, well-cultivated, fertilized soils since autumn. The optimum temperature for germination is + 15-22 ° С. To speed up the harvest in the open field, the crops are covered with foil. Seedlings appear in 7-14 days. Thinning of head lettuce is carried out twice: first in the phase of one true leaf, at a distance of 5-7 cm, then in the phase of 4-5 leaves. Plants removed for the first time can be used as a compactor.