Lettuce Salad Bowl

This farm stand favorite features large, notched, lime green leaves that hold sweet flavor in hot weather. Rapid grower and slow to bolt. Salad Bowl is a leaf type lettuce that does not form a head. It won an All America Selections Gold Medal in 1952.

Seed Depth: 1/8” (2mm)

Row Space: 18” (45cm)

Sprouts In: 5-10 days

Thin To: 4” (102mm) 

Lettuce prefers cool weather. Select a location with full sun, or partial shade in hot areas. Sow in early spring or fall, or in winter in mild climates. Make a shallow trench about 1/8” deep. Place seed tape in trench and cover loosely with soil. Keep soil evenly moist for best growth.

For continuous regrowth, harvest by cutting no more that 1/3 of a single plant’s leaves at one time at soil level.

Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa

Matures In: 45 days

Attributes: 6.6’ (2m) of tape. Perfect Rows, Even Spacing, AAS winner