Description

Jester lettuce
Lactuca sativa

A batavia lettuce with amazing colors, green-yellow and pink speckled with red. Crunchy and tasty. A selection by Frank Morton. Resulting from a cross between Ice Queen (Batavia), Merlot (Frisée) and Flashy Troutback (Romaine).

Full sun, part shade. Well drained soil. Indoor sowing in April or direct sowing from May. Ideal germination temperature between 8 and 15ºC. 6 mm deep. 30 cm between plants.

Germination: 85% in November 2023
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.