Description
Lettuce Martina
Lactuca sativa
Batavia-type lettuce. Dark green leaves with red edges. Can become huge. Very slow to bolt. Excellent flavor. A rare lettuce grown in the province ofAlava, in Spain’s Basque Autonomous Community. Martina is the name of the lady who saved this variety when it was almost extinct. Part of the Ark of Taste.
Full sun, part shade. Well drained soil. Direct sowing from 4 weeks before last frost date. Sow indoors 3 to 4 weeks before transplanting. 6 mm deep. 30 cm between plants.
Germination: 95% in November 2024
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.
Note
Seeds of Basque origin donated by Hugo Martorell of Sème l’Avenir. In 2023, as part of his work, Hugo went to the Basque country to discuss, among other things, the protection of ancestral varieties with the Red de Semillas Euskal Herriko Hazien Sarea organization. He brought back seeds of several varieties, including Martina lettuce. Artisanal seed producers are very rare and varieties are kept by gardeners who eat them.
A Basque delegation came to visit several Quebec farms in the summer of 2024, including ours, to see how things are done here.
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