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Red Salad Bowl

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Red Salad Bowl

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa 'Red Salad Bowl'

  • Partial sun
  • Zones 2–11
  • 50 days to maturity
  • Vegetables
  • 6" spacing
  • pH 6–7
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  • Overview

    The stunning burgundy-red counterpart to the famous Green Salad Bowl, featuring the same deeply-lobed oak leaves but with gorgeous wine-red coloration that intensifies in cool weather. This loose-leaf variety provides continuous harvests while adding dramatic color contrast to salads and garden beds. The tender leaves maintain their sweet flavor even as the red pigmentation deepens with maturity.

  • Planting

    Direct sow in spring and fall. Can start indoors for transplants. Succession plant for continuous harvest.

  • Growing

    Sun: partial. Soil pH: 6–7. Space plants 6" apart. Germination: 7-14.

  • Pests & diseases

    Common pests: Aphids, leaf miners, slugs, flea beetles. Common diseases: Downy mildew, lettuce mosaic virus, tipburn.