Batavia Lettuce Great Lakes 118 - Lactuca sativa

The 'Great Lakes 118' Batavia Lettuce is an iceberg-type variety that forms large heads of dark green, crisp leaves. It is a lettuce that stores well and is resistant to running to seed. It can be sown from March to July for a harvest 8 to 10 weeks later.

Iceberg lettuces are quite cold-resistant. They get their name because they used to be transported across the United States covered in ice.

Lettuce is a widely popular vegetable, with an average consumption of 4.2 kilos per person per year. People enjoy it for its freshness, crunchiness, taste, and nutritional benefits. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked as a side dish to accompany other vegetables, such as peas.

The Lettuce is the ultimate leaf vegetable, an annual plant belonging to the large Asteraceae family. Its Latin name, Lactuca sativa, refers to the white sap (Lactuca) that flows when it is cut and to the fact that it is cultivated (sativa).

It is an essential vegetable in any respectable vegetable garden, and there are so many varieties that it can be grown almost all year round.

Growing Lettuce is easy as long as you respect the cultivation calendar for each variety. Its rapid growth thrives in any soil, provided it is rich and remains moist.

Harvest: Remove with a knife when the lettuces are well developed.

Storage: Lettuce can be stored for a few days in the refrigerator, but to enjoy its freshness to the fullest, we recommend consuming it immediately after harvesting. Freezing cooked Lettuce is also possible.

The gardener's little trick: A true nightmare for gardeners, slugs and snails love lettuce leaves. When hunting, people do whatever it takes to repel or eliminate their target. Some methods include using ash cords (which can be washed away by rain), homemade beer traps (which can cause hedgehogs to become drunk and unconscious), or copper strips (which only tickle their target).