Lettuce Crisphead Great Lakes 118 Seed Pack

Description

No other lettuce type provides the incredible, cool crunch of crisphead (also called iceberg). ‘Great Lakes 118’ is a 1960s improvement over the original ‘Great Lakes’; heat tolerant, and bolt resistant. Toss it in with your salad mixes or top your sandwiches to liven them up.

Days to Maturity: 68–82 days

Family: Asteraceae

Type: Crisphead Lettuce (Learn more)

Native: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual

Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Plant Dimensions: 6″ diameter

Variety Info: Very compact, round heads with green outer leaves and a blanched center. ‘Great Lakes 118’ is heat tolerant, and bolt, scald, and tip burn resistant. An improved selection over the original, award-winning, ‘Great Lakes’, which was bred to be larger and firmer than the crisphead lettuces developed earlier in Europe, known as Batavia or summercrisp types.

Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant, Bolt Resistant, Frost Tolerant