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Seasons/Availability
Look for Firecracker Lettuce in the spring and summer seasons.
Current Facts
Firecracker lettuce is a lightweight looseleaf lettuce which means it is a cut-and-come-again variety. It is best to remove at least an entire layer of these varieties to preserve their growing consistency.
Description/Taste
The name Firecracker should give a hint to not only the lettuce's coloring but also its flavor. It is a loose forming lettuce with a deep violet color throughout its leaves. The leaves are thin, glossy, wavy in texture and appearance with bitter, sharp and bright flavors that lend the lettuce's best use to salad mixes.
Geography/History
Firecracker lettuce is a cool weather crop as are most lettuce varieties. It grows best in fertile soil with minimal to sufficient irrigation, warm days and cool nights. It does not tolerate extreme heat as the leaves will bronze and brown and eventually bolt to flowering form, rendering its cut-and-come-again option extinct. Firecracker lettuce is a great home gardner's lettuce and it can be planted in containers and raised beds. Harvesting healthy cut-and-come-again lettuce is quite simple: once the leaves have reached an optimal height of four to six inches cut them just above the base leaving less than an inch for continued growth.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Firecracker Lettuce. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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Seasons/Availability
Look for Firecracker Lettuce in the spring and summer seasons.
Current Facts
Firecracker lettuce is a lightweight looseleaf lettuce which means it is a cut-and-come-again variety. It is best to remove at least an entire layer of these varieties to preserve their growing consistency.
Description/Taste
The name Firecracker should give a hint to not only the lettuce's coloring but also its flavor. It is a loose forming lettuce with a deep violet color throughout its leaves. The leaves are thin, glossy, wavy in texture and appearance with bitter, sharp and bright flavors that lend the lettuce's best use to salad mixes.
Geography/History
Firecracker lettuce is a cool weather crop as are most lettuce varieties. It grows best in fertile soil with minimal to sufficient irrigation, warm days and cool nights. It does not tolerate extreme heat as the leaves will bronze and brown and eventually bolt to flowering form, rendering its cut-and-come-again option extinct. Firecracker lettuce is a great home gardner's lettuce and it can be planted in containers and raised beds. Harvesting healthy cut-and-come-again lettuce is quite simple: once the leaves have reached an optimal height of four to six inches cut them just above the base leaving less than an inch for continued growth.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Firecracker Lettuce. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Two Peas and their Pod |
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Vegetable Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce |
