[Investment] “Salad Bowl” green lettuce (Lactuca sativa crispa)

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[Investment] “Salad Bowl” green lettuce (Lactuca sativa crispa)

This variety of cut lettuce will give you leaves of excellent taste quality. Very productive, hardy and heat-tolerant, it can be harvested in all seasons.

Invest in plots of “Salad Bowl” green lettuce and receive the money from the sale a few months later !

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Difficulty : 1/3
Sun exposure : 3/3
Speed of development : 3/3
Emergence : 6 to 8 days
Yield : 10 lettuces /m2
Watering : 2/3
Type of soil : Prohibit soils that are too acidic or salty
Floor temperature : 10°C
Availability : From June to August
Available plots : 0/100
Profitability : Variable (from 1% to 20% per year)

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The cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Lactuca, of the Asteraceae family, widely cultivated for its tender leaves eaten as a vegetable.

The name “lettuce” derives from the Latin lactuca which also recalls the presence in this plant of a white latex characteristic of the genus and sativa means “cultivated” in Latin.

It is one of the plants whose cultivation is recommended in the royal domains by Charlemagne in the De Villis chapter (end of the 8th or beginning of the 9th century).

It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable, but sometimes for its stem and seeds. Lettuce is most often used for salads, although it is also seen in other kinds of food, such as soups, sandwiches and wraps; it can also be grilled. In addition to its main use as a leafy green, it has also gathered religious and medicinal significance over centuries of human consumption. Europe and North America originally dominated the market for lettuce, but by the late 20th century the consumption of lettuce had spread throughout the world. As of 2017, world production of lettuce and chicory was 27 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China.

Lettuce was originally farmed by the ancient Egyptians, who transformed it from a plant whose seeds were used to obtain oil into an important food crop raised for its succulent leaves and oil-rich seeds. Lettuce spread to the Greeks and Romans; the latter gave it the name lactuca, from which the English lettuce is derived. By 50 AD, many types were described, and lettuce appeared often in medieval writings, including several herbals. The 16th through 18th centuries saw the development of many varieties in Europe, and by the mid-18th century, cultivars were described that can still be found in gardens.

Generally grown as a hardy annual, lettuce is easily cultivated, although it requires relatively low temperatures to prevent it from flowering quickly. It can be plagued by numerous nutrient deficiencies, as well as insect and mammal pests, and fungal and bacterial diseases. Lactuca sativa crosses easily within the species and with some other species within the genus Lactuca. Although this trait can be a problem to home gardeners who attempt to save seeds, biologists have used it to broaden the gene pool of cultivated lettuce varieties.

Lettuce is a rich source of vitamin K and vitamin A, and a moderate source of folate and iron.

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