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29-12-2010, 11:18 PM
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Dutch Winter Brown Lettuce
Recently I found a source for rare heirloom seeds, and out of curiosity I purchased several different varieties. Thomas Jefferson apparently liked this variety, as he planted it twenty seven times in his garden at Monticello. The earliest mention of the variety was in 1731, so it is indeed a heirloom. The plant in the photo is being grown indoors, and is about four weeks old. In another few weeks I will give it the ultimate test, in a salad.
 
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30-12-2010, 04:28 PM
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Hey Jack, looks tasty
 i would have been tempted to eat at least one leaf by that stage Is that in soil or hydro, i tend to grow Swiss chard and lolla rossa over winter in the 'grow room' in soil while letting the toms and chillies enjoy the hydro treatment. Tom
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30-12-2010, 04:33 PM
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I am growing a red lolo also. I don't know if we should eat it or use it for a decoration! 
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30-12-2010, 04:59 PM
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I've never tried to grow flowers in hydro apart from a few phal orchids and they seemed to do better in bark basied soil
 They are happy with the temps/humid/light intensity/spectrum in the grow room but i can't find the ideal EC/PH level for them On the other hand, my tomatoes are doing well, i should have some flowering plants to put in the green house in march And you should eat it, i can almost taste the goodness put it on a nice bit of whole grain bread with a bit of tomato, cucumber and some home made hummus...hummm
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30-12-2010, 05:16 PM
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I was only joking, of course we will eat it. I must have a hundred varieties and grow all our own greens. Lettuce is $3.99 for 5 oz. now. That is about fifteen dollars a pound. A system yields over a pound and a half every four weeks. It costs pennies to grow. I toss in annuals with the lettuce and they do fine. I have grown zinnias, cosmos, marigolds, calendula, dianthus and many more with the lettuce.
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. - Thomas Jeffereson http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/
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