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Lactuca sativa 'Crisp Mint' (Lettuce 'Crisp Mint')

Other names: Cos lettuce 'Crisp Mint', Romaine lettuce 'Crisp Mint'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Crisp Mint' is a hardy annual widely cultivated as a cool-season, salad leaf crop forming a compact, upright, dense rosette of edible, crisp, wrinkled, ruffled bright green leaves, typically ready for harvest approximately 60-65 days after sowing.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
0.25 m 0.25 m 1 year
0 ft 0 ft 1 year

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • West
  • South
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Sow seed in fertile, moist, neutral soil in sun from early spring to midsummer. Avoid acid soil. Keep well watered. Harvest approximately 60-65 days after sowing.

Suggested uses

Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks, Add to salads

UK hardiness

H2

USDA zones

Sunset zone

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Unknown
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Compact, Rosette

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Harvest outer leaves, the inner leaves will continue to grow.

Propagation methods

Seed

Propagation

Sow from early spring to midsummer every two weeks for a succession of crops. Sow thinly in drills 1.5cm deep, 30cm apart. Thin plants to 25cm apart.

Pests

Slugs

Snails

Cutworms

Birds

Lettuce root maggot

Root aphid

Root knot eelworm

Diseases

Grey mould

Lettuce downy mildew

Mosaic virus

Ring spot

Hoe around crops

Dig next year's bed over in autumn adding manure or compost

Add lime to acid soil

Sow lettuce seed for a Summer-Autumn crop

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