Astéracées • Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Mescher Head Lettuce - Organic

"A tender and flavorful lettuce, a companion to fresh and bountiful gardens."

$4.49

Number of seeds

Mescher head lettuce is a traditional French variety, prized in vegetable gardens for its mild flavor and relative resistance to adverse weather conditions. Originating from the Mescher region, near the Atlantic coast, it is distinguished by its well-formed, dense, and firm head, offering a crisp texture and a delicately sweet taste.

In the garden, Mescher is a faithful companion to summer and autumn crops. Its ability to form a compact head makes it easy to harvest and store, while its mild flavor makes it a preferred ingredient for fresh and composed salads. With its upright habit and abundant foliage, it adds a beautiful touch of greenery to the vegetable garden and contributes to soil fertility through its rapid growth cycle.

  • Growing climate: Temperate to cool climate
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy
  • Care required: Occasional

Note: Sensitive to intense heat, prefer cool season or partial shade.

An ideal variety for fresh salads, sandwiches, and toppings. Can be kept for a few days in the refrigerator. Its tender texture makes it particularly delicious raw. No confirmed traditional medicinal uses.

Mescher Head Lettuce - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor and outdoor seeding

Germination time

3-10 days

Germination temperature

15° to 20° Celsius

Sowing depth

Surface sowing - without covering the soil

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 55 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

30 cm

Distance between rows

40 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant that tolerates light shade

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

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