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Lettuce 'Sweetheart Gem'

Lettuce 'Sweetheart Gem'

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Lactuca Sativa

With a flavour described as buttery sweet, this taste test winner is a medium sized, dark green, gem type romaine.

  • Medium size gem type cos with a dense, blanched, sweet flavoured heart
  • Dark green, upright leaves
  • Uniform, variety with commercial merit size, dense, bleached heart
  • Holds well in field
  • Four season lettuce
  • Looser habit than other gems trialed allowing for ease in cleaning

But don’t be fooled by its flavour - with it’s mid size upright, blistered leaves and a looser habit while still forming a blanched/bleached heart, ‘Sweetheart Gem’ shows great commercial grower merit. It holds well in the field (resists bolting) and in polytunnel trials showed resilience against downy mildew.

This was a selection from Wild Garden Seeds ‘Irene Green Gem’ that we have been refining for several seasons. Great four season lettuce - thriving in summer heat over 35C as well as an unheated polytunnel in Southern Victoria winter.

Transition Farm Original
OSSI pledged variety - Pending

Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic

SEED COUNT: 250, 1000, 5000 seeds approx
Germination Rate: Lot#12289 98% OCT 2024

PLEASE NOTE: We do not authorize the repackaging of our seed without written permission

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