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Vegetable seed review: De Morges Braun lettuce

amy manning
Jan 01, 2011
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 I've grown this plant many times in the past, and I've been impressed at how it keeps damping-off diseases at bay and grows relatively fast in cool weather. Right now, I'm itching for spring, and I planted some indoors (without a heat map), thinking that I could transplant them out relatively early.

If you're looking for a lettuce that is tolerant of cool soils, this is a good seed to stock up on. I bought it through Territorial Seed Check out my other seed recommendations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR, amy manning
I'm a suburban homesteader (or at least attempting to be!).
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Joel LeGrand
Nice plants, are you in zone 7,8,9?
amy manning
I live in zone 8
Jessica Still
Amy, have you ever come across any research saying that redder greens & lettuces have more anti-oxidants? I keep suspecting that it's out there - but haven't seen any myself.
amy manning
Do you have a copy of Harold McGee's "On Food and Cooking"? This is an excellent book about food. It was required reading when I was in culinary school, though, I already owned the book prior to my arrival.
david e kelley
Amy, this is only a teaser for an interesting blog. We take too many pills and liquid supplements when fresh, colorful vegetables and fruits could supply the anti oxidents we need. I'm looking forward to more information from you on this subject . Stay natural, David
Joel LeGrand
Amy a blog sounds good, you could put a topic on the "Nutrition" Group also.
Jessica Still
I second David's "looking forward to more" - was going to say I think you have already written an excellent blog post here ...
amy manning
Thanks Jessica! I hope to write a post about this soon, for other people who may be wondering the same thing. For now, I'm taking the Oregon State University's Master Gardener course, which is my current focus and has my head spinning.

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