Lettuce, Really Red Deer Tongue

March 2, 2014 by Elaine 3 Comments

This is a record of how long this particular set of seeds took to germinate and how they looked at various stages from first appearance to the development of the first set of true leaves and beyond. I hope this will prove useful.

 Variety: Really Red Deer Tongue (RSC)
Sown indoors: 23rd February 2014
First Seedling: 28th February 2014
Germination: 5 days
Germination ratio: 5/7seeds sown (by 2nd March)

Another new variety for me this year and also from The Real Seed Catalogue

19th March: Nearly 3 weeks old

16th April: 7 weeks old and these seedlings have been in the greenhouse for a couple of weeks now. Their red colouring is starting to come through.

23rd April: These seedlings are doing really well in the greenhouse, however, I intend to plant some of these out into the raised beds to infill gaps where direct sown seed has failed to germinate.

5th May: At just under 9 weeks old, the seedlings in the greenhouse are growing well although the red colouring isn’t as well defined at this age, as that of the much younger direct sown seedlings outside. Some of the greenhouse seedlings have now been transplanted into the raised beds, to fill the gaps left when seed failed to germinate.

17th May: The greenhouse plants are being cropped for baby leaves. Meanwhile those that were planted outside have made a remarkable transformation from bland to colourful.

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