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In between lettuce and cabbage, this plant has a similar time to maturity as the two. It is a bitter green that is packed with nutrients. Nicely bitter and spicy leaves become sweeter when cooked; a favorite Italian method is grilling this with olive oil. Use sparingly with other greens it can add color as well as some important antioxidants. Grow these to add to your favorite salad mix!
Any leafy thing with reddish leaves does better in heat than green in terms of bolting. This is no exception. My zone 9b/10a, we dont really get winter weather, so the best i can do is something like this. It isnt a lettuce, so to speak, but goes well mixed in a salad. I like them as baby greens mixed into other lettuce to make a mesclun type salad mix. It has some bitterness when it gets full grown in heat, but this is true of other types of this radiccio. Germination was near 100%.
Pkg looking good.. can't wait to plant them!
Growing well
I have planted this several times. All I get are green leaves. I don't know if it is just my climate or not. I live in the mountains zone 4B. This year I just blanched and froze the leaves and will add to soups.
I’ve only started three of the seeds in my fall seed tray so far and we have 100% germination! Thank you for your reliable sourcing and look forward to purchasing most of my seeds from your shop in the future.
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Great fertilizer. Used for the first time last year for my fall bulbs and they were stunning and strong come spring. Planting another 250 bulbs this fall so came back for more bulb fertilizer. I also use the Trifecta. Can’t go wrong with any of Luke’s amendments.
Great germination and very prolific.
I grew this in a straw bale garden in 2025 and really enjoyed it. It grew amazingly well and was beautiful, so I purchased more for 2026. Michigan zone 6b.
I have grown these for the last few years and they are hands down my favorite. I like romas and firm tomatoes. These remind me of mini romas. These are less prone to splitting, super easy to harvest and has a super great flavor and very meaty. YUM!
The cloves are large, full and heavy. Of the two cloves I kept (shared 2 with my daughter), 12 were large enough to plant, 1 will be consumed.