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'Green Ice' Lettuce
 
Sub-Category: Looseleaf
 
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Description: Looseleaf type. 9-inch, compact plant with glossy, green, crinkly leaves and fringed margins. Meatier than other looseleaf varieties. Slow to bolt but gets tough centers. Bolting tolerant.
Days To Maturity: 45
Seed Sources: Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (4.7 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.7 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (3.7 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 07/27/2006 by gmlkm - A novice gardener

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Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

We grew 5 different types of looseleaf lettuce this year and this was easily the best tasting and one of the best looking. It was very easy to grow. We just planted seeds directly in the garden. The yeilds are very high and you have to thin the small plant to allow space enough for the remaining ones to grow to their best potential (very important). I haven't grown any butterhead etc so I cannot say if this is as good but it is an excellent looseleaf lettuce. We will definately plant again next year.
 

Reviewed on 07/02/2006 by organicgardener - An intermediate gardener

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Du Page, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I guess this just isn't the best variety in the midwest. I've never seen a seedling make it past the first set of true leaves before being washed away by rain, chopped down by cutworms or meeting some other dismal fate. I still keep trying different places in the garden and am hoping for some success one of these days.
 

Reviewed on 10/15/2004 by Bob B - An experienced gardener

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Chemung, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is my favorite lettuce every year I've grown it. I'm still growing it under remay in mid Oct. in my hilltop location.
 




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