Salad Bowl Lettuce

This vegetable takes 28 days to become a baby takes 50 days to become full size the cakleaf type full to part sun good soil steady water and feeding cool season vegetable for salads, slow to bolt. The nutritional value of lettuce varies with the variety. In general, lettuce has small amounts of dietary fibers and some carbohydrates, a little protein and a trace of fat. Iceberg is a head lettuce that is very low in nutritional value and flavor. The most abundant nutrient in iceberg lettuce is water. Dark green lettuce leaves always indicate higher fiber, flavor and nutritional value. The most important nutrients in lettuce are vitaminA and potassium. The vitaminA comes from beta carotene (beta carotene is converted to vitaminA in the body). Scientists are constantly breeding different types of lettuce. The chief diseases of lettuce include bottom rot, doyny, mildew, and lettuce drop. Crop rotation and chemical treatment of the soil help prevent these diseases.Another disease, tip burn, may be caused by too much heat or humidity. Scientests have developed types of lettuce that resist tip burn. These types include minetto and Fulton.