Head lettuce ‚Maikönig’

Ripening

früh

Harvest

Week 18 to 22

Vigour

mittel

Growth habit

Kopfsalat, lockerer Kopf

Origin

Deutschland

Open-pollinated

Yes

Heritage variety

Yes

Use

Salat, Frisch

About this variety

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A time-tested spring butterhead lettuce that forms tender, light green heads quickly even at cool temperatures. You can raise it from March in a cold frame or under fleece, which puts you among the first with lettuce of your own for the year. The soft, buttery leaves want to be picked fresh and eaten straight away.

Mild and buttery with a delicate sweetness and no bitterness at all. Classic butterhead character, ideal for a simple spring leaf salad dressing.

Care and diseases

Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.