Encino Lettuce

Huge, fine heads of buttery, lightly savoyed leaves.

Dense heads feature lightly serrated, wavy leaves with slightly blanched centers. In trials, Encino showed exceptional sweetness and a buttery texture, forming larger heads and demonstrating better resistance to bottom rot than Panisse. High Mowing is proud to be the exclusive producer of organic seed for this variety through a partnership with Vitalis Organic Seeds. A portion of sales from this variety is paid to the breeder. Available as raw or pelleted seed.

High Mowing’s International Sales Manager, Paul, says: “I love everything about Encino. I plant it out through the whole season and am able to harvest it every week. It has amazing resistance to bottom rot, which is so important because this type of lettuce sits flat on the ground.”

Plant Information:

• Days to Maturity: 50 days
• Attributes: Uniform size, slow to bolt
• Pollination: Open-Pollinated
• Disease Resistance:
  • High Resistance: Downy Mildew (1–8), Lettuce Leaf Aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (MT0–30)
  • Intermediate Resistance: Lettuce Mosaic Virus

Seed Specifications:

• Approximately 24,000 seeds per ounce (average)
• M = 1,000, MM = 1,000,000

Growing Instructions:

• Baby Leaf: Sow 96M seeds per 100' bed (~4 oz) or 960M seeds per 1,000' bed (~2.5 lb), using ~960 seeds/ft on 36" beds (16 rows/bed, 6' row centers).
• Full Size: Grow 360 plants per 100' bed (~1/32 oz) or 3,600 plants per 1,000' bed (~1 oz), using 10" spacing with 3 rows per 36" bed (5' center beds).
• Per Acre: Approximately 31M plants (~2 oz) with 10" spacing.