Quick growing, green oak leaf lettuce Piro is specially suited for growing under glass or plastic. Compact, densely filled, firm heads with healthy leaves. Also suitable for all year round outdoor cultivation. Crisp-fresh taste. Also available in pelleted form (primed).
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Characteristics for Piro
Pelleted form: at least 95 % germinationColour Lettuce: green
Cultivation for Oak Leaf Lettuce
Seed germination temperature: 15-20 °CPlanting distance: greenhouse ca. 25 x 25 cm
open ground ca. 30 x 30 cm
Optimal amount of plants: open ground 11-12 plants/m²
greenhouse ca. 16 plants/m²
Sowing depth: 0.5 cm
bred by
Foto: Team Piluweri
Richard Specht
Current breeding location: Mühlheim, Baden-Württemberg
Biodynamically bred varieties from Richard Specht:
The farm of the Lebensgemeinschaft Bingenheim is located in the direct neighbourhood of the Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, also in Echzell-Bingenheim, in the Wetterau region at the transition to the basalt ridge of the Vogelsberg. It operates on biodynamic principles, growing vegetables and producing seeds.
LohmannsHof Gärtnerei / Inh. Max Rehberg
The LohmannsHof farm, specialising in protected cultivation, is located in Lower Saxony in the Aller-Weser-Leine triangle.