Lettuce 'Amish Deer Tongue'

Lactuca sativa

How to grow Lettuce 'Amish Deer Tongue'

  • Partial Sun

  • High

Try to plant in a location that enjoys partial sun and remember to water often. Keep in mind when planting that Amish Deer Tongue is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Planting Amish Deer Tongue in loamy soil with a ph of between 5.8 and 6.8 is ideal for as it does best in weakly acidic soil.

Growing Amish Deer Tongue from seed

Sow 0.49 inches (1.25 cm) deep with a guideline distance of 5.85 inches (15.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 5°C / 41°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Amish Deer Tongue about 53 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Amish Deer Tongue

As Amish Deer Tongue is tender, ensure temperatures are mild enough to plant out - wait until after your last frost date to be on the safe side.

Harvesting Amish Deer Tongue

Amish Deer Tongue folklore & trivia

Amish Deer Tongue is a heirloom variety that dates back to 1840.1

Footnotes

1 Wildly referenced in seed catalogues, needs definitive reference.