This site is an archive of ChiotsRun.com. For the latest information about Susy and her adventrures, visit the Cultivate Simple site.
Thank you for all your support over the years!

Friday Favorite: ‘Roxy’ Lettuce

August 2nd, 2013

I’ve grown tons of different kinds of lettuce in my garden, probably around 30-40 different varieties. I’m always trying new ones because I haven’t found that perfect lettuce yet – until now. Meet ‘Roxy’ lettuce, voted by our taste buds as the best lettuce I’ve ever grown. Two years ago, I purchased tiny head of ‘Roxy’ at my farmers market – I knew I had to grow it in my own garden. This year, I finally ordered seed from High Mowing. I started seed in mid-May and transplanted them to the garden in mid-June.
Roxy Lettuce 2
Why is this lettuce voted best tasting? Because it’s crisp yet tender. The leaves have great structure in a salad, it’s a butterhead lettuce but has the great crunch of romaine. It holds dressing well, without becoming slimy like a leaf lettuce often does. It holds it’s own in a salad with few topping or many toppings. When Mr Chiots ate his first bite of this lettuce, he said “This would be great on a burger”.
Roxy Lettuce 1
Another reason to love this lettuce is that it’s very slow to bolt, even with some hot weather. We had temperatures in the high 80’s for almost a week when this lettuce was almost mature, not a hint of bitterness and no bolting yet. The description says that this lettuce “holds for a long time in the field”. It certainly does, I’ll be keeping a keen eye on it, but so far it’s nice because there’s not as much need to succession plant if the heads keep so well in the garden.

Do you have a favorite lettuce that you grow?

3 Comments to “Friday Favorite: ‘Roxy’ Lettuce”
  1. daisy on August 2, 2013 at 5:15 am

    Red Salad Bowl. Looks similar but it’s a leaf lettuce.
    Do you harvest the whole head at once or cut off what you need? Looks dee-lish. We’ll have to look into this one for fall planting.

    Reply to daisy's comment

    • Susy on August 2, 2013 at 7:19 am

      I’ve been harvesting the entire head since I have so many growing in the garden.

      Reply to Susy's comment

  2. Joan on August 2, 2013 at 8:16 am

    Sounds great, I’ll try it next year! I love to grow merlot just because it’s so beautiful. Other than that, no favorites – I plant various kinds plus Johnny’s Encore mix, and often let some go to seed and eat whatever comes up (which is probably hybridized at that point) next year. I have stray heads coming up all over my garden. Sometimes I’ll leave them where they are if they’re not in the way and sometimes I’ll transplant them.

    Reply to Joan's comment

About

This is a daily journal of my efforts to cultivate a more simple life, through local eating, gardening and so many other things. We used to live in a small suburban neighborhood Ohio but moved to 153 acres in Liberty, Maine in 2012.

Admin
Read previous post:
The 5×5 Jungle

I don't know about your garden, but mine is a jungle. The zucchini plants have taken over, you can hardly...

Close