VEC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Plastic Mulch, Cultivar, Achene

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Horticultural Sciences
• Course: VEC 2100
• Professor: Balasubramani Rathinasabapathi

Document Summary

Leaves many, nearly sessile (does not have a leaf stem to attach) Diversity in shape, color, texture, and if margins. Florets in the same flower opens only once in the morning. Each floret develops a single seeded dry fruit called an achene. Cos or romaine l sativa var. longifolia. Loose leaf or leaf l. sativa var. crispa. I(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al lea(cid:448)es are rugose, (cid:271)rittle a(cid:374)d (cid:272)rispy. Good shippi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d shelf life (keep 10 days) Lettu(cid:272)e gro(cid:449)th o(cid:374) (cid:271)la(cid:272)k plasti(cid:272) (cid:373)ul(cid:272)h (cid:449)ith drip irrigatio(cid:374) 20c days and 10c nights are optimum. Hydrocooling for non-heading types (chilled water on top)