What is the difference between cream lettuce and regular lettuce? What about economic value? Today, small farmers will talk to you about this magical "cream lettuce".
What is cream lettuce?
The scientific name of lettuce is "leaf lettuce", cream lettuce should be regarded as a very good variety, mainly has the following characteristics:
First, the taste is soft and tender, and the leaves are smooth, so the plant type is more beautiful.
Second, it has a relatively short lifespan and can be harvested 30-40 days after colonization. Due to its short lifespan, it is more suitable for our protected areas and outcropping stubble stubble and intercropping.
Third, it is not very strict on the environment, such as on cloudy days, smog days, including days with more low temperatures, the impact on it is relatively small.
What is the market outlook for cream lettuce?
Cream lettuce is suitable for planting in open and protected areas throughout the country, and can also be cultivated without soil, factory cultivation, potted planting, etc. The yield of cream lettuce is 1500-2000 kg per mu, and the price of the land varies from 3-10 yuan in season. In this way, the output value of one mu of land ranges from 5,000-20,000 yuan, and the benefit is still good.
The lettuce market is also very good at Kuo, for Chinese food, you can make dishes, soups, side dishes, for Western food, you can make hamburgers, salads and so on.
What are the benefits of growing cream lettuce?
Lettuce's favorite environment is medium light conditions, cool climate, and in relatively humid conditions, so that the growth rate is fast and the quality is good. The most suitable temperature is 20-22 degrees Celsius during the day and 10-12 degrees Celsius at night, which is more suitable for its growth.
Lettuce grows rapidly, the growth period is different according to the season, the general spring and autumn multi-seedling transplanting, the seedling period is about 25 days, about 35 days after transplanting; summer more direct broadcast, about 35 days after sowing can be harvested; winter also more seedling transplanting, seedling period of about 30 days, about 50 days after transplanting harvest. It can be seen that compared with other planting projects, the income of cream lettuce is relatively fast.
What are the benefits of cream lettuce?
1. Cream lettuce can lose weight
Although the name is cream, the effect of cream lettuce is just the opposite, and it is not a food that will make people gain weight. Cream lettuce is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote digestion and achieve laxative effect. So cream lettuce can make you slim down easily before you know it. For female friends, instead of choosing some drugs that will bring side effects, it is better to eat more cream lettuce, natural and healthy.
2. Cream lettuce can relieve pain
Cream lettuce, like regular lettuce, is rich in lettuce, and lettuce is a substance that can effectively calm and help sleep. For patients with insomnia due to stress or anxiety, the consumption of cream lettuce can effectively help them fall asleep quickly, and long-term adherence to consumption can achieve the effect of completely improving the quality of sleep, which is a natural sleeping pill without side effects.
3. Cream lettuce can be anti-viral
A substance in cream lettuce promotes the production of interferon in the body and forms antiviral proteins that are excellent for fighting viruses. (Insights from The Three Rural Areas)