Chapter 9. Leafy Vegetable Production
Lettuce, Endive, and Escarole
Botany and Planting
Lettuce—Lactuca sativa, Asteraceae (Compositae)
Endive—Cichorium endiva
Escarole—Cichorium endive
Table 1. Planting information for lettuce, endive, and escarole.
Cultivars
Table 2. Lettuce, endive, and escarole cultivars.
Table 3. Lettuce and escarole planted in south Florida.
1 Planting starts in December
2 Planting starts in October
3 Planting starts in January
4 Planting all season (October to March)
Spinach
Botany and Planting
Spinach—Spinacia oleracea
Table 3. Planting information for spinach.
Cultivars
Table 4. Spinach cultivars.
Table 5. Herbicides approved for managing weeds in lettuce.
Table 6. Herbicides approved for managing weeds in spinach.
Table 7. Insecticides labeled for management of arthropod pests of lettuce and other leafy vegetables (non-brassica, including escarole and endive).
Table 8. Insecticides labeled for management of arthropod pests of spinach.
Table 9. Escarole and endive fungicides ordered by disease and then FRAC group according to their mode of action.
Table 10. Lettuce fungicides ordered by disease and then FRAC group according to their mode of action.
Table 11. Spinach fungicides ordered by disease and then FRAC group according to their mode of action.
Table 12. Nonfumigant nematicides for leafy vegetables in Florida.
Table 13. Fumigant nematicides for leafy vegetables in Florida.
