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Lettuce

Growing lettuce - Common questions
This section contains the most commonly asked questions about growing lettuce.

Weed management in lettuce
Weed management is a significant proportion (about 20%) of pre-harvest variable costs in lettuce production. This note covers site selection, management immediately before planting and early in-crop, late in-crop and post-harvest weed management.

Black root rot of lettuce
Black root rot of lettuce became a widespread disease in south east Queensland from 1990. This DPI&F Note describes the disease and steps that farmers may take to combat it.


 

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