Description

'Red Sails' Lettuce Leaf is a heat-tolerant variety that grows quickly and yields tender, buttery leaves perfect for baby greens in just 2 to 3 weeks. With its attractive red-bronze frilly edges, it matures into a full head in only 6 weeks, making it ideal for both early harvests and extended harvests throughout the season. The plant boasts more vitamins A and C than typical grocery-store lettuce, and its resistance to heat means it won't become bitter as temperatures rise. A great container variety and All-America Selections winner, 'Red Sails' delivers both beauty and nutrition to your garden.

Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 20 –45 days
Family: Asteraceae
Native: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 10″–12″ tall and wide
Variety Information: Light green, crinkled leaves turn to deep red-bronze on the frilly edges.

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall and winter for cool season harvests.
When to Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm (above 80°F) to germinate lettuce seed.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: Surface to 1/8″
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 10″
Row Spacing: 18″
Thinning: When ½” tall, thin to 1 every 10″

Harvesting: Harvest in the morning, by cutting off at ground level. If regrowth is desired, cut the leaves higher, at 2″. For a continual supply, outer, individual leaves can be harvested at any stage of maturity, but leave at least half of the plant for regrowth.

This packet sows up to 150 feet. 540 seeds.