Lettuce Leaf – Red Sails Seeds – Organic

Botanical Interests – Lettuce Leaf – Red Sails Seeds – Organic

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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.

This packet sows up to 150 feet. 540 seeds.


Variety Info:

 

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.


Sowing Info:

 

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″


Growing Info:

 

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.