Description

The 'Truchas' mini-romaine lettuce offers a unique, deep-red color, perfect for adding a vibrant touch to Caesar salads. Compact and disease-resistant, this variety grows upright with glossy cherry-red leaves and a green midrib. At just 6″–8″ tall and wide, 'Truchas' thrives in small spaces, making it ideal for container gardening or tight garden areas. It is resistant to downy mildew, lettuce die-back, and lettuce mosaic virus, ensuring healthy, robust growth. With its easy-to-handle, pelletized organic seeds, this variety is perfect for home gardeners looking to grow flavorful, beautiful lettuce.

This packet sows up to 16 feet. 30 seeds.

Variety Info:

Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 21–48 days
Family: Asteraceae
Native: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 6″–8″ wide, 6″–8″ tall
Variety Information: Glossy, upright, cherry-red leaves with a green midrib. 'Truchas' is a miniature, romaine-type lettuce with resistance to downy mildew, lettuce die-back, and lettuce mosaic virus.

Sowing Info:

When to Sow Outside: 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: RECOMMENDED. 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: 1/8″–1/4″
Seed Spacing: 1 seed every 8″
Row Spacing: 10″
Thinning: Not required

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.