Description
Description: A colourful mini romaine lettuce with a swath of deep red colour rising up from the green base. Heat and cold tolerant! Heads grow 20 – 23 cm (8 – 9 inches).
Organically Grown/ Open Pollinated/ Non-GMO
Pack Size: 125 seeds
- General Info
- Germination
- Growing Info
- Growing Indoors
Latin Name:Lactuca sativa
Main Uses:Culinary
Days to Maturity: 30 days baby/ 55 days to full heads
Exposure:Full sun
Height: 20 – 23 cm ( up 9 inches)
Seed Source: Organically grown
Germination:7 – 9 days at 21C.
Indoors:Start seeds 4 weeks before planting out.For best results, apply Sea Magic kelp from first watering. Apply a seedling-starter fertilizer such as Evolve Seedling once the second set of true leaves has appeared, and then alternate between the kelp and seedling starter until transplant.
Planting Depth:1/16″. Sowing lettuce seeds too deep may cause poor germination.
Planting out:Plant in well-drained fertile soil once seedlings are established and 2 – 3 weeks before last frost date.
Outdoors:Direct seed a couple of weeks before the last frost, once the soil is workable. Sow every 2 weeks for continual harvest. Lettuce is one of the few crops that can be sown in the fall. Direct seed up until the first week in September.
Spacing:Sow seeds 1/2″ apart in rows 24″ apart. When plants are 2″ tall, thin to 6″ for small heads (and dwarf varieties) and 12″ for full-size heads. For baby salad greens, do not thin (harvested leaves will regrow for continual harvest).
Growing in Containers:No garden? No problem! Lettuce is well-suited to containers that are a minimum of 6-8 inches in diameter. Also suitable for barrels and raised beds – think Square Foot Gardening!
Fertilizing (Containers):Add 25% quality compost, such as Sea Soil, to the potting mix. Fertilize weekly with a higher nitrogen organic plant food such as fish-based fertilizer.
Watering (Containers):Water containers deeply when top inch feels dry to the touch. Monitor every day or two during very hot weather.
Growing in Mixed Planters:Only larger mixed planters.
Fertilizing (Garden):Amend garden soil with quality compost such as Sea Soil. Application of Sea Magic kelp every two weeks will result in healthier and more prolific crops.
Watering (Garden):Water young plants regularly to establish, then water deeply as conditions require.
Companion Planting: Planting lettuce between rows of corn will provide some shelter from the heat and sun.
Notes: Mulch plants in summer to keep the soil cool.
Suitability for Indoors:Well-suited for indoors – especially for baby greens – provided a sunny location.
Exposure:Full sun or grow lights.
What about Grow Lights?T5 full-spectrum lights are ideal for this crop.
General Indoor Care:Sow fresh seeds indoors in fall.
Indoor Container Suggestions:Minimum 6″ container – bowl planters are ideal.Try shallow bulb pans or recycled grocery containers with drainage holes punched out.
Special Instructions:Indoor lettuce should be treated more as a loose-leaf, cut-and-come-again crop… don’t expect to grow full-sized heads. However, as a baby crop, it works really well!
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