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Lettuce Seeds, Early Great Lakes
Lactuca sativa
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Product Information
Early Great Lakes is a head lettuce with bright green outer leaves and creamy inner leaves. Heavy medium to large heads grow round and tightly folded in cool weather.
- SKU: 142226
Growing Information
Grows
Best In:
Full sun|Partial sun
Days to
Germination:
7 to 10 days
Water
Needs:
Moist 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
Days to
Maturity:
65 to 85 days
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
- Fill Weight (grams): 0.8
- Approximate Seed Count: 725-775
- Planting Method: Sow Direct
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Water Needs: Moist 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
- Flavor: Crisp and tender
- Companion Planting: Plant near chives, onions, oregano, peas, radish, basil, zinnia. Chives, onions, and garlic can repel aphids and other pests by disguising the scent of the lettuce with their own aromatic properties. Basil is believed to enhance both the taste and development of lettuce. Radishes can serve as a useful decoy crop to attract flea beetles away from lettuce.
- Preparation Ideas: Add to wraps, burgers and sandwiches.
Instructions
Plant in moist, well drained soil, as soon as ground can be worked and danger of frost has passed. For an earlier crop, start indoors 4-5 weeks before the last frost.
- Planting Depth: 1.3 cm (1/2")
- Plant Spacing: 20 cm (8")
- Row Spacing: 45 cm (18")
Suggestions
- Lettuce requires plenty of moisture.
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