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Organic Lettuce Seeds, Romaine
Lactuca sativa
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Romaine lettuce develops elongated heads with long, ribbed leaves. The coarse outer leaves of this cool weather crop are dark green, while the inner leaves are a lighter green. This Romaine variety is of splendid quality for Caesar salad.
- SKU: 139800
Growing Information
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun|Partial Sun
Days to
Germination:
7 to 10 days
Water
Needs:
Average 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): 0.7
- Approximate Seed Count: 625-675
- Planting Method: Sow Direct
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
- Flavor: Slightly stronger taste than lettuce
- 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: The preferred lettuce for cesar salad.
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")
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Feed plants SUPERthrive once per week. Mix 1.2 ml (1/4 tsp) per 4L (1 gallon) of water in a watering can and apply solution to the base of the plants.
Suggestions
- Lettuce requires plenty of moisture.
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