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Lettuce, Early Great Lakes Seeds

Lactuca sativa
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Get a head start on your lettuce harvest with our Early Great Lakes Seeds.

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. Perfect for salads and sandwiches, this crisp and flavourful lettuce will make a delicious addition to your garden.

  • SKU: 142226
  • Common Name: Lettuce
  • Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Growing Information Chevron Down Chevron Forward
Grow best in
Grows
Best In:
Full sun|Partial sun
Days to germination
Days to
Germination:
7 - 10 days
Water needs
Water
Needs:
Moist 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
Days to maturity
Days to
Maturity:
65 - 85 days
Best container size
Best
Container Size:
30+ cm (12"+)
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  • Plant Type: Vegetable
  • Plant Lifecycle: Annual
  • Fill Weight (grams): 800 mg
  • Approximate Seed Count: 725-775
  • Planting Method: Direct Sow
  • Water Needs: Moist 2.5-5 cm (1-2") per week
  • Landscape Use: Edible Garden
  • Growth Habit: Crisphead
  • 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.
  • Flavor: Crisp and tender
  • Preparation Ideas: Add to wraps, burgers and sandwiches.
  • Awards: All America Selections (AAS)
Instructions Chevron Down Chevron Forward
    Growing Instructions:

    Lettuce seeds should be sown directly into the garden when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is passed. Optimum soil temperature (not air temperature) should be 5-27°C (40-81°F) for seeds to germinate. Planting at a lower temperature will delay germination. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with 1.3 cm (1/2") of soil. After planting, water seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Thinnings can be used as baby greens. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions. Lettuce grows quickly and more seeds can be succession planted every 3 weeks until August for a continuous supply of lettuce.

    For an earlier crop, crisphead type lettuce seeds can be started indoors 4 to 5 weeks before the last frost in your area. Follow the seed depth and spacing guidelines indicated below. Once all danger of frost has passed, seedlings should be hardened off before planting in their growing location. Seedlings should be transplanted according to the plant and row spacing directions below. Regularly monitor your plants and ensure that the soil remains moist while they establish themselves in their new environment.

    Click here to read more information on planning and planting a garden.

  • Planting Depth: 1.3 cm (1/2")
  • Seed Spacing: Sow lettuce seeds roughly 2.5 cm (1") apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 45 cm (18") apart.
  • Plant Spacing: 20 cm (8")
  • 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.
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Growing Suggestions:
  • The key to a high-quality crop of tender succulent leaves is consistent moisture. If lettuce plants are heat or drought-stressed, the leaves turn bitter and the plants will bolt. Bolting is when the plants switch from leaf production to flower production and a flower stalk emerges.
  • Delay bolting by covering plants with a shade cloth so they get filtered light. Be sure to maintain watering throughout the warmest parts of the growing season.
  • Promote leaf production by regularly feeding with a water-soluble plant food such as SUPERthrive.
  • Harvest lettuce in the morning, before the sun hits the plant, when full-size but young and tender. Mature lettuce gets bitter and woody and will go bad quickly.
  • Wilted lettuce leaves? Place the leaves in a bowl of cold water with ice cubes and soak for about 15 minutes, spin them dry and they are ready for salads.

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