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Lettuce, Marveille Four Seasons Organic Seeds

Lactuca sativa
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The Lettuce Merveille Four Seasons Organic Seeds grow into a stunning, French heirloom butterhead lettuce known for its beautiful reddish-bronze outer leaves and tender green hearts. 

With its crisp texture and mild flavor, Merveille Four Seasons is perfect for fresh salads or sandwiches. Its compact size and excellent tolerance to changing conditions make it a reliable choice for organic gardeners.

 

  • SKU: 143596
  • Common Name: Lettuce
  • Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
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Safe for bees
Safe
for Bees
Grow best in
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to germination
Days to
Germination:
7 - 10 days
Water needs
Water
Needs:
Moist 5 cm (2 in.) per week
Days to maturity
Days to
Maturity:
48 days
Best container size
Best
Container Size:
30 cm+ (12 in.+)
Key Features Chevron Down Chevron Forward
  • Plant Type: Vegetable
  • Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
  • Seed Type: Heirloom
  • Fill Weight (grams): 700 mg
  • Planting Method: Direct Sow
  • Colour: Red
  • Water Needs: Moist 5 cm (2 in.) per week
  • Landscape Use: Edible Garden
  • 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.

Instructions Chevron Down Chevron Forward
How To Grow

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

  • Planting Depth: 1.3 cm (1/2in.)
  • Seed Spacing: Sow lettuce seeds roughly 2.5 cm (1 in.) apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 45 cm (18 in.) apart.
  • Plant Spacing: 20 cm (8 in.)
  • Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions Chevron Down Chevron Forward
  • Lettuce requires plenty of moisture.
Growing Suggestions:
  • You can harvest leaf lettuce from the outside of the plant, leaving the central bud to grow more leaves or cut 5 cm (2 in) from the ground so that the base of the plant is left intact. The head will regrow new leaf sets in a few weeks to harvest again.
  • 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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Overall rating: 4.571429 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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Good germination

"I grow this in rows as a looseleaf lettuce. I haven't tried growing as a head lettuce because I don't give it enough space. It's fast growing and heat tolerant and doesn't wilt . Recommend"

— Mel (5/5)

5 star

"Quality seeds at a good price. Delivery is always fast. I love the rewards plan and highly recommend!"

— Vanessa U. (5/5)

Grows nicely

"Grows nicely"

— Rachel H. (4/5)

Marveille Red Lettuce

"Already sprouting and will soon be ready to transplant into mini greenhouse outdoors."

— JOANNA M. (4/5)

Excellent leaf lettuce. Good texture

"Excellent leaf lettuce. Good texture and taste."

— William L. (5/5)

The seeds were received very

"The seeds were received very promptly and the germination rates were excellent. Another great Canadian company."

— Barbara D. (5/5)

service

"too early to tell about quality and production but delivery was fast and efficient . website was easily navigated"

— Bonny M. (4/5)

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