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Light:	Full Sun/Partial Shade
Zones:
Plant Height:
Seedling Depth:	1/8"
Days to Maturity:	40 days baby

Plant Spacing: Thin to 2-4” depending on desired size.

Seeding Rate: Babyleaf - ~60 seeds/ft, in 2” bands.

Full size - ~3 seeds every 8-10”.

Row Spacing: Babyleaf - ¾” between bands, 16 rows/36” bed.

Full size - 12-18” or 3 rows/36” bed, 5’ centers.

When to Sow:

Seed in the spring when there is no danger of frost. . Days to maturity are from direct seeding in spring conditions, subtract 10-14 days if transplanting, subtract 7-10 days if planting in summer conditions, add 20 days if planting late summer-fall In certain areas,. Lettuce may be grown throughout the summer; choose varieties which are heat tolerant. Begin transplants 3-4 weeks before setting out. Sow seeds 4 per inch in flats or small-cell plug trays, barely covering with fine soil. If sowing into flats, transplant 2 weeks later into plug trays, pots, or into another flat at 1-2” apart.

Harvest:

Cut lettuce holds best when harvested in the morning and cooled rapidly. For salad mix or baby leaf production, harvest individual leaves when they reach desired size, or cut evenly across the bed making sure to stay above the growing tip. For a continuous harvest, sow lettuce every 3 weeks.

Special Features:

Lettuce (Latuca sativa) is cool season annual in the Compositae family, which includes endive, escarole, chicory, globe artichoke, sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke, salsify, and burdock. A mix of the best baby leaf varieties from our beet and chard groups. Texture of spinach (without the oxalic acid) and the sweetness of Russian kales. Mix includes Bull’s Blood and Early Wonder Tall Top beets with Golden and Silverado chard.

Approx. seeds per package.