Lettuce Leaf Red Sails Organic Seed

Lactuca sativa

45 days. A favorite to use as baby greens, Red Sails is ready to harvest after just 2 or 3 weeks, and grows to a full head in just over six weeks. It is very heat tolerant; the soft buttery leaves will grow for quite some time in warm weather without getting bitter. The light green leaves with red-bronze tips make it an attractive patio container variety.

This packet plants six 10 foot rows.

When to sow outside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost, and successive sowings thereafter every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost. USDA zone 8 or warmer: also sow in fall for winter harvest.

When to start inside: 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm outside to germinate lettuce seed

Harvesting: Individual leaves can be harvested anytime as desired. The whole plant can be sheared to 2" above ground level when plant is 6" - 8" in diameter; more leaves will be produced.