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Lettuce Butterhead Buttercrunch ORG 1gram

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Price: $1.89

Item Number: 000087
Manufacturer: Botanical Interests
Manufacturer Part No: 736210305245

Lettuce Butterhead Buttercrunch Organic Seed

Lactuca sativa

65 days. Buttercrunch is a vigorous grower with a creamy yellow interior, buttery, flavor and tender texture. Small heads are perfect for a single-serve salad. Loves moist but not soggy soil. The compact size makes it a good container variety.

This packet plants eight 10 foot rows.

Days to Emerge:
7-10 days

Seed Depth:
1/8"

Seed Spacing:
A group of 4 seeds every 5"

Row Spacing:
8"

Thinning:
When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 5"


When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 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 weeks before average last frost and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm outside to germinate lettuce seed.

Harvesting: Harvest as soon as possible after head forms; cut off at 2" above ground level; new leaves will grow from the center. Individual leaves can also be picked before a head forms for a continual supply. The earlier the harvest, the more tender the crop.