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Optima Lettuce
52 days to harvest
Lactuca sativa
When people don’t understand what is so compelling about lettuce, we know they’ve never tasted Optima Lettuce. Each leaf melts in your mouth and the blanched, sweet heart is just extraordinary. Butterhead lettuce is the dream of summer, thriving in the summer heat and resisting going to seed with impressive tenacity. Enjoy every moment and every bite, Friends.
Organic Optima Lettuce
Planting Method: Direct Sow or Transplant
To Direct Sow: Sow early spring, 1 inch apart. Enjoy thinnings and leave 12 inches between plants. Ample water grows sweetest lettuce. Sow every 3 weeks for consistent harvest til ~6 weeks before fall frost.
For Transplanting: Sow indoors early spring, 2 seeds per cell or soil block, and thin to 1. Harden off and transplant before/after last frost. Succession plant as above.
Seed Depth: 1/8 inch Days to Germination: 3 at 75°F; 8 at 60°F
Sun Needs: Full / Part
Spacing: 12 inches; rows 12 inches apart
Days to Harvest: 28 days to baby leaf; 50 to full size
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