Lettuce, Organic (Salad Bowl Blend)

Botanical Interests Organic Salad Bowl Blend Leaf Lettuce Seeds

Fill your bowl with the mixed colors of Salad Bowl! This blend has it all; great flavor, good looks, and sweet leaves in heat-tolerant cultivars. The greens and reds look beautiful in salads and sandwiches. Harvest young for terrific baby greens. Successive sowings will produce sweet lettuce from spring through late fall! This packet sows up to 133 feet.

Sowing Information:

• Light: Full sun to part shade
• When to Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm (above 80°F) to germinate lettuce seed.
• When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°-70°F.
• Seed Depth: Surface to 1/8"
• Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8"
• Row Spacing: 12"
• Thinning: When 1/2" tall, thin to 1 every 8"
• Days to Germinate: 5-10 days
• Days to Maturity: 21-50 days

Growing Notes:

• Harvesting: Harvest in the morning, by cutting off at ground level. If regrowth is desired, cut the leaves higher, at 2". For a continual supply, outer, individual leaves can be harvested at any stage of maturity, but leave at least half of the plant for regrowth.
• Variety Info: RED SALAD BOWL' has deeply lobed, burgundy leaves that form a large rosette if proper sowing distances are observed. Red color is more intense in cool weather. 'GREEN SALAD BOWL' has lobed, wavy green leaves forming a rosette. Both are resistant to bitter flavor during the heat.
• Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant