Little Gem Lettuce, 1920's Heirloom, Organic
$3.75
$4.00
The Living Seed Company - An absolute gourmet treat! This English heirloom is a miniature green Romaine-type lettuce with butterhead sweetness. Also known as Sucrine and Sugar Cos. Prime eating at 4" - 6" tall. Heads are 4" across. Tender blanched hearts. A very popular variety among top chefs.
Organic
35-55 days
heat-tolerant
Minature Romaine lettuce
When you harvest 2" above the soil line, new leaves will emerge
250 Seeds
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Sow Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 5-10 days
Thin 6-10" apart
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Grandpa Admire's Lettuce, 1800's Heirloom, Organic
$3.75
$3.95
Grandpa Admire's Lettuce Is Back! Get those orders in, seeds are arriving. This is a fantastic summer lettuce!
The Seed Savers Exchange - From the family of George Admire (1822-1911) a Civil War veteran who migrated west to Putnam County, Missouri during the 1850s. Bronze-tinged leaves form large loose heads. Mild flavor, slow to bolt, even in extreme heat. Butterhead, 60 days.
Characteristics:
Organic
Bronze-tinged leaves
Slow to bolt, even in extreme heat
Butterhead lettuce
60 days
500 Seeds
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Best grown in cooler weather. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 7-14 days
Thin 6-8" apart
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Slobolt Lettuce, 1940's Heirloom
$3.75
$3.95
The Seed Savers Exchange - Introduced in the mid 1940s by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, MD. Large thick clusters of light green frilled leaves are produced all summer. As its name suggests, this variety is very slow to bolt. Pleasing flavor, never bitter.
Characteristics:
Thick clusters of green, frilled leaves
Good flavor, never bitter
Slow to bolt
Looseleaf and cut-and-come-again
45-55 days
500 Seeds
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Best grown in cooler weather. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 7-14 days
Thin 6-8" apart
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Red Deer Tongue Lettuce, Heirloom Cutting Lettuce
$2.95
$2.99
Renee's Garden - Red Deer Tongue’s long and beautiful triangular pointed leaves grow outward and upward to form loose heads just perfect to add great color to salads and the leaves have a succulent texture and melt-in-your-mouth flavor. Our special Red Deer Tongue strain has been carefully reselected for uniform dark red color, stronger plant vigor, and heat tolerance. The richly colored, deep ruby-hued leaves glow like a spring treasure in both the garden and kitchen.
Deer tongue lettuce came over to America around 1740 and was slowly cultivated to have different forms. This variation is unique as it is a vibrant red color that adds interest to both your garden and your plate.
Characteristics:
An early American flavor
Uniformly dark red leaves
Loose heads
Strong plant vigor
Heat tolerance
50-55 days
845 seeds
Instructions - In cool early spring weather, sow seeds in finely worked soil in full sun. Sow seeds about 1 inch apart over the entire seedbed or in wide rows, then cover lightly and evenly with 1/4 inch of fine soil. Firm soil gently and water with a fine spray. Keep the seedbed evenly moist. Plant again as the weather cools in late summer for fall salads. Thin seedlings stand about 6 inches apart so they have room to grow and mature. Heirloom Red Deer Tongue grows and tastes best grown in mild spring or cooler fall weather with consistent moisture.
Plant In: April-September for cold winters or February-September for mild winters
Full Sun
Sow seeds 1 inch apart
Plant 1/4" deep
7-14 days to germinate
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Jericho Romaine Lettuce, Organic
$3.50
$3.55
Bright green leaves, unique silky texture, and sweet flavor even in the heat of summer.
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Good selection for indoor or outdoor cultivation, with some tolerance to powdery mildew and downy mildew as well as excellent resistance to heat stress and tip burn.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Spring/Summer crop
Field or greenhouse
Good disease resistance
28 days baby - 57 days full size
1/32 oz approx.
Instructions - Lettuce is cool-season annual in the Compositae family. Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil. Lettuce can be seeded in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Planting Depth 1/8"
Space 8-12"
Thin 1-6" apart
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Lovelock Lettuce, Organic
$3.25
$3.50
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Heat tolerant whorls of bright green leaves with deep red coloring on the leaf margins.
Heads close in late at maturity forming a dense, crisp head. Crisp, juicy and sweet with slightly savoyed leaves and blanched, bright green hearts. High Mowing is proud to be the exclusive producer of organic seed for this variety thanks to our partnership with Vitalis Organic Seeds. A portion of the sales of this variety is paid to the breeder - learn more here. Available as raw or pelleted seed.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Full-size heads
Heat tolerant
Instructions - Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil with pH 6.2-6.8. Lettuce is sensitive to low pH. Lettuce can be seeded in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Days to maturity are from direct seeding in spring conditions.
Seeding Depth: 1/8”, seeds require a minimum amount of light for germination.
Plant Spacing: Babyleaf – continuous band. Full size – 8-12”
Row Spacing: Babyleaf - ¾” between bands, 16 rows/36” bed. Full size - 12-18” or 3 rows/36” bed, 5’ centers.
Harvest & Storage - 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 the 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. Store just above freezing temperatures with 98% humidity.
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Summertime Lettuce, organic
$3.75
$3.95
The Seed Savers Exchange - True to its name, this beautiful and delicious crisphead variety tolerates heat and resists bolting. Plants measure 7-8.3" long and 14.5-17" wide and produce a solid, round head. Large, silvery-green leaves are highly toothed and measure from 7.8-10.2" long and 8.2-12.2" wide. Its very sweet, incredibly crisp, and extremely juicy leaves earned this variety high marks when it was evaluated at Seed Savers Exchange in 2015. Bred by Dr. James Baggett at Oregon State University in the late 1980s for areas where lettuce can be grown throughout the summer, this variety was donated to Seed Savers Exchange in the 1990s by member Mary Schultz of Monroe, Washington.
Characteristics
80 days to maturity
Organic
Crisphead
Beautiful and delicious with silvery-green leaves
Tolerates heat and resists bolting.
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Best grown in cooler weather. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 7-14 days
Thin: 6-8" Apart
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Red Salad Bowl Lettuce, 1955 Heirloom, Organic
$3.50
$3.75
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Introduced to U.S. gardeners in 1955. Decorative upright plants, 6" tall and 14-16" wide. Beautiful deep-lobed bronze leaves are crisp and delicious. One of our best performers. Very slow to bolt. Looseleaf, 50 days.
Characteristics:
Deep lobed, bronze leaves
Slow to bolt
Looseleaf and cut-and-come-again
28 days for baby, 55 days for full heads
1/32 ounce, ~600-800 seeds
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Best grown in cooler weather. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 7-14 days
Thin: 10-12" Apart
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Sweet Valentine Butterhead Lettuce, Organic
$3.50
This is perhaps the sweetest lettuce available. The heads hold their form well into summer's heat. Their deep red leaves are slighly smaller than other butterhead lettuces. This is our first time growing it here at Firefly Farm & Mercantile.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Heat tolerant
.5g or ~400 seeds
Instructions - Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil with pH 6.2-6.8. Lettuce is sensitive to low pH. Lettuce can be seeded in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Days to maturity are from direct seeding in spring conditions.
Seeding Depth: 1/8”, seeds require a minimum amount of light for germination.
Plant Spacing: Babyleaf – continuous band. Full size – 8-12”
Row Spacing: Babyleaf - ¾” between bands, 16 rows/36” bed. Full size - 12-18” or 3 rows/36” bed, 5’ centers.
Harvest & Storage - 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 the 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. Store just above freezing temperatures with 98% humidity.
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Thai Oakleaf Looseleaf Lettuce, Organic
$3.25
$3.50
Thai Oakleaf Looseleaf Lettuce - This is one of the quickest lettuces to harvest coming in at 39 days. Southern Exposure introduced this from a Thai breeding program. Selected to produce excellent quality lettuce under high heat. A favorite of hydroponics growers. Resembles Oakleaf, but with larger, more tender, and more upright leaves. Moderately slow to bolt. Distinctive, almond-like flavor.
Characteristics:
Organic & Open-Pollinated
Bred for high heat conditions
Looseleaf and cut-and-come-again
39 days
.5 g, ~400 seeds
Instructions - Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Best grown in cooler weather. Plant in full sun or partial shade.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Plant 1/4" deep
Germinate 7-14 days
Thin 6-8" apart
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Optima Lettuce, Organic
$3.50
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Large, dark green butterhead for spring production.
Optima is a thick-leaved type, consistently producing perfect, dense heads. Its velvety texture and buttery flavor are sure to be a hit in every salad. Shows field resistance to downy mildew, lettuce mosaic virus, and bolting. Raw and pelleted seed.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Nancy-type
Uniform stand
Instructions - Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil with pH 6.2-6.8. Lettuce is sensitive to low pH. Use 50-75lbs Nitrogen/acre, ~150 Phosphorus, and Potassium/acre. Sidedress with N 3-4 weeks after planting. With transplanting, use 2 lbs/50 gallons starter fertilizer, 4-8oz per plant. Lettuce can be seeded in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Days to maturity are from direct seeding in spring conditions.
Seeding Depth: 1/8”, seeds require a minimum amount of light for germination.
Plant Spacing: Babyleaf – continuous band. Full size – 8-12”
Row Spacing: Babyleaf - ¾” between bands, 16 rows/36” bed. Full size - 12-18” or 3 rows/36” bed, 5’ centers.
Harvest & Storage - 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 the 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. Store just above freezing temperatures with 98% humidity.
Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of the availability
Red Oakleaf Lettuce, Ancient Heirloom, Organic
$3.75
Easy, early tender green leaves that withstand heat, drought, and light frost.
High Mowing Organic Seeds - A highly adaptable lettuce for plantings throughout the season. Quickly produces a full-sized, bright green open head with distinctively savoyed leaves that hold salad dressing well. Popular baby leaf variety for a bright green contrasting leaf in salad mixes.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Grand Rapids-type
Baby leaf for salad mix
Highly disease resistance
28 days baby - 45 days full size
1/32 oz approx.
Instructions - Lettuce is cool-season annual in the Compositae family. Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil. Lettuce can be seeded in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked.
Direct Seed 1" apart
Planting Depth 1/8"
Space 8-12"
Thin 1-6" apart
Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute suppliers based on availability