Australian Yellowleaf Lettuce
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - an Australian variety from our friends at Digger’s Club near Melbourne. A very tender texture. Unique chartreuse color. Slow to bolt, large plants. Looseleaf, 50 days
Characteristics:
Australian heirloom
Chartreuse leaves
Slow to bolt
Looseleaf and cut-and-come-again
50 days
250 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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Organic Belle Isle Cress
$3.25
$3.55
Very dark green, deeply lobed glossy leaves are exceptionally nutritious.
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Named for an island on which shipwrecked 17th-century Portuguese sailors survived the winter thanks to this little plant. Rich in Vitamin C, calcium, iron, and especially Vitamin A. Best quality in cooler weather. Belle Isle Cress is a fantastic substitute for watercress.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Early spring/late fall crop
Upright habit
50 days
1/32 oz approx.
Instructions -
Days to maturity are from direct seeding. Specialty greens are a broad category of leafy plants, many of which are cold hardy and fast-growing. Crops in this group are gaining popularity due to their ease of culture and unique flavors and colors.
Plant 1/8" deep
Plant 12-18" apart
Plant thin to 4"
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Baby Oakleaf Lettuce
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - A dwarf, compact version of Green Oakleaf. Tasty and tender medium green leaves are oakleaf-shaped with rounded lobes. Holds for an extended period. Looseleaf, 50 days. ±31,000 seeds/oz.
Characteristics:
Compact growth
Medium green, oakleaf leaves
Slow to bolt
Looseleaf and cut-and-come-again
50 days
250 seeds per packet
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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Organic Gold Rush Lettuce
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - Lime-green leaves are strikingly frilled, curly, and crinkled. Adds unique texture to salads. Holds without bolting for an extended period. Mild, fresh flavor.
Characteristics:
Best Seller
Organic
Mild, fresh flavor
Slow to bolt
Looseleaf and cut-and-come again
50-60 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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Organic Capitan Lettuce, Heirloom
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - This Dutch lettuce variety grows quite uniformly for an heirloom, open-pollinated variety—just one reason it earned top honors for Boston-type lettuce in the 1983 Rodale Research Center trials! The loose, light-green heads weigh about five ounces, tolerate cold and heat extremely well, resist lettuce mosaic virus and white rot, and have a distinctive buttery flavor. 62 days. Organic. Butterhead.
Characteristics:
New for 2022
Organic
Loose, light-green heads weigh up to 5 oz
Tolerates cold and heat extremely well
Butterhead lettuce
62 days
250 seeds per packet
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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Organic Baquieu Lettuce
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - French head lettuce with wavy green leaves tinged with maroon. Best grown either as an early or late crop. Butterhead, 50-60 days.
Characteristics:
Organic
French head lettuce
Wavy green leaves tinged with maroon
Grow in early spring or late fall
Butterhead lettuce
50-60 days
250 seeds per packet
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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Organic Tango Lettuce (Looseleaf), 1986 Classic
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - A widely adapted variety that has a tender texture and tangy flavor and is rich in vitamins. It’s often used in lettuce mixtures for market. Uniform, attractive plants form tight, erect rosettes. Deeply cut, pointed leaves. Very slow to bolt. The variety was introduced by W. Atlee Burpee Company in 1986.
Characteristics:
Organic
Light green, pointed and frilled leaves
Tender texture, tangy flavor
Slow to bolt
45-60 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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Organic Palla Rossa Radicchio
$3.75
$4.25
Seed Exchange - A stunning variety from Italy. Adds great flavor and color to any salad, coleslaw, or baby greens mix. Also, great steamed or in stir-frys. Known to cleanse the blood, this easy to grow vegetable thrives in containers or in the garden and quick to mature. Cut primary head at the ground level and new one will grow. The secondary head is more colorful and sweet! Avoid harvesting during the heat of summer. Holds well in the winter. Enjoy!
Organic
Quick growing
65-85 days
100 Seeds per packet
Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼” deep. Plant out when a light frost is still possible. Can also be directly sown outdoors as soon as soil can be worked in spring. Plant closer together or cover centers for well-blanched, tender stems. Recommended to add calcium when planting. Thrives in cool weather and can withstand light frost. Amend with compost and apply mulch at base.
Sow indoors 5-6 weeks before the last frost
Plant Outdoors: 8-12" Apart
Germinate 5-7 days
Light: Full Sun
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Organic Magenta Lettuce
$3.25
$3.55
Summer crisp with crunchy bronze leaves and a bright green heart.
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Our growers love this variety for its crisp texture, heat tolerance, strong disease resistance, and long shelf life. Displayed impressive resistance in our trials during six weeks of constant rain! Available as raw and pelleted seed.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Spring/Summer plantings
Good disease resistance
48 days
500 seeds
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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Organic Three Heart Lettuce, 1880s Heirloom
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - Donated to SSE in 2005 by Steve and Anna Marie Stoller of North Judson, Indiana. Steve received the seed from Amelia Scharlach Schini whose grandmother brought it with her when she emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in the 1880s. It is still grown by a few elder members of the Apostolic Christian Church. Small chartreuse butterhead with crisp, tender leaves and a mild flavor. Butterhead, 40-50 days.
Characteristics:
Organic
Tender chartreuse leaves
Mild flavor
Butterhead lettuce
40-50 days
250 seeds per packet
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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Outredgeous Lettuce, Organic
$3.25
$3.50
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Out-does all the reds, forming a loose teenage head with spectacular solid magenta color.
Outredgeous is so red that botany students didn't recognize it as a lettuce when they saw it in Frank Morton's breeding nursery. Makes an eye-catching statement in your premium salad mix. Released under the Open Source Seed Initiative. Grown on the International Space Station in 2015! This variety is protected by the Open Source Seed Initiative - learn more here.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Great baby leaf variety
Upright habit
1/32 oz of seeds
Instructions - Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil. 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.
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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Kweik Lettuce, Organic
$3.25
$3.50
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Fast-growing lime green heads suited to cool seasons and unheated hoophouses.
Large, tender leaves head up quickly for foolproof performance in cold weather. Exhibits strong field resistance to downy mildew, tip burn, and sclerotina stem rot; very reliable.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Very disease resistant
Instructions - Choose cool, well-drained, loose soil with pH 6.2-6.8. Lettuce is sensitive to low pH. 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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Organic Red Romaine Lettuce
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - The largest romaine offered by Seed Savers Exchange, this gourmet variety bears plants that are 12" tall and 10-12" wide. With its red undertones, which develop best in cooler weather, this variety makes a colorful and tasty addition to salads. Romaine, 70 days.
Characteristics:
Organic
Red color develops in cool weather
Heads grow to 12 inches tall by 10-12 inches wide
Romaine lettuce
70 days
250 seeds per packet
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" Apart
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Rouge D'Hiver Lettuce, 1840 Heirloom, Organic
$3.25
$3.50
High Mowing Organic Seeds - Versatile variety with beautiful bronze leaves for salad mix or full-size heads. French origin from 1840.
Color varies from reddish-bronze to deep red on the tips with dark green bases. As its translated name Red of Winter implies, this variety does particularly well in the cool conditions of the fall and winter.
Characteristics:
Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
Baby or full size
Fall crop
Heirloom
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.
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All Cream Lettuce, Organic
$3.25
$3.75
The Seed Savers Exchange - Look no further than the historic John A Salzer Seed Company’s 1901 catalog for a detailed description of this fast-growing butterhead lettuce: “This remarkable lettuce does not head but makes a loose bunch of leaves of superlatively fine quality. ...It forms a beautiful plant; the leaves grow upright, the upper part of the outer leaves turning outward very gracefully. The edges of the outer leaves are of a glossy, reddish bronze, very ornamental and fresh in appearance; within, the leaves are almost white and wonderfully crisp and tender.” 40-50 days.
Characteristics:
From the Collection for 2023
Organic
Historic variety originating in 1901
Crisphead lettuce
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
Seed Depth: 1/4"
Germination: 7-14 days
Thin: 6-8" apart
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