Crispino Lettuce, Organic

High Mowing Organic Seeds - A uniform, unfussy variety for those who don’t really live in an ideal iceberg country.

Crispino has done extremely well in our trials for two years running, with dependably high yields of sweet, tight, white-hearted heads amidst dark green outer leaves. It holds up in the field and keeps well in the cooler.

Characteristics:  

• Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated 
• Classic iceberg 
  
• Wisely adaptable 

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.
• Fussiest type of lettuce to grow; bolts easily if stressed 

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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