Lovelock Lettuce, Organic

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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