ROMAINE/COS LETTUCE SEEDS
Lactuca sativa
Lettuce is a cool weather crop that is be planted in the spring as early the ground can be worked and then sown at two week intervals through late spring or early summer depending on the climate. Fall crops can be begun in mid-summer in cool areas - or late summer in hot climates. Loose-leaf varieties are thinned to 4 inches apart, romaine and head lettuce to 1-foot apart.
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VG01289 FLASHY TROUT BACK
Romaine/Cos Lettuce Seeds
(OP) 28 baby, 55 days full size
A uniquely beautiful, dark green, heirloom romaine lettuce, freely speckled in wine-red. Its crisp, buttery leaves deliver a superb, sweet, nutty flavor. An excellent choice for flavorful baby greens, or let mature into full-sized heads. Blanched hearts, butter-yellow marked purple-red, look like variegated chicory. Stunning planted next to red-leaf lettuce. Packet is 1 gram, about 800 seeds.
VG01162 MARSHALL
Romaine/Cos Lettuce Seeds
(OP) 50 days
The darkest, richest, most beautiful, red romaine we know. Its burgundy leaves are super-tasty, smooth, juicy and crisp, with no bitterness. Marshall can be harvested young as baby greens, or allowed to form tight, upright, 8 inch heads.
VG00111 WINTER DENSITY
Romaine/Cos Lettuce Seeds
(OP) 54 days
A dark green mini-romaine with heavy, compact 8-inch heads. Very frost and bolt resistant. It can be grown almost year round in many parts of the country. Mesclun growers are quite fond of Winter Density and it can frequently be found in their mixes.
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How to Plant ROMAINE/COS LETTUCE Seeds
Sow seed in cell packs or flats, press into soil and cover lightly. Kept at 65° F., germination averages 7-14 days. Can direct sow into prepared seed beds 1 inch apart in rows 12-18 inches apart. Thin to 4-12 inches apart.
