Description
Butterhead Lettuce forms soft, loosely folded heads of tender, buttery leaves – the mildest, most delicate lettuce you can grow, and a world away from the crunch of iceberg. Pale green outer leaves shelter a blanched, sweet heart that needs nothing more than a light dressing.
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- Exceptionally tender, buttery texture and mild sweet flavour
- Fast crop – baby leaf in 30 days, full heads in around 55
- Cut-and-come-again if outer leaves are harvested first
- Ideal for containers, small beds and succession sowing
Growing guide
- Sow: direct or in trays, 3 mm (1/8 in) deep – needs light to germinate
- Germination: 5-10 days at 15-21 C (60-70 F)
- Spacing: 20-25 cm (8-10 in) apart for full heads
- Light: full sun in cool weather, part shade as it warms
- Harvest: 30 days baby leaf, 50-60 days full heads; bolts quickly in heat, sow early spring and again in autumn
Germination-tested seed, packed fresh and shipped worldwide from Seeds Grow In.
