Description
Lettuce Speckled Amish Butterhead #5025
(55 days) Lactuca sativa. Is an ornamental bibb lettuce of spectacular beauty, its apple-green leaves are splashed with maroon flecks, a stunner whether in your garden, on your table or in your salad. Small firm mild-flavored heads shaped like Merveille des Quatre Saisons, centers with soft leaves blanching creamy yellow.
Mennonites brought seed in a covered wagon from Lancaster County, PA, to Ontario in 1799.
Certified organic 200+ seeds/pkt
Sow seeds outdoors as soon as soil can be worked in spring. Plant seeds 1″ apart and 1/4″ deep. Seeds will germinate in 7-14 days. Thin to 6-8″ apart for Looseleaf, 10″ apart for Romaine, and 10-12″ apart for Crisphead. Sow continuously for a constant supply of lettuce. Lettuce is best grown in cooler weather and prefers full sun or partial shade. Choose cool, well drained soil.
Cochrane Family Farm is a Certified organic family farm that follows permaculture practices to continually improve the soil. We do not use any chemical sprays or other chemical inputs and only grow hand tended heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. We do not grow any vegetable or herb hybrids. Because of these practices our seeds are well adapted and vigorous.
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Lettuce Speckled Amish Butterhead #5025
