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Lettuce Romaine Freckles Organic Seed
Lactuca - sativa
$1.99

Item #3069

This gorgeous heirloom Romaine has striking maroon splotches and will give a unique look to the traditional Caesar salad or your gourmet salad masterpieces. The Austrians call Freckles, �forellenschuss� which translates as �trout, self-enclosing�, indicating that it�s a speckled Romaine. Unlike most Romaines, this tasty variety is heat-tolerant. It will grow well when temperatures heat up instead of immediately bolting (going to seed) as soon as it gets warm. This packet plants: Two 5-foot rows or three successive plantings of 3-foot rows.

When to start outside: RECOMMENDED. Early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before average last frost, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost. (Skip very hot summers.) USDA zone 8 or warmer: sow in fall for winter harvest.

When to start inside: Not recommended. (Since lettuce mixes are often grown for baby leaves, it�s easier to sow directly outdoors rather than trying to grow individual plants inside and transplanting.)

Special Sowing & Germination Instructions: Barely cover seed with soil or plant no deeper than 1/8�. Light and cool temperatures increase germination. When thinning lettuce, use the thinnings in salads. It can be planted in rows, but group plantings take up less space and are attractive. Double or triple rows also work. If direct seeding outside in late summer for a fall crop, remember that lettuce seed does not come up well in heat. Cover the seeded area with 2� x 6� boards to keep the soil cool for a few days until seed comes up. For early spring planting, cover soil with clear plastic to warm the soil to 70 degrees (the optimum temperature for lettuce). When seedlings appear, immediately take off the plastic.