Lettuce Freckles 500 (0.5g's) Vegetable Seeds

Packet Content: (approx.): 500 (0.5g)

A tender lettuce favorite, freckles provides gardeners with succulent leaves of lettuce that can be picked as needed.

Lettuce, Freckles

Recommended Planting Requirements: Light soils with good drainage will give you the best harvest of lettuce.

Growing Recommendation: Watering regularly is critical to good growth. In warmer climates watering more often may be needed.

Harvesting & Storage: Like most lettuces, you can trimmed wanted leaves from the plant as needed. You can also cut entire tops of the lettuce off and it will regrown. This is known as a cut and come again crop.

CULTURE: Most lettuces are hardy, cool-season crops that can be planted as early as the soil can be worked. Many do best when the air temperature is between 60-70°F, and will germinate well at soil temperatures as low as 40°F. Choose heat tolerant varieties for summer plantings. Lettuce can be sown either directly into the garden or started indoors and transplanted. With succession plantings every 3 weeks, you can enjoy fresh salads all season. A cold frame and cold-hardy varieties can stretch the spring and fall growing season into the winter months.
 

TO DIRECT SOW: Sow seed 1 inch apart, in rows 16-18 inches apart. Cover seeds lightly and firm gently. As soon as 2-3 true leaves have formed, thin loose-leaf types 10-14 inches apart and icebergs, butterheads, and remains 12-16 inches apart.
 

FOR TRANSPLANTS: Sow 3-4 seeds per inch in sterile seedling mix 3 weeks prior to planting out. Transplant individual plants into pots or cell trays 2 weeks after sowing. Before planting outside, harden off for 2-3 days by reducing water and placing outdoors in a sheltered location. Leafy green vegetables require a moderately fertile soil. One cup of our complete fertilizer per 10 row feet will provide adequate nutrition.
 

INSECTS/PESTS: Most lettuce grows quickly, so pests aren't a problem. Aphids can be washed off with a strong spray of water, and slugs can be controlled with diatomaceous earth, slug baits, or traps.
 

HARVEST: During the warmer seasons, lettuce remains in prime eating condition for about 3 weeks. While picking individual leaves helps extend the season somewhat, all eventually become tough and bitter as they begin to bolt. We've found that rinsing lettuce under warm tap water can help reduce bitterness.

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.