'Red Sails' Lettuce Seeds
‘Red Sails’ lettuce is a newish lettuce variety that is quickly becoming a favorite. Very tasty when used as baby greens, Red Sails is ready to harvest after just 2 or 3 weeks and grows to a full head in just over 6 weeks. It is very heat tolerant – the soft buttery leaves will grow for quite some time in warm weather without getting bitter. The light green leaves with red-bronze tips make it a pretty little patio container variety.
1/2 g. seed packet
Name: Lettuce ‘Red Sails’
Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 45
When to sow outside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost, and when soil temperatures are 60°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost.
Harvesting: Individual leaves can be harvested any time as desired. The whole plant can be sheared to 2″ above ground level when plant is up to 10″ in diameter; more leaves will be produced.
‘Red Sails’ lettuce is a newish lettuce variety that is quickly becoming a favorite. Very tasty when used as baby greens, Red Sails is ready to harvest after just 2 or 3 weeks and grows to a full head in just over 6 weeks. It is very heat tolerant – the soft buttery leaves will grow for quite some time in warm weather without getting bitter. The light green leaves with red-bronze tips make it a pretty little patio container variety.
1/2 g. seed packet
Name: Lettuce ‘Red Sails’
Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 45
When to sow outside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost, and when soil temperatures are 60°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost.
Harvesting: Individual leaves can be harvested any time as desired. The whole plant can be sheared to 2″ above ground level when plant is up to 10″ in diameter; more leaves will be produced.
‘Red Sails’ lettuce is a newish lettuce variety that is quickly becoming a favorite. Very tasty when used as baby greens, Red Sails is ready to harvest after just 2 or 3 weeks and grows to a full head in just over 6 weeks. It is very heat tolerant – the soft buttery leaves will grow for quite some time in warm weather without getting bitter. The light green leaves with red-bronze tips make it a pretty little patio container variety.
1/2 g. seed packet
Name: Lettuce ‘Red Sails’
Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa
Days to Maturity: 45
When to sow outside: 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost, and when soil temperatures are 60°–70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost.
Harvesting: Individual leaves can be harvested any time as desired. The whole plant can be sheared to 2″ above ground level when plant is up to 10″ in diameter; more leaves will be produced.
