Organic Lettuce Truchas Pelleted - West Coast Seeds
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Lactuca sativa
- Mini red romaine.
- Can be spaced closely at 15cm (6").
- Dark wine red colour.
- Grow with Breen and Spretnak or Newham for a trio of colours.
- Pelleted seed.
- Matures in 45 days.
- Full Sun.
Truchas mini romaine has an upright habit and saturated deep wine color. Glossy, slightly blistered outer leaves hide a bright green center. Enjoy the crunch of a romaine and the buttery interior of a butterhead in one head! Truchas has a similar compact size as Breen, making it excellent grown as a companion, along with our mini green romaines, Newham and Spretnak. Plants can be spaced as close as 15cm (6") apart.
Approx. 50 Seeds
Lettuce grows best in cool weather in the spring and fall, but it can be grown in the summer, and all winter long in milder regions. Sow short rows every 2-3 weeks following the last average frost date for a continual harvest. Using a cloche, cold frame, or greenhouse over mid-late summer plantings can extend the harvest period right into winter. Optimal soil temperature for germination: 10-22°C (50-72°F). Seeds should sprout in 7-15 days, depending on conditions. Lettuce seeds don’t sprout easily when the soil temperature is over 22°C (72°F) in summer. Get around this by sprouting them indoors in a cool area, or pre-sprout by sprinkling seeds on a damp paper towel and placing it in a plastic bag in the fridge for a few days. In hot weather most lettuce goes to seed rapidly, so have new plantings ready to go, and watch for "good resistance to bolting" in the product description.
Direct sow or start indoors and transplant. Sow seeds 5mm (¼”) deep, or on the surface of the soil where the soil can be kept evenly moist.. Space or thin heading lettuce to 30cm (12″) apart. Space or thin looseleaf varieties to 20-25cm (8-10″) apart. Space rows for all types 45-90cm (18-36″) apart. Babyleaf lettuce can be planted quite densely, as it is harvested at an immature size. Sowing babyleaf lettuce seeds closely together in narrow rows makes harvesting simpler.
