Container Lettuce

Ruby & Emerald Duet

Name: Ruby & Emerald Duet
Brand: renees-garden
SKU: 5848
Price: 3.69 USD
Availability: InStock

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Container Lettuce

Ruby & Emerald Duet

EXCLUSIVE - We’ve blended seeds for an emerald-green baby butterhead with softly folded leaf rosettes together with a lovely, deep-red, ruffled and crispy mini leaf lettuce. This glowing duet makes a beautiful tapestry of contrasting colors, textures and shapes. Both heat tolerant varieties make compact 5 to 6 inch heads at maturity. A feast for the eye and scrumptious to eat over a long harvest period, this duet is pretty as a picture in the garden or in big pots on a patio or deck.

Seed Count: Approx. 640 / Weight: 750 mg

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START SEEDS OUTDOORS

In cool spring weather, start seeds in full sun. Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart in fertile, well-drained soil mix. After the seedlings germinate and begin to grow, it’s important to thin the young plants so they have room to mature into heads. Thin seedlings when a few inches tall to a final spacing of 5 inches apart so they have room to mature to full heads (extra seedlings will transplant easily to grow elsewhere). Plan on 9-11 full heads in a 16-18 inch pot or a 9 x 12 inch windowbox. Plan on 3 full heads in an 8 inch pot.

GROWING NOTES

Lettuce thrives in cool conditions. Be sure to thin properly and keep evenly moist for sweet tasting, full heads. For a constant supply, make several sowings a few weeks apart until summer weather turns hot.

Plant again in late summer for fall harvest. In hot weather, give lettuce some afternoon shade and check water daily. Feed with liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks. Try setting seedlings around the edges of a big pot holding a young tomato or pepper plant. Harvest the lettuce as the bigger plant grows to need the space.

HARVEST AND USE

Savor young lettuce thinnings in your first spring salads. Then harvest plants by cutting mature heads when they feel firm and well-filled. Pull over-mature plants if they begin to elongate ("bolt") in hot weather, as leaves turn bitter at this stage.

Cold Winters	Mild Winters	Sun/Shade	Sow Seeds	Days to Germinate	Days to Harvest
April - June	February - September	Full sun part shade	1 inch apart 1/4 inch deep	7 - 14 days	50 - 67 days

Cold Winters	Mild Winters	Sun/Shade	Sow Seeds	Days to Germinate	Days to Harvest
April - June	February - September	Full sun part shade	1 inch apart 1/4 inch deep	7 - 14 days	50 - 67 days

Cold Winters April - June	Mild Winters February - September
Sun/Shade Full sun part shade	Sow Seeds 1 inch apart 1/4 inch deep
Days to Germinate 7 - 14 days	Days to Harvest 50 - 67 days