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Lettuce Seeds - Ruby Red Leaf

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  • Category: Vegetable
  • Type: Lettuce
  • Variety: Ruby Red Leaf
  • Family: Lactuca sativa          
  • Botanical Name: Unk.
  • Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Growing Difficulty:  3        
  • Soil PH:  6.0 to 6.8
  • Fertilizer Requirements: 8-15-36
  • Soil Type: Average to Rich, Well-Draining
  • Germination (days): 8 to 14
  • Soil Temp for Germination: 40-65°F
  • Lighting Conditions: FULL SUN
  • Days to Maturity:  40 - 55
  • Planting Depth:  1/8”
  • Distance Apart (in row):  8 – 10"
  • Row Spacing: 12-18"

Sowing Instructions

DIRECT SOW IN FULL SUN WHEN SOIL TEMPS ARE ABOVE 40°F

Starting Indoors

3 WEEKS BEFORE LAST FROST

Growing Tips

Ruby Red Lettuce is cold tolerant and can be planted in soil up to a couple weeks before last frost. However, if your winter weather is extended, seeds may rot or get washed away.

Plant in full sun when soil temps are above 60°F for best germination.

Culinary Uses

Use Ruby Red Leaf Lettuce in a mix of other lettuces for a great salad that is loaded with nutrients.

Harvesting Crops

You can start harvesting your lettuce leaves at about 21 days; however you'll want to be careful not to damage the head (which will be ready in about 55 days). Ruby

Red Lettuce heads may be a green to purple color when they are ready to pick.

Harvesting Seed

Allow a couple of lettuce plants to bolt and flower. These flowers will dry out on plant and have puffs of white cotton showing around the top (like a dandelion). Pick these flower heads and toss them in a bag.

Break the flower heads apart and oval shaped seeds will fall out. Allow the seeds to dry for a couple of weeks before safely storing them for the next growing season.

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Lettuce Seeds - Ruby Red Leaf

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