LETTUCE (BUTTERHEAD)
Buttercrunch

Selling for premium prices at the market, this soft-textured, delicately flavored butterhead lettuce is easy to grow at home. Forms a loose head. Perfect for container gardening, too.

Brand: Lilly Miller
Days to germination: 5-10
Days to harvest: 75
Planting depth: 1/8"
Spacing (row/plant): 12-18"/8"

Suggestions: Plant seeds in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Note: Lettuce seeds won't sprout when soil is warmer than 75 degrees F. Before planting, enrich the soil with fertilizer. Continue planting every 3 weeks. Lettuce is a cool-weather crop and must mature before hot weather arrives. Early spring and late summer plantings are the most productive. Begin thinning and eating when seedlings have 3 true leaves and continue until plants are spaced eight inches apart. Keep well watered. To harvest full-size plants, snip off individual outer leaves or cut off the entire plant.

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