Lactuca sativa## HOW TO GROW LETTUCE Start indoors 4-5 weeks before last frost, plant out 4 weeks before frost. For fall harvest, transplant 8–10 weeks before first frost. Direct seed after last frost 1” apart, thin. Plant every 2–3 weeks to ensure continuous crop. Avoid sowing one long row all at once. Choose bolt-resistant varieties for summer harvest. Lettuce seed can enter thermal dormancy at high temperatures, see optimum germination temps. For continuous winter cold frame harvest from Elliot Coleman’s book ‘The New Organic Grower’: September 1 to 10, sow every 3-1/2 days. September 10 to 18, every 2 days, September 18 to October 10, every 3-1/2 days, October 10 to November 15, every 7 days. November 15 to December 15, every 10 days. Soil pH 6.0-6.8. Hardiness zones 6-9. Annual.Days from maturity calculated from the date of seeding. Average 22,400 seeds per ounce. Average 131M seeds per acre. Federal germination standard: 80%. Usual seed life: 3 years. Isolation distance for seed saving: 25 feet.Planting Depth 1/4”Soil Temp. Germ. 60–68˚FDays to Germ. 5-14Plant Spacing 10-12”Row Spacing 16-18”Days To Maturity 50Full Sun, Moist Well Drained Blushed Butter Cos Seed Count 1 Ounce ≈ 28,350 seeds##This lettuce is a combination of a butter head and romaine. This frost hardy, red and green variety is a ruffled 10” upright, with open heads. Bred by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds, who describes it as “very popular pink-blushed blend of butterhead and cos qualities...leaves are dense, buttery, savoyed and folded, nicely proportioned to fit a salad plate, and easy to remove from the head without tearing or bruising. Highly rated for flavor by our customers and the Philomath High School Botany Class, which has conducted detailed trials on our lettuces every year since 1995. If teens like it, it’s sweet.”This is Open Source Pledged Seed (OSSI). By purchasing this seed you are a part of the Free The Seed movement. “You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others’ use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives.” To learn more, visit: www.osseeds.org/about/. Tags: Type: Romaine/Cos, Harvest: Early, Color: Bi-Colored, Size: Medium, Shape: Flat, Heritage: Heritage: New Variety, Heritage: Open Source OSSI, Season: Spring Fall Winter, Certification: Organic.##Feral Farm##Certified Organic by CCOF##Seed grower since 2015##//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0129/8922/files/Feral-Farm-Photo-small.jpg?3##I started growing seed commercially as an apprentice at the Organic Farm School in the Puget Sound in Washington. I already loved growing vegetables, but taking a plant all the way through its life cycle felt like a special kind of honor, and I quickly saw the value in sustaining organic, important, and rare plant varieties and participating in sustainable food systems in this way. I moved to Oregon in 2015 and have been growing my organic seed farming business over the last four seasons by renting land from existing farms and slowly taking on higher volumes and more varieties. I’m currently growing 1.6 acres of certified organic seed crops and heirloom garlic.
