Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds

Description

Buttercrunch lettuce also known as Butterhead lettuce is praised for its sweetness and resistance to bolt and is a popular variety of lettuce to grow in the garden. This lettuce variety produces rosette heads averaging 4-5" with dark green leaves and a white/yellow heart. Buttercrunch lettuce has beautiful crisp green leaves that taste amazing in the salad bowl! Like most other lettuces, Buttercrunch lettuce is a cool weather crop. When compared to other lettuce varieties, Buttercrunch holds up better in hot weather then other lettuces. When growing Buttercrunch lettuce if you can time your spring crop to mature prior to the onset of hot and humid weather that would be ideal. Start your Buttercrunch lettuce seeds indoors in the spring for an early crop for you to enjoy for your salads, sandwiches and more. Ready to harvest in 55-60 days.

How to Grow Buttercrunch Lettuce:

• Buttercrunch lettuce seeds can be sowed directly into the garden, or started indoors in seed trays. Direct sow seeds outdoors by spreading the small seeds as thinly as possible.
• For indoor starts, sow a few seeds in each cell of a seed tray. Cover very lightly with a fine starter soil. Keep soil moist during the germination period. Fast sprouting seedlings should emerge in about 5-10 days.

Tip: When beginning transplants, stagger the start of your seedlings to spread out the crop. For example, if you are going to grow 24 plants, sow six in the seed tray today, sow six more 3-4 days later, etc.


• Transplant into the garden after all danger of frost has past. Ideally, transplant them on a cool or cloudy day. Water well after transplanting. Space plants 8"-10" apart, in rows 18" apart. The soil should be rich, fertile, and well draining. Keep the soil moist. Frequent use of nitrogen-rich fertilizer is recommended. The plants respond well to regular applications of liquid fertilizer.


Transplanting Tip: When transplanting any type of lettuce in hot weather, place some form of sun shade over the plant for a couple of days. Any makeshift shade will do. It's important to time the crop to mature prior to the onset of hot dry weather. In these conditions, the plant is bolt...go to seed. It can also split or rot. For your fall crop, an indoor start is best. Lettuce seeds do not germinate well in the hot soil of mid-summer. Know how your food is grown and start feeding your family fresh vegetables and fruit at home.