1.89 Buttercrunch Butterhead Lettuce

Vegetable

 

Lactuca sativa

Description: Buttercrunch is a vigorous grower and loves moist, not soggy, soil. Buttery, tender texture. Creamy yellow inside. Great in salads. A gourmet luxury right in your backyard! Container variety. This packet plants: (2) - 10 foot rows or 5 successive plantings of 3 foot rows.
Seeding Info: Plant in early spring, 3-4 weeks before last frost, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before the first fall frost. USDA zone 8 or warmer; also sow fall for winter harvest. When to start inside: 6 weeks before last frost and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm outside to germinate lettuce seeds.
Culture: Cool season annual.
Soil: Lightly textured, fertile, moist, well drained.
Water: Moist but not soggy.
Exposure: Full sun or light shade. Will grow in partial shade of tomato, pole beans, or peas in the heat of summer.
Harvest Info: Ready to harvest in 65 days. Harvest as soon after head forms as possible. Cut off at ground level. Can also be harvested as greens before heads form.