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It is SUPER red! Plants produce heads if left long enough, and the leaves are the deepest shade of red you can imagine. Amazing in salads, on sandwiches, or in wraps. Adds a pop of color to anything. The deep red color also means you are getting some amazing antioxidants! This variety is cold-hardy, grows amazing in containers, and is heat and cold-tolerant.
Excellent Red Lettuce
Great Germination!
I bought a pack in 2023 and have used so many seeds and gotten plenty of plants out of one packet. Its beginning of 2025 and seeds are still germinating and i have plenty of more seeds maybe till 2026.
I find this lettuce a little thicker which is a nice addition to the salad bowl. Color is wonderful.
I learned something important about this cultivar. To develop lots of the red pigment- anthocyanin- and turn really nice and red, this plant requires UV exposure from direct, real sunlight. It's an adaptation to harsh sunlight, like melanin in humans. But as you can see in my pictures, without sun exposure to trigger it, it stays green.
I'm growing this as an indoor, cut-and-come-again crop this winter. I started extra seedlings not sure how many I'd need, and even these were productive enough that I ended up leaving them grow and harvesting until they're gone totally root-bound in the seed started tray. If you were to grow them as young greens like this, you can even crowd them 2 to a cell at this size.
The ones that I repotted are doing great. I repotted 3 to a 3 gallon growbag and it was just a little crowded. It's tasty, but I had a late autumn heat wave and they've started shooting up to bolt already. Still, I won't have to buy lettuce for months yet.
As for the taste, well it's just romaine. Rinse the white sap off the cut end when harvesting individual leaves, that's where all the bitterness is. No complaints at all.
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I grew this pepper plant in a 20 gallon pot and it did very well. It produced dozens of small peppers that were spicy—hotter than your standard jalapeno. I put about 3 of these in my salsa to spice it up along with 5-7 whole jalapeños (I roast them which takes out a portion of the yea). This little plant produced so many peppers that I froze a gallon bag of them to use in recipes throughout the year.
I am loving this squash! It grows so long and has beautiful leaves. I grow it upward and loves it! I have harvested at least 3-4 on one plant already. The remainder of the blooms are male, and I am not sure if I will have any more. :( I have, however, planted more in the mean time hoping I will harvest as many as this one. I will definately grow more!. Thank you!
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So far, everything we have purchased has had an almost 100% germination rate. And what sprouts has grown quickly and strongly. We are now big fans of MIgardener seeds!
I’ve had issues trying to germinate seeds bought from big box stores. Come to find out they are old and a waste of money. MI Gardener seeds are fresh, germinate quickly and stay good for years. My Pablo lettuce is still growing and I look forward to harvesting and eating it!