SKU: LET22
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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.
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.
The colors of this lettuce are vibrant burgundy and it is crisp and very tasty. Highly recommenb
These seeds have germinated fast, in less than a week, and are about 6 inches now in their grow pots. I will be transplanting them into the MI 3 gallon fabric grow bags now that the weather in cooler in mid August.
Slow to bolt and no bitterness. Beautiful red color. Will be a staple on this homestead!!
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