Botanical Interests Australe Butterhead Lettuce Seeds

It's hard not to love this easy-to-grow lettuce. The stunning bright green leaves are dusted with almost iridescent bronze tips. "Australe" reminds of a cross between a traditional butterhead due to it's buttery texture and a mini romaine because of it's upright growing habit. Harvest as baby greens around 21 Days or as a full head at 55 Days.

A mid-sized butterhead lettuce with bright green leaves with bronze tips. Soft, buttery leaves on a compact head that exhibits more of an upright habit than typical butterheads.

• Days to Maturity: 21-55 Days
• Family: Asteraceae
• Type: Butterhead Lettuce
• Native: Unknown; Lettuce has Been in Cultivation for a Long Time
• Hardiness: Frost-Tolerant Annual
• Exposure: Full sun to part shade. Extend the growing period by growing where taller plants will shade the lettuce from the late afternoon sun
• Plant Dimensions: 8"-9" Wide, 7"-8" Tall
• Attributes: Frost Tolerant

Recommended. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date and when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°-70°F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall and winter for cool-season harvests.

4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm (above 80°F) to germinate lettuce seed.

• Days to Emerge: 5-10 Days
• Seed Depth: Surface to 1/8"
• Seed Spacing: A Group of 3 Seeds Every 6"
• Row Spacing: 8"
• Thinning: When 1/2" Tall, Thin to 1 Every 6"

Harvest in the morning, by cutting off at ground level. If regrowth is desired, cut the leaves higher, at 2". For a continual supply, outer, individual leaves can be harvested at any stage of maturity, but leave at least half of the plant for regrowth.

Rotate lettuce and other crops in the Asteraceae family so they are not grown in the same spot more than once in 3 Years. If corky root disease is a problem in your area, start seed indoors, avoid fertilizing with high-nitrogen fertilizers and use proper rotation methods.

• Type: Organic