Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds - Lactuca Sativa, 505 seeds

Buttercrunch Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa) bring crisp, sweet, and tender greens to your garden. This heirloom butterhead variety forms loose rosettes with a buttery texture and mild flavor, perfect for salads, wraps, and sandwiches. Adaptable and easy to grow, it thrives in cool seasons and is suitable for both garden beds and containers. A reliable, fast-growing crop that allows multiple harvests in a single season.

Seed Information

• Type: Vegetable Seeds
• Common Name: Buttercrunch Lettuce
• Genus: Lactuca sativa
• Life Cycle: Annual (cool-season crop)
• Features: Heirloom, Loose-leaf butterhead, Crisp and sweet flavor, Easy to grow, Non-GMO
• Season of Interest: Spring and Fall
• Indoor/Outdoor: Both (garden beds and containers)
• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade
• Cultivating Difficulty: Easy
• Watering: Medium, keep soil moist but not soggy
• Climate: Cool-season, Temperate, Mediterranean
• Growth Habit: Loose rosette forming head
• Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained loamy soil
• pH: 6.0–7.0 (neutral to slightly acidic)
• Planting Time: Early spring or late summer for fall harvest

Growing Instructions

1. Prepare soil with compost; ensure good drainage.
2. Sow seeds 1/8 inch (3 mm) deep.
3. Thin seedlings to 6–8 inches apart; rows 12–18 inches apart.
4. Provide full sun to partial shade. Keep soil consistently moist.
5. Ideal germination temperature: 55–70°F (13–21°C).
6. Germination time: 7–14 days.
7. Harvest outer leaves for cut-and-come-again use or whole heads in 55–65 days.