Red Sails Lettuce Seeds

Red Sails Lettuce Seeds grow a red and green loose-leaf, frilled lettuce that is slow to bolt and ideal as a cut-and-come-again crop. It adds great color to salads and holds up well through the heat of summer, making it a dependable leaf lettuce for a long harvest window.

At a glance

• Variety: Red Sails loose-leaf lettuce
• Type: Non-GMO, cut-and-come-again leaf lettuce
• Leaves: Red and green, frilled and loose
• Bolting: Slow to bolt, heat-tolerant
• Sun: Full sun to part shade
• Sowing: Shallow, seed needs light to germinate
• Minimum seed count: 1000 seeds per packet

Best for

• Colorful salad mixes
• Cut-and-come-again harvesting
• Summer-heat plantings
• Container and raised-bed gardens
• Continuous leaf harvests

How to grow

Sow in a block and gently scratch the seed into the surface, since lettuce seed needs light and moisture to germinate. Keep the bed consistently moist for good germination and growth. Harvest outer leaves as needed and the plant will keep producing.

Flavor profile

Mild, sweet, and tender, with crisp frilled leaves and no bitterness when picked young.

About Papaws Garden Supply

Papaws Garden Supply is a family-minded seed and garden company helping the next generation to grow with nature, offering heirloom and certified seed stock for home growers.