Red Sails Lettuce

Latin name: Lactuca sativa var. “Red Sails”

🌱 Days to Sprout: 7-10

😋 Plant Food: after true leaves

✂️ Thin to: 1 plant per yCube

🍅 Days to Maturity: 40-50

💡 Light Zone: Moderate

📏 Plant Size: <1 ft

💚 Care Level: Beginner

Lettuce is thought to have originated in the Middle East, with the earliest depictions of it appearing in Egypt around 2700 BC. Ancient Egyptians bred lettuce plants to be less bitter than their wild counterparts and used oil from wild lettuces for a variety of applications, including mummification.

Red Sails Lettuce leaves are ruffled (like billowing sails) and red-tinted with a mildly bright flavor. This variety also has more vitamin C than other lettuces.

Red Sails Lettuce makes an excellent base green in gourmet salads, or enjoy it as a bitter-free crunch on sandwiches and burgers.

💡Temperature: Prefers cooler temperatures (60-70°F), and if placed in higher temperatures, it will turn bitter and bolt.

✂️ Pruning: Check the roots monthly and trim any that are brown or extending past the yPod. 

🥬 Harvest: For ongoing harvest, snip the outer leaves just above the base of the plant once they reach 4 inches tall to let the inner leaves continue to grow. Leave 1/3 of the plant if you want it to keep growing. To harvest the full head, wait until it reaches maturity, then harvest from the base.

Our Plant Health & Nutrition Team thoroughly tests each variety we offer to bring you the most flavorful and high-quality plants. We regularly rotate our plant portfolio, so please note, availability varies.