Butterhead Lettuce

Growing from seed

Start Butterhead Lettuce indoors about 4 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in partial sun, spaced about 25 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 60 days.

Companion Planting

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  Maypop
  

  MaypopGreat pair

  • ❧Maypop attracts Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids that attack Butterhead Lettuce
  • ❧Maypop roots deep while Butterhead Lettuce feeds near the surface — no competition
  • ❧Butterhead Lettuce acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Maypop
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  Wild indigo
  

  Wild indigoGreat pair

  • ❧Wild indigo fixes nitrogen in the soil that Butterhead Lettuce feeds on
  • ❧Wild indigo roots deep while Butterhead Lettuce feeds near the surface — no competition
  • ❧Butterhead Lettuce acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Wild indigo
• Great pair

  • ❧Winged bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Butterhead Lettuce feeds on
  • ❧Winged bean roots deep while Butterhead Lettuce feeds near the surface — no competition
  • ❧Butterhead Lettuce acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Winged bean

How to grow Butterhead Lettuce

1. Sow4 weeks before frost
2. Germinates7 days
3. Space25 cm apart
4. GrowPartial sun
5. Harvest~60 days

Water: Medium · Height: 20 cm · Soil: Moist, well-draining, fertile