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Buttercrunch Lettuce

No scientific name recorded

A variety of lettuce

How to sow buttercrunch lettuce: Direct seed outdoors, thin to 20cm when seedlings are 3cm tall

Sun requirement for buttercrunch lettuce: Plant in Partial Sun

Buttercrunch (also known as Butterhead, Bibb, and Boston lettuce) is a lettuce cultivar that produces tightly clustered leaves with a buttery flavor and smooth texture. Lettuce is a cool weather crop and high temperatures will impede germination and/or cause the plant to bolt (go to seed quickly). Some hybrid cultivars have been bred to be more heat-resistant.

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Buttercrunch lettuce facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height × spread

30cm × 30cm

Row Spacing

40cm

Growing Degree Days

Growing buttercrunch lettuces

deterring pests

place tilted jars of yeast+warm water (or beer) as slug traps at planting out every month

Growing lettuce

Sow seeds in trays 3 weeks before planting out
Dig compost into the bed 1 week before planting out
Water regularly at planting out every week
Weed around the seedlings 2 weeks after planting out
Sow another batch for a continuous harvest 4 weeks after planting out every month
Start picking the outer leaves at first harvest
Pull out plants that have bolted 6 weeks after first harvest