Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf), also known as Lactuca Sativa, is an annual cool-season looseleaf lettuce. This cut-and-come-again variety offers soft, red and green leaves that bring excellent flavor and nutrition to salads and sandwiches. Heat tolerant and fast-growing, this plant flourishes in the cool weather of spring and fall but also grows in summer or in a cold frame for winter harvesting. Lettuce is a low-maintenance addition to the vegetable garden, flourishing in full or partial sun with straw mulch and daily water. This variety reaches 10-12" tall and wide, looks attractive in a patio container, and provides vitamins A and C in salads from spring through fall.
Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Selling Tips
Sell Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) to customers looking for a low-maintenance cool-weather vegetable for the garden or a container or cut-and-come-again lettuce. Customers will love the easy access to delicious salad all spring, summer, and fall. Lettuce flourishes in full or partial sun with just daily water. Enjoy crisp, flavorful, fresh produce all season for the price of one head of lettuce at the grocery store. Red Sails offers soft, red leaves with excellent nutrients and flavor for salads and attractive foliage in a patio container. Grow a hearty salad garden by pairing a few types of lettuce with Spinach, Beets, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Cucumber, and Onions.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12" apart in well-drained soil in full or partial sun in early spring or late summer.
2. Water this plant daily. Use wood or straw mulch around the base of the plant to retain moisture and help prevent bolting.
3. Harvest the whole head at once or remove the outermost leaves several at a time.
4. Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) does well in mild winters or a cold frame for cold-weather harvesting.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf), plant one seedling per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0-6.5, low feed (50-75 ppm N), and temperatures of 50-75 daytime and 40-55nighttime. Watch for aphids, whiteflies, slugs, and snails.
Flowering
This plant is grown for culinary use.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers to allow sunlight to penetrate to the base of each plant.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on vegetables.
Pests
You may see aphids, whiteflies, slugs, and snails.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse and allow the soil to dry between watering.
Planting Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Liners
We recommend planting Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) seedlings in 1801 cellpacks or 4-inch containers. Use a well-drained soil and center the seedling in the container or cell. Cell packs are ready for sale in 1-2 weeks, while 4-inch containers with more mature plants will take 4-5 weeks.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Quick Reference Guide
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4-5 Weeks
Bloom Period
Fall, Spring
Habit
Upright
Height
10-12 inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
40
Water Needs
Heavy, Moderate
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Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf), also known as Lactuca Sativa, is an annual cool-season looseleaf lettuce. This cut-and-come-again variety offers soft, red and green leaves that bring excellent flavor and nutrition to salads and sandwiches. Heat tolerant and fast-growing, this plant flourishes in the cool weather of spring and fall but also grows in summer or in a cold frame for winter harvesting. Lettuce is a low-maintenance addition to the vegetable garden, flourishing in full or partial sun with straw mulch and daily water. This variety reaches 10-12" tall and wide, looks attractive in a patio container, and provides vitamins A and C in salads from spring through fall.
Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Selling Tips
Sell Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) to customers looking for a low-maintenance cool-weather vegetable for the garden or a container or cut-and-come-again lettuce. Customers will love the easy access to delicious salad all spring, summer, and fall. Lettuce flourishes in full or partial sun with just daily water. Enjoy crisp, flavorful, fresh produce all season for the price of one head of lettuce at the grocery store. Red Sails offers soft, red leaves with excellent nutrients and flavor for salads and attractive foliage in a patio container. Grow a hearty salad garden by pairing a few types of lettuce with Spinach, Beets, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Cucumber, and Onions.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12" apart in well-drained soil in full or partial sun in early spring or late summer.
2. Water this plant daily. Use wood or straw mulch around the base of the plant to retain moisture and help prevent bolting.
3. Harvest the whole head at once or remove the outermost leaves several at a time.
4. Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) does well in mild winters or a cold frame for cold-weather harvesting.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
For best results with Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf), plant one seedling per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0-6.5, low feed (50-75 ppm N), and temperatures of 50-75 daytime and 40-55nighttime. Watch for aphids, whiteflies, slugs, and snails.
Flowering
This plant is grown for culinary use.
Pinching
This plant doesn't require pinching.
Spacing
Space containers to allow sunlight to penetrate to the base of each plant.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on vegetables.
Pests
You may see aphids, whiteflies, slugs, and snails.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse and allow the soil to dry between watering.
Planting Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Liners
We recommend planting Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) seedlings in 1801 cellpacks or 4-inch containers. Use a well-drained soil and center the seedling in the container or cell. Cell packs are ready for sale in 1-2 weeks, while 4-inch containers with more mature plants will take 4-5 weeks.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Lettuce Red Sails (looseleaf) Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
4-5 Weeks
Bloom Period
Fall, Spring
Habit
Upright
Height
10-12 inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
40
Water Needs
Heavy, Moderate
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