Lettuce Little Gem

Lettuce Little Gem is one of the quickest and earliest varieties to mature. The small compact plants have a crisp sweet heart and little outside leaf.

Cultivation Advice Lettuce Little Gem

• Lettuce is hardy and can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked or grow  indoors 3-4 weeks before you transplant the seeds outdoors.
• Sow 3 seeds every 8 inches in rows 8-12 inches apart
• Cover seed lightly with about 1/8 inch of fine soil, and firm soil gently.
• Thin young seedlings to one plant per spot.
• Sow every 3 weeks for a continuous supply of fresh lettuce. Seeds germinate even at low 40-degree F soil temperature, but poorly above 75-85-degree F. In dry weather, keep soil moist.