Kagraner summer Butterhead lettuce is a deliciously, tender, lettuce variety with dark-green, firm and fresh heads and dark-green, big, tender, slightly bumpy leafs. This mid early variety has a good resistance to bolting. It's well suited for a spring or summer sowing.
Indoor sowing: february - march
Outdoor sowing: may - july
Sowing depth.: ½ cm
Germination: 7-10 days
Germination temp.: 15-18 °C
Planting distance: 20 - 30 cm
Planting position: sunny with some shade
Days till harvest: 55 - 85
Start sowing indoors from february till march. Use trays filled with some moist potting soil. Sow thinly and shallow and cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil, because lettuce is a light germinator. Keep moist and cover with a lid. Remove the lid when the seedlings appear. Replant the seedlings to seperate pots after 3 - 4 weeks. Plant outside, when there is no longer any frosts. Keep them 20 - 30 cm apart, to allow for heading.
In may, when there is no longer any chance of nightfrost, you can sow outdoors. Sow in rows about 20 - 30 cm apart. and keep the seeds 20 cm apart. Sow 3 seeds together and cover them lightly. Thin them to 1 seedling after 3-4 weeks.
Sow a thiny amount every 3 weeks, to have a continious harvest. Keep the soil most and water regularly in drought. Protect the seedlings and plants against slugs, snails and other pests.
