Lettuce: Butterhead: Kagraner Sommer - Seeds & Bulbs

Lettuce - Butterhead
Kagraner Sommer

This French butterhead was originally from Germany and is a 'sleeper.' Unlike most butterheads, it is very slow to bolt in summer heat. Excellent for window boxes and indoor pots, this lettuce also makes a cute border plant. The mild tasting leaves are soft and buttery, not crunchy. Medium-sized heads. This packet plants three 10-foot rows or seven successive plantings of 5-foot rows.

Days to Maturity: 58
When to Sow Outside: Early Spring, 3 to 4 weeks before last frost, and successive plantings every 3 weeks.
When to Sow Inside: Six weeks before last frost and in summer when outside temperatures are too warm for the seeds to germinate
Seed Depth: 1/8"
Seed Spacing: 1"
Row Spacing: 8"
Days to Emerge: 5 - 10
Thinning: When 1/2" tall thin to 5" apart