| 65 days. This one-of-a-kind mini Romaine looks like a Butterhead but has all the crisp texture and rich, spicy flavor you demand of a Romaine -- plus a tiny, exquisitely tender-sweet heart! A head makes a single serving or enough leaves to fill your sandwiches, burgers, and other treats! Just 4 to 5 inches high and wide, this dark green head is glossy, wavy, and full like a Butterhead, with many more vitamins than traditional Romaines. (The rule of thumb is, the darker the leaf, the more nutrients it contains.) Yet the flavor is all Romaine, and the delicate heart at the center of each head is just a gourmand's dream of rich, tender flavor! Very resistant to early bolting and adaptable to the less-than-perfect growing conditions most of us offer in our home gardens, Baby Star has been successful of all regions of the country. Developed in Europe, it is now taking the New World by storm! Just think -- no more half-heads to put away in the crisper (or to retrieve, forgotten, a week later!). Every salad and garnish will be garden-fresh with this delightful mini! Lettuce thrives in cold weather and can be sown directly into the garden, starting in early spring. For an even earlier harvest, sow indoors; the seedlings don't mind transplanting. If a fall crop is desired, begin in late summer. Grow in single rows, plants spaced 6 inches apart, or in containers. Pkt is 200 seeds. |
