70 – 80 days. These non-GMO Salinas lettuce seeds easily grow into green leaves and are great for beginners. Salinas Lettuce, also known as Iceberg Lettuce, is ready to harvest in 70 to 79 days. The Salinas thrives in full sun or partial shade, being heat resistant, and can be grown in zones 4-9. The leaves of the Salinas have a mildly sweet flavor. Approx 16,000 seeds per ounce.
Growing Salinas Lettuce Garden Seeds
- Latin Name: lactuca sativa
- Seed Type: Annual
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Outdoors
- Days to Maturity: 70 – 80 days
- Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9
- Planting Depth: 1/2"
- Plant Spacing: 18"
- Row Spacing: 12"
- Growth Habit: Mound
- Soil Preference: Moist, loose and cool.
- Temp Preference: Warmer
- Light Preference: Full sun or partial shade
- Diseases/pests/problems:Lettuce that is crowded while growing will have a bitter taste. Susceptible to aphids and slugs.
- Color: Light Green
- Flavor: Mildly sweet
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Seeds Per Package:
- 1 g - Approximately 900 Seeds
- 1 oz - Approximately 25,000 Seeds
- 4 oz - Approximately 100,000 Seeds
- 1 lb - Approximately 400,000 Seeds
Start by sowing the non-GMO seeds 1/4 inch in loose, cool, moist soil, with eighteen inches between seeds and twelve inches between rows. Make sure to allow enough space between seeds for the lettuce to grow, as overcrowding can cause the lettuce to have a bitter taste. Firm the soil lightly. While growing, keep the soil well watered. Harvest seventy to seventy nine days after planting.
Historical documents show that lettuce was being cultivated in Egypt 6,000 years ago.