Butterhead Lettuce Vegetable Seeds Packet
Butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a popular leafy green vegetable known for its soft, tender leaves and mild, slightly sweet flavor. It forms loose, rounded heads with a delicate texture, making it a favorite choice for salads and sandwiches. Butterhead lettuce is easy to grow and thrives in cool weather, making it an excellent addition to home gardens. Whether started from seeds indoors or directly sown, it thrives in cool weather with consistent watering and fertilization. With proper care, regular harvesting a gardeners can enjoy a steady supply of fresh, tender lettuce throughout the growing season.
How to Grow Butterhead Lettuce from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Direct sow in spring or autumn. Cool season. Thin to 25cm for full heads.
Care and Harvest
Soft, loosely packed heads with buttery texture and mild flavour. 55-75 days.
Dimensions: 5.6" x 3.6" x .1"
Weight: 1.6 hrs
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Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
