Seed Savers Exchange
Lettuce, Red Iceberg
Lactuca sativa
- Heads grow to 16 inches
- Pleasing mild flavor
- Holds well in heat
- Crisphead or Iceberg lettuce
- 70-80 days
- Packet of 250 Seeds
A gorgeous iceberg lettuce, rarely offered. Fairly tight, 16" wide heads hold well without bolting. Pleasing mild flavor. Crisphead, 70-80 days.
Learn To Grow It
This crop can be direct seeded into the soil after the last spring frost. You can also start plants indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost date.
These seeds can be broadcast evenly in sections of the garden to create a bed of tender leaves and thinned to 6 inches apart as they mature. Plant your seeds 1/8-1/2 in. deep.
You can harvest the outer leaves of this plant as they mature or wait till it produces a full-sized head. To prevent the plant from bolting, keep the leaves well watered and cool.
This crop prefers to grow in cool seasons, so gardeners in Zones 8 and warmer should plant this vegetable in the fall. The shade from taller plants can help keep this vegetable cool in sunny gardens and warm climates.
