FREE: Paris Island Romaine

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Contains over two hundred seeds per auction. If this exceeds two hundred points, I will include a bonus of one other lettuce!

This popular Romaine has upright growth to 10 inches with large thick medium green slightly rumpled leaves with creamy white centers. Tender, crisp and sweet flavored. It is tolerant to many lettuce diseases and is slow bolting. Approximately 65 days to maturity.

Special Directions for Short Season Climates


SOWING: Start early indoors or seed directly outdoors from early to mid spring. Sow again in late summer for fall crop. Barely cover seed with 1/8 inch fine soil.

THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING: Once plants are established thin or transplant to 10 to 12 inches apart. Transplant outdoors after danger of severe frost has passed. If your soil is rich and you use a good fertilizer like fish emulsions or worm castings often, then you can plant eight inches apart to save space. You can even plant more closely of you pick young, which is my favorite way to eat in salad or stir fry.

SPACING: Leave 18 inches between rows. For bedding in small areas space 10 to 12 inches apart in all directions. This can also be grown in pots on a porch. I have found a lot of success using whiskey barrels and large planters such as galvanized steel tubs for planting on the porch.

GERMINATION: Approximately one week to ten days. Start seed in cool 55 to 60 degree F temperatures. Keep soil moderately moist during germination. You can sprout one to two inches apart in the same pot and transplant. This makes it easy to sprout just twenty to thirty at a time all summer. Transplant when one to two inches.