Truchas Lettuce is a striking dark red mini romaine that brings vibrant color and quick harvests to your garden. This compact variety matures in just 45-55 days, making it perfect for succession planting throughout the growing season. Its deep burgundy leaves create beautiful contrast in salad mixes while offering excellent disease resistance to downy mildew, lettuce mosaic virus, and TBSV.
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This dark red mini romaine stands out with its jewel-toned leaves and compact size that fits perfectly in smaller garden spaces. The variety offers impressive disease resistance against three major lettuce ailments, giving gardeners confidence in their harvest. Its quick 45-55 day maturity means you can enjoy multiple crops per season, and the striking color makes every salad a visual feast.
This mini romaine excels in fresh salads where its dark red color creates stunning visual contrast against lighter greens. The compact heads are perfect for individual servings or can be harvested leaf by leaf for continuous salad mix production. Its romaine structure makes it ideal for Caesar salads, wraps, and any dish where you want both crunch and dramatic color.
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Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before your anticipated transplant date. Lettuce germinates best below 70°F, so maintain cooler conditions for reliable sprouting.
Transplant seedlings when they have 2-3 true leaves formed, spacing them according to final mature size requirements.
Direct sow seeds as soon as soil can be worked in spring, using row cover to improve germination and prevent soil crusting. For extended harvest, plant every 2-3 weeks from February through October.
Harvest Truchas Lettuce by removing individual outer leaves to allow inner leaves to continue growing, cutting the entire plant about 1 inch above soil level, or pulling the whole plant. Check daily for leaves ready for harvest, as all varieties eventually become bitter as they begin to bolt. You may get additional harvests by cutting leaves or removing the whole head and allowing regrowth.
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