Pomegranate Crunch Romaine Lettuce is a crisp romaine variety that delivers on its promise of texture and color in about 75 days from direct seeding. This cultivar thrives in full sun with moderate watering and moderate soil pH between 6.0 and 7.0, making it accessible for most home gardeners. The tight spacing of just 1 inch between plants and 16 inches between rows allows efficient garden placement, whether you're growing in beds or containers.
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The deep, jewel-toned leaves of Pomegranate Crunch deliver genuine crunch with each bite, a textural quality that separates it from softer romaine varieties. At 75 days to harvest, this is a mid-season choice that rewards patient gardeners with substantial heads ready for harvest in midsummer. Direct seeding works well for this variety, and the compact spacing needs mean you can pack more heads into limited garden space than you might expect from a romaine.
Pomegranate Crunch Romaine shines in fresh salads where its crisp texture is the main event. The sturdy outer leaves hold up well to hearty dressings and can anchor composed salads with confidence. It's equally at home shredded into slaws, chopped for grain bowls, or used as sturdy wraps for lettuce-cup fillings where you need leaves that won't wilt under warm fillings.
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Start seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before your anticipated transplant date. This gives you stronger seedlings ready to move outdoors once weather permits and soil has warmed.
Transplant seedlings outdoors once they have developed true leaves and after your last frost date has passed. Space transplants 1 inch apart within rows and 16 inches between rows. Harden off seedlings by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days before final planting.
Direct seed Pomegranate Crunch Romaine outdoors once soil is workable in spring. Use row cover to improve germination and prevent soil crusting, which can block seedling emergence. Once seedlings have developed 2 to 3 true leaves, thin romaine varieties to 12 to 16 inches apart to allow heads proper space to develop.
Pomegranate Crunch Romaine is ready to harvest around 75 days from direct seeding. You can harvest individual outer leaves as soon as they're large enough to handle, allowing the inner leaves to continue growing and extending your harvest window. Alternatively, cut the entire plant about 1 inch above the soil line for a complete head harvest. Check plants daily once they near maturity, as romaine lettuce eventually becomes bitter as it begins to bolt, especially in warm weather. All harvest methods yield good results; choose based on whether you prefer continuous leaf picking or a single substantial head harvest.
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