Salanova Premier Collection Lettuce is an open-pollinated cultivar bred for salad elegance, combining refined color and flavor in a compact, harvestable head. Growing from transplants in just 55 days, this variety thrives across hardiness zones 3 through 11, making it accessible to gardeners nearly everywhere. Its frost tolerance means you can plant it with your earliest spring sowings, and its compact growth habit keeps it tidy in gardens or containers. The seed comes pelleted and NOP-compliant, ready for direct precision placement.
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Johnny's Selected Seeds describes this as an exclusive refinement for salad mixes, bred specifically for color, flavor, and visual elegance on the plate. The compact growth habit and 55-day maturity from transplants make it remarkably efficient, while frost tolerance lets you harvest cool-season lettuce when most other crops are struggling. Pelleted seed ensures consistent spacing at just 6 inches apart, eliminating thinning work and reducing waste.
Salanova Premier Collection is grown primarily for fresh salad use, where its refined appearance and balanced flavor enhance mixed greens. The compact head size and elegant presentation suit both individual salads and restaurant-quality plating, making it equally at home on a home gardener's table or in market-oriented production.
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Start seeds indoors in a cool environment kept at 60 to 70°F. Sow pelleted seed at the appropriate depth (typically 1/4 inch for lettuce), keeping soil consistently moist. Expect germination in 7 to 10 days under these conditions. Johnny's Selected Seeds notes an average of 16,000 plants per ounce of pelleted seed, so spacing seed precisely in flats will minimize thinning. Transplant seedlings outdoors after developing 2 to 3 true leaves.
Transplant outdoors when seedlings have developed 2 to 3 true leaves and soil can be worked. Space transplants 6 inches apart in rows 12 inches apart. Salanova Premier Collection reaches maturity in 55 days from transplant, so plan succession plantings every 2 to 3 weeks for continuous harvest. As a frost-tolerant variety, you can transplant earlier in spring than warm-season crops, planting with your earliest worked soil.
Harvest when heads reach compact maturity at 55 days from transplanting. Cut heads at soil level when they feel firm and densely packed. For continuous salad supply, Johnny's Selected Seeds recommends succession planting every 2 to 3 weeks rather than harvesting leaves progressively, as Salanova Premier Collection is bred for full-head harvest. Cool morning harvests preserve crispness best.
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