- Butterhead is a hardy cool weather crop performing just as vigorously when sown direct as when transplanted. For earliest starts, begin indoors 4-6 weeks before final frost. Plant 2-3 seeds ¼" deep and 2" apart in rich, well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade.
- Seeds will germinate in 7-10 days, thinning back to 1 plant every 4" as true leaves establish. Harvest large outer leaves while allowing smaller leaves to continue to mature.
- Highly productive, dwarfed bibb lettuce that is quick to mature no bigger than a baseball or tennis ball, the Tom Thumb lettuce is an early 19th century American heirloom still popularly grown for quick, steady harvests.
- Plant seed 1/4" Deep
