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Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce
Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce
Early, Curly, Delicately Flavored

  (3 customer reviews)



Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce has been the favorite leaf lettuce for generations of gardeners. Bright green leaves, tender and nicely sweet at all stages. 48 DAYS.

Grows several types of lettuce fro a mix of colors and textures. Leaf lettuce has loose rosettes, produces over a longer season and is more heat tolerant. Head lettuce forms round heads and tends to be more crispy in texture.

Seed Counts: 1/2 oz. of lettuce seeds contains about 12,000 seeds and sows a 200-ft. row. Seed tape comes as two 7 1/2-ft. strips.


Product Details
Zones: 3 - 9 annual
Height: 6 - 7 inches
Spacing: 4- 6 inches between plants, 12 - 18 inches between rows
Depth: 1/4 inch
Spread: 4-5 inches
Sun/Shade: full sun
Germination: 8 - 10 days
Days To Maturity: 48
Yield: 50 lbs./100 foot row
Fruit: Loose Leaf. Large, Light-Green Leaves are Upright, Crisp, Tender and Sweet
Comments: Leaves are also broad, crumpled, and frilled. Well able to tolerate summer heat, drought. An exceptionally good keeper. Large, upright plants. Loose leaf type. Very early and adaptable. Withstands some frost. Slow bolting. Inner leaves blanch almost white. Very popular long favored variety, fixture in North American gardens for over a hundred years.
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 -  Monday, August 10, 2009
easy crop
Reviewed By: Allison (Havertown, PA)
A first time gardener, I grew many, many of these lettuce plants from seed with a lot of success. They took off once I planted in a raised bed garden. Some of them grew 3 feet high and just kept producing tender leaves. We had salads for a month. I will be planting this next year.

 -  Monday, August 10, 2009
easy crop
Reviewed By: Allison (Havertown, PA)
A first time gardener, I grew many, many of these lettuce plants from seed with a lot of success. They took off once I planted in a raised bed garden. Some of them grew 3 feet high and just kept producing tender leaves. We had salads for a month. I will be planting this next year.

 -  Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wonderful Lettuce
Reviewed By: Shannah (Nashville, Michigan)
I have grown this lettuce for several years. It always produces a wonderful, plentiful crop. It is not a bitter lettuce. Makes great salads.


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Buying Options
Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce - Seed Packet
14633 - For each offer ordered, get approx. 1000 seeds.
Price:Each - $1.95
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Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce - Seed Tape (15')
16674 - For each offer ordered, get 1 tape.
Price:Each - $4.95
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Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce - 1/2 Ounce
14634 - For each offer ordered, get 1/2 ounce.
Price:Each - $3.95
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Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce - 2 Ounces
14635 - For each offer ordered, get 2 ounces.
Price:Each - $9.95
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