Ruby Red lettuce is a stunning heirloom variety admired for its deep crimson leaves, tender texture, and exceptional garden beauty. Its richly colored foliage creates a striking contrast in vegetable gardens, raised beds, and containers while bringing vibrant color and elegance to fresh salads and culinary dishes.
The beautifully ruffled leaves are both tender and crisp, offering a refreshing texture and mild pleasant flavor perfect for salads, sandwiches, wraps, and garnishes. Its rich red pigmentation is also a sign of beneficial antioxidants and nutrients, making this variety as nutritious as it is visually appealing.
Ruby Red lettuce thrives in cooler temperatures and performs exceptionally well during spring and fall growing seasons. It prefers fertile well-drained soil enriched with organic matter and requires only moderate watering and occasional thinning for healthy vigorous growth.
Easy to cultivate and highly adaptable, Ruby Red lettuce grows beautifully in garden beds, containers, and window boxes alike, making it an excellent choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners seeking beauty, nutrition, and dependable harvests.
Ruby Red Lettuce Seed Details
- Quantity: 500 Seeds
- Plant Type: Heirloom Leaf Lettuce
- Leaf Color: Deep Crimson Red
- Flavor: Mild, Fresh, Crisp
- Best Uses: Salads, Sandwiches, Wraps, Garnishes
- Seed Planting Depth: 1/8 Inch
- Germination Temperature: 40-65°F
- Days to Germination: 2-14 Days
- Row Spacing: 12 Inches
- Plant Spacing: 8 Inches
- 100' Row Yield: 80 Pounds
- Sun Requirements: Full Sun
- Harvest Time: Approximately 68 Days
- Special Features: Rich Coloration, Nutrient Dense, Excellent for Cool Weather Growing
How to Save Seeds
Lettuce is primarily self-pollinating, so different varieties can generally be grown approximately 50 feet apart while maintaining seed purity.
Plants should be established and roughly 2 inches tall before colder weather arrives. In colder regions, mulch heavily through winter until plants resume growth and begin bolting the following season.
Once lettuce bolts, it produces tall flowering stalks that can reach 4 to 5 feet high. After flowering, feathery seed heads begin to form and mature gradually over several weeks.
Harvest mature seeds by gently shaking the feathery seed heads into a paper bag. Allow seeds to dry fully before storing in a cool dry location for future planting.
