Why Grow Pomegranate Crunch Lettuce?
Stunning Color and Crunch Pomegranate Crunch Lettuce is a red romaine-type variety that makes a beautiful addition to any cool-season garden. Pomegranate Crunch produces eye-catching heads with thick, glossy leaves featuring rich wine-colored tops that transition to green toward the base. Easy to grow and beautiful enough to stand out in any garden bed, this variety delivers both impressive appearance and excellent eating quality.
The Perfect Balance of Crisp and Tender Pomegranate Crunch Lettuce offers a unique texture that falls somewhere between crisp romaine and tender butterhead lettuce. The substantial leaves provide a satisfying crunch while remaining tender enough for fresh salads, sandwiches, wraps, and more. With its striking two-tone foliage, beautiful head formation, and versatile texture, Pomegranate Crunch is an excellent choice for gardeners who want a lettuce that's just as attractive on the plate as it is in the garden.
Pomagranate Crunch Lettuce Growing Tips
• When to Plant Lettuce
Lettuce is a "cool season" vegetable that grows best in the fall and early spring months. Lettuce plants don't like warmer weather, and as a result will typically "bolt" quickly or have a bitter taste when grown in the hottest months of the year.
Start seeds in your greenhouse or seed starting room 3-4 weeks before your intended in-ground planting date. Once the lettuce seedlings have an established root ball and can be easily pulled from their cells/containers, they're ready to transplant.
For smaller, compact heads of lettuce, place transplants 6-8" apart in your garden. For larger heads of lettuce, place transplants 10-12" apart. Lettuce works great when planted on double or triple rows to maximize space in your garden.
• How to Fertilize Lettuce
It's always a good idea to apply some pre-plant fertilizer to the soil prior to planting lettuce. We like to sprinkle a balanced, pre-plant fertilizer our raised beds or along our rows prior to planting. This ensures the plants have the right nutrients to put down roots in their new soil.
Because lettuce is such a fast growing crop, often times the pre-plant fertilizer is all it needs to form a nice head of lettuce. If your lettuce plants aren't as green as you'd like, consider making a liquid solution of AgroThrive General Purpose Fertilizer and pouring it alongside the plants
To learn more about fertilizing lettuce, watch this video.
• When to Harvest Lettuce
Lettuce can be harvested at any time throughout the growth cycle of the plant. We prefer to wait and harvest the entire head at once, but many gardeners will choose to only pluck a few leaves as they need them.
