Twist Lettuce Seed

Why Grow Twist Lettuce?

Uniquely Textured Leaves For gardeners who love crisp, flavorful salads, Twist Lettuce offers something truly special. This versatile variety can be harvested young as baby leaf lettuce or allowed to grow into a compact, small head, giving you options for how and when to enjoy it. No matter how you harvest, Twist delivers exceptional quality with its uniquely textured leaves. The leaves of Twist are deeply incised, creating a striking appearance and superb texture.

Crunchy and Fresh This shape isn’t just beautiful—it also provides plenty of surface area, making it the perfect lettuce to capture and hold your favorite salad dressings. The result is a delicious, satisfying bite that elevates any salad. The crunch and freshness of Twist stand out, whether served alone or mixed with other greens. Another reason gardeners love Twist is its excellent post-harvest storage. When placed in a bag in the refrigerator, the leaves stay fresh and crisp, allowing you to enjoy your harvest for days after picking. This makes Twist not only a delight to grow but also incredibly practical in the kitchen.

Twist 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 Coop Gro organic fertilizer on 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 side-dressing them with more Coop Gro organic fertilizer or 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.