{"title":"Lettuce","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOrganic Lettuce Seeds\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quintessential American salad ingredient, lettuce comes in so many shapes, colors, and textures from green crisp and crunchy to purple polka dotted. We've got lettuce seeds that cover the temperature gamut from tolerance of heat to downright winter hardy so you can enjoy them all year long. Mild and crunchy, even kids love lettuce! Cultivate abundant lettuce in your organic garden!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grand-rapids","title":"Grand Rapids Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our never-ending pursuit to recover the long-lost history of agriculture in the Great Lakes region, we fortunately stumbled upon \"Grand Rapids\" lettuce, which tells a story of the region that began over 100 years ago. Bred in the late 1800's by Eugene Davis, known as the \"father of forced lettuce,\" Grand Rapids lettuce became the leading greenhouse-grown winter lettuce in the Grand Rapids, MI area. By the turn of the 20th century, these remarkably expansive greenhouses (over 150,000 square feet of them) were supplying millions of pounds of winter lettuce to the people of the Great Lakes region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrand Rapids lettuce is bright green, with wavy, frilled leaves. If left to mature it forms a head of loose leaves that reach 7 - 8\" tall. It is very vigorous and bolt tolerant. We have been growing it as cut-and-come-again baby greens in our unheated hoophouse where, when sown by September 1st, it provides non-bitter lettuce through fall, winter and all the way until the end of April! We have never seen a lettuce that does not turn bitter after 7 months! In our trials it has outperformed many other lettuces in the hoophouse due to its combination of cold hardiness and moderate resistance to downy mildew (it doesn't need extra covering inside the hoophouse unless temps go below zero). By growing it year-after-year and saving seeds from the strongest surviving plants, we are continuing to select it for southeast Michigan hoophouse growing conditions. We are so excited to be bringing this variety back to Michigan and share it with you!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e28 days baby, 50 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHydroponic Growers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grand Rapids' greenhouse heritage makes it \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/natureandnurtureseeds.com\/collections\/hydroponic-seeds\"\u003eideal for hydroponic systems\u003c\/a\u003e. Browse our complete hydroponic seed collection for more indoor-growing varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 250 seeds)","offer_id":53776486596892,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"VALUE SIZE: 1\/10 oz (Approx  2000 seeds)","offer_id":53776486629660,"sku":null,"price":7.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Grand-Rapids-Lettuce.jpg?v=1739911117"},{"product_id":"joker","title":"Joker Organic Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoker has a distinctly sweet, buttery flavor, yet every part of this lettuce retains a crispy, crunch. Even the green leafy parts are crunchy! It's a crisp-leaf type of lettuce with a loose head. Leaves are bright green with bursts of stunning red splashes. Bred in 2011 by farmer, plant breeder, and seed activist Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed, Joker has become our favorite head lettuce! Frank has really out-done himself with this one. Grow in spring, summer or fall. Joker is downy mildew resistant and very cold hardy. As baby lettuce, it survived the polar vortex of 2014 in our unheated hoop house. OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50-60 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 300 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776486433052,"sku":null,"price":4.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"VALUE SIZE: 1\/10 oz (Approx 2000 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776486465820,"sku":null,"price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Joker-Lettuce.jpg?v=1739911115"},{"product_id":"little-gem","title":"Little Gem Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Gem is a cross between butterhead and romaine, giving it the unique trait of having romaine’s crunch with the sweetness and small size of a butterhead. Can be grown for baby greens or for heads. Baby leaves can be grown as cut-and-come-again (they grow upright, making them easy to harvest). Harvest as head lettuce and you'll get miniature, 4 - 6” tall romaine heads with a crispy heart. Little Gem is heat tolerant, so it's a good choice for summer lettuce. We first grew it in 2000 and have been very happy with its warm weather performance. Its small size lends itself to container gardening and growing in small spaces. Crisp leaves add welcomed flavor as well as a crisp texture to salads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30 days baby, 55 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 300 seeds)","offer_id":53776486269212,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"VALUE SIZE: .03 oz (Approx 780 seeds)","offer_id":53776486301980,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Little-Gem-Lettuce.jpg?v=1739911114"},{"product_id":"jazzy-leaf-lettuce-mix","title":"Jazzy Leaf Organic Lettuce Seed Mix","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fabulous mix of wine red, neon green, and colors in-between! This is a seed mix from one of Erica’s lettuce breeding adventures. Loose leaf lettuces make a great cut-and-come-again salad mix. Will form loose heads if left to mature. This mix is particularly cold hardy and resistant to downy mildew, a bane of lettuce growers. Best taste from cool weather plantings. Check it out!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30 days baby, 50 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 300 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776483483932,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Jazzy-Leaf-Lettuce-Mix.jpg?v=1739911071"},{"product_id":"ella-kropf","title":"Ella Kropf Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eMid-size green butterhead with an excellent creamy texture. We love its sweet flavor and crunchy midribs. This Midwest heirloom was donated to Seed Savers Exchange by the Kropf family of Deer Grove, Illinois, who had originally received it from a man in Stewardson, Illinois around 1930. For an older heirloom, we were surprised by the consistent size and shape of the heads. It is reliable, productive and easy to grow. Can be grown anytime, but it tastes best in the cooler weather of spring and fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e68 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 300 seeds)","offer_id":53776480895260,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"VALUE SIZE: 1\/10 oz (Approx  2000 seeds)","offer_id":53776480928028,"sku":null,"price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Ella-Kropf-Lettuce.jpg?v=1739911016"},{"product_id":"jericho","title":"Jericho Organic Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eJericho is a full size, bolt-resistant green romaine that stays sweet even in the heat of summer. We first grew this lettuce in 2003 and it’s always been a favorite … but when we included it in our 2016 hot weather summer lettuce trial, it rated #1 in flavor! Bred in the Levant region (Middle East) to withstand heat. The heads are large sized, crunchy, and delicious. Can also be harvested as baby lettuce and will grow back after multiple cuttings. A good choice for market growers. Did you know that you can cook lettuce? Sounds weird but we fell in love with it – sprinkled with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt … then grilled or browned in the broiler. Top it off with dried cherries and chèvre cheese – it’s delightful!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 285 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776480829724,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Jericho-Lettuce.JPG?v=1739911014"},{"product_id":"red-iceberg","title":"Red Iceberg Organic Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOkay, so iceberg’s got a bad rap – yes, we grew up eating it shrink wrapped and all. But ya gotta admit, the iceberg crunch is unbeatable. This Red Iceberg rated at the top in combined texture and flavor in our hot summer lettuce trial of 2016 with no bitterness. It is one of Mike’s favorites. In our trials, it formed a loose head of super crunchy, juicy, refreshing leaves that helped us kick the summer heat. Leaves are red-green and beautiful. Be sure to pick it before it bolts (flowers) or it will become bitter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 days to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature \u0026 Nurture Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Pkt(Approx 400 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776480731420,"sku":null,"price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"VALUE SIZE: 1\/16 oz (Approx 1500 seeds) \/ Certified Organic","offer_id":53776480764188,"sku":null,"price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/5253\/products\/Red-Iceberg-Lettuce.JPG?v=1739911012"},{"product_id":"maules-philadelphia-butter-lettuce","title":"Maule's Philadelphia Butter Organic Lettuce Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic heirloom lettuce with documented history tracing back to the 1800’s. This is a tender, green butterhead lettuce that may have very slight tinges of brownish red at the outer edge of the leaves. 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We came across this variety through one of our seed growers, Clint Freund, who grew the seed after enjoying the satisfying “CRUNCH!” and fierce coloration. Maroon-red speckling on dark green ruffled leaves that form an upright, compact head of crunchy romaine goodness with a blushing pink heart. This gourmet lettuce shines on its own, or as part of a spring or fall salad mix. 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