Lettuce Summer Crisp Magenta combines striking visual appeal with exceptional practical performance, producing distinctive red-tinged foliage with a luminous, slightly puckered texture that creates an elegant whorled, conical head structure. The contrasting crispy green heart provides visual interest while delivering the tender, flavorful center that defines superior lettuce quality. This open-pollinated variety enables seed saving, allowing you to perpetuate superior plants across multiple seasons. Magenta's heat tolerance makes it invaluable for spring and summer cultivation when traditional lettuce varieties typically bolt prematurely or develop quality-compromising conditions. The variety demonstrates remarkable resistance to multiple physiological disorders that plague warm-season lettuce production—tipburn resistance prevents the calcium-related leaf damage common in variable moisture conditions, while bottom rot resistance addresses another persistent summer challenge. The slow bolting tendency extends your productive harvest window substantially, maximizing returns from each planting. Comprehensive disease resistance further distinguishes this variety. Downy mildew protection covers races 1-16, 19, and 21—the most problematic strains affecting lettuce cultivation—while LMV (Lettuce Mosaic Virus) tolerance provides additional security against viral challenges. The robust germination rate of approximately 80% or better ensures reliable establishment when properly sown. Expect mature, harvestable heads in approximately 50 days, enabling efficient succession planting and strategic garden planning. The excellent flavor profile develops fully even under warm conditions, maintaining culinary quality throughout the season. With 50 seeds per packet and our commitment to sustainable, non-GMO genetics and environmentally responsible packaging, Magenta offers comprehensive value for gardeners seeking reliable, beautiful summer lettuce production.

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We cannot possibly put all the directions you need for growing summer crisp lettuce in your area on the seed package. We recommend that you read articles or check with other gardeners in your area.

These are also open pollinated meaning they will reproduce themselves. While all heirlooms are open pollinated not all open pollinated seeds are heirlooms.

Freshly Packed: These lettuce seeds are packed for the current growing season and will provide high germination rates next year as well.