Lettuce Bibb Deer Tongue is a distinguished heirloom bibb-type lettuce prized for its distinctive tongue-shaped leaves and exceptional flavor complexity. This slow-bolting variety represents centuries of seed-saving tradition, offering gardeners reliable performance and culinary excellence that modern hybrids often struggle to match. The unique leaf morphology not only provides visual interest in the garden but also contributes to superior texture and taste characteristics that distinguish this heirloom from conventional lettuce varieties. The remarkable bolt resistance of Deer Tongue extends the harvest window significantly, allowing gardeners to maintain tender, flavorful leaves throughout warm seasons when most lettuces quickly transition to flowering. This trait proves invaluable for continuous harvesting and succession planting strategies. The tender leaves develop a delicate, slightly sweet flavor profile with subtle complexity that elevates salads and culinary preparations beyond standard lettuce applications. The dual-harvest capability provides exceptional flexibility for different culinary needs. Baby lettuce reaches harvestable maturity in just 28 days, perfect for tender micro-greens and delicate salad mixes. Full-sized heads develop by 46 days, offering substantial yields for more substantial salad preparations or braised applications. This rapid maturation allows multiple succession plantings within a single growing season, maximizing productivity from limited garden space. Each packet contains organically grown, non-GMO seeds with a germination rate of 70% or better. David's Garden Seeds® sources these premium heirloom seeds through sustainable agricultural practices and packages them in environmentally friendly, fully reusable and recyclable materials that honor both seed heritage and ecological responsibility.

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

This is an heirloom seed, meaning it has been passed down from generation to generation for at least 75 years. As a rule, heirloom seeds taste better and will grow the same year after year.

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.