Lettuce, Loose Leaf Lettuce 'Grand Rapids'

I found Grand Rapids Lettuce seed at the local dollar store for only ten cents. I usually grow Black Seeded Simpson, and Romaine but for...Read More the price I thought I'd try it. Grand Rapids germinates very quickly is quite lush and sweeter and slower to bolt than BSS lettuce. It is also a nicer shade of green and crisper than BBS lettuce. As a lark I scattered some seeds in a hanging basket and soon I had a wonderful "salad bowl" full of crisp green lettuce.This is my favorite lettuce now. Lush, green, crisp and sweet lettuce quick to grow and slow to bolt. Highly recomended.

Sweet and flavorful for a leaf lettuce, heat and humidity resistant. The seed is getting more and more difficult to find but fortunately...Read More it is a great variety for seed savers.

Last year and this year I planted in late December. The ones from this year are still very small, but last year they took almost two mon...Read Moreths to do anything then all of the sudden- bam! March and April cut individual leaves along with some bibb type let. and swiss chard. Great salads. By the first of May they were very much bolting and more dandelion like. But they had very pretty flowers and the whole plant grew to about three feet tall. I never got a good tight head off of the dozen or so that grew well, but when thining some that were still under 6" had a sorta cluster.

This is definitely a winter/spring plant if you live along the gulf coast. I'm at a new place now, but the old soil was slightly alkaline and the plants did get 8 hours (daylight) by March when they took off.

I'd recomend it to anyone that has room in the garden for it, but not for someone who wants high yields rather than a plant you can eat a bit off of for a month or two then watch the pretty flowers. :)

Bought seeds at Lowes. They grew extremely well, but I planted late so they bolted in the 85+ degree days. If planted at a better time th...Read Moreey would have provided a lot of lettuce.