Kagraner Sommer Butterhead Lettuce
Price: $2.95
SKU: 3240191(Butterhead-type)
58 days — 'Kagraner Sommer', also sold as "Kagran Summer" in North America, is a good, reliable, mid-season, butterhead-type lettuce variety that is slow to bolt in the summer heat. Reported to have originated in Germany, the heads are light green in color, medium sized, have a mild flavor and buttery texture. Each packet contains one gram, which is approximately 500 to 600 seeds.
Sowing: Prepare the seedbed outdoors using a hard tined rake, smoothening out the soil. Lightly sow and just barely cover the seeds with soil. Keep soil moist until germination is achieved. You can also start seeds indoors by sowing into seed starting trays using fresh new seed starting potting mix into clean seed starting trays. Just barely cover the seeds and keep well watered until they sprout. Harden off and transplant into the garden after about 3 weeks.
Customer Reviews:
By Tracy (Robertson Co. Texas) on December 23, 2023
Here in Central Texas, fall is the best time to plant. Did a direct sow with two other varieties in a 4x4 bed. Planted in early October. Plants have come through two frosts with no issues. Still doing well in late December. Picture from early December.
By Laura (Cincinnati, Ohio) on June 1, 2023
This lettuce did really well for me this spring. We started it in a little six pack in February and clearly overplanted, since we transplanted out 40 plants at the end of March, another 32 plants at the beginning of May, and still had 15 plants left to give away, all from that one six-pack! It handled a rather rough transplanting process beautifully, was super hardy through a little frost and some dry spells, and formed beautiful loose heads that taste absolutely delicious and have a soft, buttery texture. It is now June 1 and 87 degrees outside, and although we've eaten most of those first 40 heads, the remainder are not at all bitter, nor have they bolted - though they do wilt in the heat and are better after being chilled in the fridge for a bit. Obviously, I haven't had any summer experience, but so far, I am very impressed. I intend to start more inside and try planting them out continuously through the summer - and into next fall and winter, as well. Highly recommended.
