Parris Island Cos - Romaine

ID: 10

Name: Parris Island Cos - Romaine

Category: Lettuce

Description: Named for Parris Island off South Carolina, this old favorite romaine is crisp, sweet, and delicious as a baby green, midsize, or full-grown!

Details: Crunchy, sweet leaves, buttery-green heart, and vigorous growth are a few ways to describe 'Parris Island Cos' romaine. Developed by the USDA and Clemson University around 1950, this nutritional, 10"-12", upright lettuce will soon be a favorite in your garden and your kitchen, full grown or as a baby green. Ideal for lettuce wraps. Plants resist tipburn and are mosaic virus tolerant, and heat tolerant. This packet sows up to 184 feet.

Maturity: 68

Spacing: 10

Seed Depth: 0.125

Seed Count: 3

Days To Emerge: 5

Germination Temperature:
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When To Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, and in summer when soil temperatures are too warm (above 80 F) to germinate lettuce seed.

When To Start Outside: RECOMMENDED. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 40 F, ideally 60 F-70 F. Successive Sowings: Every 3 weeks until 4 to 6 weeks before your average first fall frost date. Mild Climates: Sow in fall and winter for cool-season harvests.

Frost Resistant: Yes

Heirloom: No

Notes:

Parris Island Cos - Romaine (#10)

Parris Island Cos - Romaine