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title: "Anyone know anything about black seeded simpons lettuce? Planted it…"
description: "Anyone know anything about black seeded simpons lettuce? Planted it and it’s started to sprout but can’t find much information online! Does this look right?…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/x8_aVt91R1-MU6xd79uMKQ/64756efdcdeb4a8a0eb4b7ae"
community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "Kayla"
published: "2023-05-30T03:35:25.909Z"
language: "en"
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# Anyone know anything about black seeded simpons lettuce? Planted it…

_Posted by Kayla on 2023-05-30_

Anyone know anything about black seeded simpons lettuce? Planted it and it’s started to sprout but can’t find much information online! Does this look right? Any tips?

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## 1 comment

### Blair commented on 2023-06-07

Your lettuce looks good to me. I plant black seeded simpson every year. I wouldn’t say I’m expert because it has been easy for me to grow (I’m in zone 8) so I just direct sow seeds and let them do their thing. Once the leaves are about a couple inches tall, I top dress with compost. Then once the leaves are about 4” tall I top dress with blood meal and once a month thereafter. Again, no expert here but this is what works for me personally,

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