- You will get 700 Seeds of Freckles Romaine Lettuce Heirloom Vegetable Seeds. - Sunlight: Full Sun. - Life Cycle: Annual. - Watering: Medium. - Heat tolerant, gorgeous tasty Romaine. - This Romaine lettuce has green leaves splashed with red. The red darkens as the lettuce matures. Freckles is an heirloom which is tender and long standing. It makes a beautiful addition to any salad!. - You can begin harvesting outer leaves as soon as they are large enough and continue until a central stalk begins to form, which signals the end of the harvest period. You can also harvest the entire plant when it's mature but still young and crisp. - Traditionally the whole plant is cut off at the base. If you leave a few leaves on the stem, rather than cutting at actual ground level, the head will be cleaner.