To grow red romaine lettuce from seeds, you can follow these steps Plant romaine seeds 10-12 weeks before the last frost date in your area. Sow romaine seeds ? inches deep and lightly water in. Use supplemental lights 14-16 hours per day, hung just a few inches above your plants. Pot up romaine seedlings as plants outgrow their initial pot. Fertilize every two weeks with a seedling specific fertilizer. Fill a cell with sterile seed starting mix. Sow 2-3 seeds on the surface of the starting medium, and lightly tamp down. Gently water with a mister or spray bottle. Keep the top of the seed starting mix evenly moist until germination. Place the seeds in a warm area to germinate. Direct seed or transplant in early spring, as soon as you can work the soil. Seeds need light to germinate; sow at a very shallow depth by covering with a thin layer of growing medium. Alternatively, you can purchase transplants at a nursery or plant seeds indoors under grow lights 1st class mail is used so there is no tracking. If you prefer tracking i recommend paying the extra fee for upgraded shipping which is 1 fee for as many packs of seeds as you want and alot quicker delivery Be sure to check out my shop for alot of other vegetable and fruit seeds