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Growing Lettuce

Lettuce growing in a box.Plant your different lettuce in hanging baskets. It's easy to care for, easy to harvest, and easy to move in or out of sun. You can raise all your salad greens hanging on the patio.

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Choose quick-maturing varieties that will produce a crop within weeks of sowing. In the fall, use row covers to extend the season and protect crops from frost.

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March 8, 2011

Plant 4 or 5 different varieties of lettuce in your lettuce bed then you can have a variety of greens to eat. When cutting you lettuce off, just break off the leaves and leave the roots growing.

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It will produce more lettuce for you to eat.

 
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October 9, 2011

Head of green leaf lettuce.I have been growing lettuce for 3 months now and they have been doing really well. All the lettuce plants, because they were planted at the same time, are starting to flower. Can I plant these again and how do I do it? I am not sure of the variety of lettuce, I think it is a mignonette.

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Sure you can. Make sure the plant is completely dry before picking the seeds. We just leave ours in the garden over the winter, and in the spring, many little seedlings appear weeks before we till and plant.

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We have three varieties, and they all do it. I'm in Zone 4-5, if this helps. We sometimes transplant them into rows and have lettuce for weeks.

 
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November 9, 2013

Last summer I grew lettuces that produce very bitter tasting leaves. We are unable to eat them! I am guessing it is a result of soil preparation. I have replaced the soil and used two different beds; but alas again this summer I have the same problem.

By Marcia from Canberra, Australia

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December 9, 20170 found this helpful

Lettuce is a cool weather vegetable. If it gets too hot it will be bitter

 
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Winter sowing is a method of planting seeds in milk jugs and letting them sit out all winter. My lettuce did so well it was coming out of the jug and I planted it today.

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There is no need to harden off the plants since they have been outside all winter. Follow this link to a tip on Thriftyfun: Start Seeds Outdoors With Winter Sowing

Winter Sown Lettuce - leaf lettuce in a raised bed

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July 10, 2019

I planted some leaf lettuce in my garden and it is doing pretty good. My question is how do I harvest the lettuce and what can I use to take away some of the bitter taste? I've tried it straight from the garden and it tastes kind of bitter.

I would like to try to make a salad from it, but don't quite know how to harvest the leaves and how to take the bitter taste out of it. Does anyone know how to do this?

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If it is bitter, you waited too long to harvest it. You could try sautéing it on a bit of olive oil and adding salt and pepper.

 

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I got some loose leaf lettuce from my neighbor and also found it to be a little bitter but not too bad. I tossed it with some Olive Garden Signature Italian dressing and topped it with some drained mandarin oranges.

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I rather enjoyed it. I wonder if hot weather has anything to do with the taste. I would think that lettuce is a cooler weather vegetable but I have never grown lettuce.

 

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This is an interesting question as I have had some very bitter loose leaf lettuce also.
I read comments from this site and here are a couple of comments:

"Note: Although the biggest cause for bitter lettuce is temperature, along with the other possible reasons, additional factors such as one's region, current growing conditions and even variety can all play a role in the bitterness of lettuce plants.

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Some people have found it helpful to soak their bitter lettuce prior to using. If you would like to give this a try, separate the lettuce leaves, put them in a bowl of cold water and add a small amount of baking soda. Let the leaves soak about five to 10 minutes, rinse thoroughly in cold water and then soak them again for a few more minutes. Drain and use. You can also try refrigerating the bitter lettuce for 24-48 hours before serving."

www.gardeningknowhow.com/.../bitter-lettuce.htm

 
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