Lettuce is grown mainly for its leaves, although the stems are used as well in Chinese cooking.As long as it gets regular water, lettuce can thrive in trays as shallow as 4” (10 cm), and pots of any kind, so it’s a great plant for container vegetable gardening....
Lettuce is a cool-weather crop thatgrows bestin spring and fall rather than in the heat of summer. Fast-growing leaf lettuce can be grown from March through June and again from early September through December. Plantleaf-lettuce seedsin a site that gets some six hours of sun a day. After...
As lettuce is a cool-weather crop, it’s important to time when you begin planting lettuce to fit within those cooler temperatures. Lettuce seeds will not germinate at soil temperatures above 80 degrees. In some areas, you may be able to grow lettuce year-round, but in most locations, you...
First, you’ll want to decide if you’d like to grow heads of lettuce or loose-leaf lettuce. Both are adequate, but the heads of lettuce are more aesthetically pleasing in rows in a garden. However, loose-leaf lettuce does harvest more quickly. It’s really all about personal preference....
Growing Lettuce Greens in Your Garden If you like greens, certainly you will grow lettuce in your garden. What is more, you’ll likely grow more than one variety. And we encourage you to grow a variety that you like but have never grown before. You’ll be glad you did. After reading...
Learn how to grow lettuce step-by-step—planting, care through the season, and harvest—your complete guide to growing lettuce!
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Lettuce has a very long history, stretching back over 6,000 years to the time of the Sumerians, the first known civilisation who lived in what we know as southern Iraq.It was also enjoyed by ancient Greeks and Romans, who used it for medicinal as well as culinary purposes. It is ...
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