Growing lettuce can be very rewarding, but nothing in my opinion is more rewarding than harvesting lettuce in the middle of summer and tasting the sweet tender greens that you usually enjoy only in early spring.
VIDEO: How to Grow Perfect Not Bitter Lettuce In Summer
Growing lettuce can be very rewarding, but nothing in my opinion is more rewarding than harvesting lettuce in the middle of summer and tasting the sweet tender greens that you usually enjoy only in early spring.
I love those little beds too. I have a huge, overwhelming garden. I am 53 years old and have a hard time getting down- or getting up actually. I need to do a little different in our garden. I love your video, Luke. You always encourage me in one way or another. My lettuce was bitter and bolted. I like this thought. Thank you.
Love you, Luke, thanks.
So happy with Slow Bolt variety!!! Scattered seed, cut the tops, they grow back. Very close together so soil always covered.
I’ve been using your same method that I learned from you a few years ago. Love this method so much.
I have found that using a shade cloth also helps prolong the life of my lettuce.
romaine is doing well for me so far but will probably try a shade cloth over it next year if we get the high heat like we have this year.
Do you have a video of you sowing the seed?
Slo-bolt lettuce really is slow bolting. I have some going right now in zone 8a in Virginia.
Brilliiant. Exactly what we do here in Ohio, though our garden is much smaller (living, as we do, on a postage-stamp Cleveland city lot) so no soil sits fallow for long. We sow lettuce every month in spring (started in late March to plant out in April). Then, starting in early June, we sow starts inside every two weeks, moving them to the picnic table after they've sprouted. This gives us a steady supply of mature, strong starts to replace plants as they bolt. Bottom line: We save $5 to $10 a week for two people buying lettuce for salads.
PS. Black Seeded Simpson is one of our summer lettuces, along with Oak Leaf and Gand Rapids. They''re all slow to bolt. We also have a lot of success growing romaine in the heat, though have gone to leaf lettuce so we can harvest the outer leaves during the summer.
Your garden has been looking pretty bare lately. Busy?
This may also apply to other greens like spinach, mustard, bok choy. The last one is my favorite. Collards too
I just wanted to say thank you. I received my first order of seeds from Migardener. I love the care that went into the information on each seed packet. Very informative, with great suggestions. Very pleasant experience. 🙂
Did you plant your lettuce from seed outside?
We had bitter Basil in year two. Perfect in year one, but a chemical type smell and taste in year two.
I’m in Texas now with triple digit temps through the 10 day forecast. What are your thoughts and direct sowing or indoor seedling Purple Romain? I have shade cloth
What do you call those dead pieces of green stuff left in the bottom of a bowl of Caesar salad?
The last romaines. Now lettuce pray for them.
We’re is the rest of the lettuce ?
When I have more lettuce then I can eat, I put the surplus in a blender with a little bit of water then pour into ice cube trays and make lettuce ice cubes. Put those in the freezer and add them to your smoothies. That way you still get the nutrition from your harvest. Sometimes, I have to run a little bit of hot water along the bottom of the cube trays to loosen them out. Then I store them in a Ziploc baggie in the freezer.
Very interesting; pretty lettuce!
Thanks Luke!
I am a safety trainer for FedEx & Ground Cloud, but I love to learn about growing & you are one of The Masters I learn from 🙂 I love your videos, Thank you, so very much 🙂 I work late & end up watering late, sometimes I water by flashlight… that is still okay?
I'm about to harvest our $12 lettuce this sunday here in Australia because of all the floods
Thanks Luke.