I would rather not pay for lettuce.
I don’t know what it is, but of all the produce available, it irks me to pay several dollars for the privileg
e of making a few salads out of leaves. And then it goes bad so quickly
So I grow it.
This year I planted a variety of lettuce leaves in two window boxes.
One of the benefits of container planting is that I can move the boxes from spot to spot. In the hot days of summer, when grounded lettuce usually wilts and suffers, I can move these boxes into the shade, and enjoy a longer summer of salads.
To harvest, I simply slice off the larger leaves and drop them into the mesh strainer of my salad spinner.
I planted these boxes a month ago, on Mother’s Day (May 12 this year), and they’re already flourishing. We’ve been harvesting leaves for a while already.
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i can eat raw lettuce because i love to munch them, they are really very tasty ‘-*
i love to eat pickled lettuce and also raw lettuce, it really taste great;.;
we always want to put lettuce in our vegetagble salads and vegetable soups.~,~
i love to eat freshly picked lettuce.”*”
Abi: I thought that Southern California has a year-round growing season? Regardless, lettuce does best in slightly cooler temps — it flourishes in late spring/early summer or late summer/early fall. I’m trying to extend my growing season by moving my lettuce boxes into shadier spots as we move into full summer.
Jane: Unfortunately, the only two plant tags I saved were for romaine lettuce and spinach! I believe the rest to be red leaf and green leaf, which have curly-edged leaves. I decided to skip the arugula and other fancier greens this time to make the leaves more appealing to my kids, but I think you could do any types you want, as long as they’re the leaf variety rather than the head variety.
Your lettuce garden looks great. Would you post the different kinds of lettuce that you planted? Thanks!
Do you think it is too late to plant lettuce or other veggies? It gets really hot (over 100 degrees F) in my area in the summer. Is it better to wait until February or March to start up a vegetable garden here in Southern CA?