Examine iceberg or butterhead lettuce varieties for ripeness between 60 and 70 days after planting, depending on the cultivar, before any of the plants send up a seed stalk.
Pull the loose leaves away from the base of a few various heads. Grab each head in both hands and squeeze it gently. Ripe head lettuce has a firm, full feeling in your hands, indicating it has developed completely in the center and has little space between the layers. The outer leaves should wrap tightly around the head.
Lift the head and cut it from the stem using a gardening knife. Check romaine varieties of lettuce for ripeness between 50 and 75 days after planting, or when they reach at least 6 inches tall and have a 3-inch wide base. Ripe romaine has an elongated, almost loaf-like shape, with dark-green outer leaves that ripple along the edges. Ripe inner leaves of romaine overlap and look densely packed to the core. Evelyn MacDonnell Jun 17, Reply Link.
Attainable Sustainable Jul 1, Evelyn, We agree. Eva Scott Jun 13, Joseva Thistle Jul 5, Made my first salad with my lettuce today.
Kris Bordessa Jul 5, Nan Apr 1, Elaine Matthews Feb 13, Jezme Jul 3, Correna Jun 19, Kris Bordessa Jun 22, Rena Jun 18, ARC May 9, Pamela May 20, Kris Bordessa May 20, With a little effort you can grow greens inside, all year long. Good for you! DCBloom May 14, Sheryl May 29, Denise Montague May 27, Janet Collester May 27, Attainable Sustainable May 2, Mommafrogg Apr 30, Found it interesting that you planted in cement block.
Attainable Sustainable Apr 30, I never have luck with lettuce. Well, I do.. Bonnie May 19, Vintage Soul May 31, I never would have of that! So simple! Thanks for the tip! SoniaR Apr 29, April Stephens Apr 28, Linda Oct 14, Kris Bordessa Oct 26, Tina Crawford-Shellkopf Apr 28, Healthy Stepping Stones Apr 28, Denise DerGarabedian Apr 28, Angie Abella Apr 28, In our country, we are facing problems about harvesting Iceberg Lettuce because of uncertain weather.
Base on your experience at Farm, what is the best time to harvest this type of Lettuce? Some say that the harvest must be done before sunrise.
Kindly need your information. Raised vegetable beds Zone 5. My wife says watering in heat of day full sun bad for vegetable leaves if water covers the leaves. I use a medium spray garden hose. Drip irrigation not an option - at least this year. On some smaller plants carrots and narrow leafed lettuce the plants do tend to mat down - but spring back as sun helps evaporate water. Should I switch to watering can and avoid watering plants directly?
I did read in comments that keeping soil moist is good - at least for lettuce - I may need to water twice a day? Thank you. Lettuce is delicious and does help with stress! I point out that natural rainfall is indiscriminate!
Just look at it. If the leaves are wilting, sprinkle them anytime—even in the heat of the day—to cool them off and slow down the transpiration rate. So, not necessarily twice per day. Have you tried a hose without the spray nozzle: laying it down on the soil near the plants and soaking only the ground that way? Yes, you would move it as necessary to water all of the plants. Reduce the water volume so you do not make divets in the soil. And have you tried row cover?
Covering the plants with it reduces soil evaporation and keeps the plants from frying, wet or dry, in the heat of the day. I live in a Senior Community that has raised 4' beds for residents to plant small gardens. They are filled with fill dirt, which means lots of rocks we're in Tennessee , but I see no weeds. Should I put down a weed barrier over the dirt that is in there, then put new garden soil mixed with compost on top?
Or mix the new garden soil and compost with the existing dirt, then put the weed barrier down before planting? Or do I even need wee barrier if there's no weeds in there now?
Thanks so much for your help. Hi, Fran. You could till the soil and get rid of as many rocks as possible or cover with weed barrier or even damp newspaper and then add garden soil and compost.
Weeds find a way, they are sneaky little buggers, so we recommend protecting your plants even if there are no weeds present at the moment. Good luck! I planted my lettuce, spinach, beets and rutabaga in my raised garden bed few days ago.
We received low temps and light snow yesterday. Will my seeds still germinate if the temps rise, or will I have to replant? If they germinate and sprout and we have another light snowfall or low temps, can I cover them to protect them, or will they die?
The instructions said to plant them in early spring as soon as the soil could be worked. Did I plant them too soon? I live in zone 9a. Would you recommend drip or sprinkler irrigation for red leaf romaine, butter crunch, spinach etc for late October planting from plants already sprouted I picked up in flats from the garden center? Therefore, drip irrigation would be the wiser choice, as it will give you consistently moistened soil.
Iceberg lettuce is a variety of cabbage, which needs cool temperatures and plenty of water. It should be grown early in spring or in early fall, and does not do well in the summer heat. Mulch around the base of each cabbage head to retain moisture and keep the roots cool. We hope this helps!
I have a friend who needs about 5 kilos of butterhead lettuce. It's pretty hard to find them in Luzon. Do you know where they are sold? Its important for the soil texture and roots navigation. Use any vegetation and lay it on the ground.
The amount of debris should be sizeable. At least between one tonne and five is pretty fine. The pressure out of compression generates a lot of heat. Hello my name is Karime Gonzalez.
I'm carrying out a science project in which I choose to harvest lettuce. The project is basically to make something to help the community. So if you could tell me if you know how to make organic fertilizers I would really thank you. With many varieties of lettuce, especially loose-left lettuce, you can keep harvesting from the plant. If the weather stays cool, you can keep harvesting from the plant several times or more. Lettuce is bolting if it forms a central stalk that eventually rises high above the base leaves.
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