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May. 12, 2009
How to Cut Lettuce
My Dear Friend asked in a previous comment how to cut lettuce so that it will come again. I hope you will not mind my simple tutorial:
As you can see, this buttercrunch lettuce is a type that heads up (like romaine). 
I am not willing to wait for it to finish so I have been harvesting leaves. When harvesting leaves, you want to be careful not to clip them too short. If they are too short, they will stop growing. This way they continue to send up leaves for future harvest.
Here is the overgrown oakleaf lettuce. I cut it the same way, being sure to leave enough so it will grow again. 
And finally, the mesclun lettuce. This patch is probably coming to an end since I have been harvesting it since March. I still cut it at the same length, being sure not to trim it too short. You can see where I am trimming it and next to that leaf is a whole section I just recently "mowed down". It is starting to come back again.
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial. Lettuce is the easiest and most rewarding thing to plant. Not to mention you can eat it for almost any meal! Ask my children...they go out in the garden and eat it for breakfast! |
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Jun. 1, 2009 - Thanks!