Curly Leaf lettuce Harvest

[mjciccarel]

How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground? MJ

[George Shirley]

I always cut the outer leaves with scissors and let the inner leaves grow. I do the same with Swiss chard and both types tend to grow as long as they can until the heat gets higher.

[David Hare-Scott]

Yep. "Cut and come again"

D

[Terry Coombs]

And again and again and again ...

[bluechick]

Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the plant will keep producing.

I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing the end of its season as it grows hotter.

[mjciccarel]

Thanks everyone and that is exactly what I will do :) MJ

[Fran Farmer]

That's when I let mine go to seed and then harvest the seed heads for planting next year or strewing round the garden hoping some will self seed - they usually do and some in some very strange places.

[Terry Coombs]

In the last week or so it's like someone flipped a switch on my lettuce . Romaine and Iceberg are both now growing faster than we can eat it . Now if only they'd get in sync with the tomatoes ...

[mjciccarel]

That's the thing, these plants were self starters. I had no luck at all last year when I actually planted the seeds. It has just been weird but Salad here I come MJ

[George Shirley]

Ain't gonna happen, would make the little gods of the garden mad if you could have BLT's every day.