Salad for four in 35days

[Livebait]

Grown in a recycled ice cream container filled with homemade compost.

Click on the link to watch it grow

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...t=758887c7.pbw

In 3 weeks hopefully, it will have grown enough to harvest again. Variety is Red and Green Oakleaf and Romaine

[POTHEAD]

excelent growing and excelent slide show,very impressed

[runnerbean]

very impressed, how did they taste?

[Livebait]

Tasted great! Family and I ate it same day i picked it.

Thanks!

[loverazor]

how do you know when its time to pick the lettuce? Im a lettuce novice.

[Livebait]

You can pick lettuce at any stage, try picking some at different sizes and see at which stage of growth you like best.

[TPeers]

Did you grow the lettuce indoors or out?

Looked lovely! I've got various lettuce in the garden - mainly feeding the slugs!

[Livebait]

Thanks! I grew it outdoors, since being harvested it has grown back very nicely should be cutting off it again this week!

[Martin G]

So you just cut them and it's growing back? how many times can you do that before the plants are finished?

[Livebait]

Yep i just cut or break off leaves as close to the stem as possible and within one to three weeks most varietys can be cut again.

Never counted how many times a plant can be cut from but i would quess as many times as you like untill they begin to show signs of bolting!

[dizzyb23]

Stupid question: Do you cut from the outside of the plant or the inside???

[Lady of Shallots]

I would cut from the outside - the middle leaves will be new growth while outside will be oldest so that way you're guaranteeing yourself more lettuce soon!

[dizzyb23]

Thanks so much for your reply. I've been trimming the leaves (outside in) and am amazed at how quickly they are re-growing......
I've also got some iceberg lettuce growing. These are not doing as well. How do I get them to bulk up and curl in???