Salad all summer.

 Is it possible to have lettuce all  summer.   Not all at once like I got .
Around may or June . until it bolted.

 
Yes, stagger your planting times for the head and leaf lettuces.
For the leaf lettuces one can tear off leaves as needed. Leaf lettuces
can go from seed to plate in about 30 days and the leaf lettuces tend
expire after 60 days.

Head lettuces take most of the summer to grow. For me when the leaf
lettuces come to an end, the head lettuces start to come in for a change
of taste at the end of summer and fall months. One can get two harvest
from each plant. Do not harvest the whole plant, cut the head inside of
the plant and on the small side instead of letting them get large and a
new head will start to grow for a second harvest. (my preference, others
here may have a different view).
  
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Enjoy Life... Dan L  (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

 

There's my problem.  I planted all leaf lettuce . It was awesome for about a
month.

I knew I had lettuce all summer  gardening before.

Thank YOU!!!!!!

I'm in Ohio, Great lakes .   Suppose im 5 or 6.

 If you are a bit mechanical and on a budget try making one of these or
something similar :

http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/11plan01.htm

what this doesn't show is you should use 12-16 oz plastic picnic cups
to fit inside the pop bottles fill these with some washed gravel,
hydroton ( expanded clay)  or even glass marbles,  aquarium gravel or
pumice rock works as well, you just need something to support the
plant as it grow and grow it will... so much so  the roots will
sometimes clog the drain lines.   so watch for signs of wilt.  use an
soldiering iron the make the holes in the cups, better than a knife or
punch. picture here: http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/images/11.jpg

just germinate new starters in agri rock wool or rubber plugs on a 2-3
week schedule so when you harvest one you can drop another in its
place for a continuous harvest.  I am able to grow lettuces/mix for
most months of the year,  I  tear it down and clean/flush it a couple
times a year.

Leave some to develop full head, others for microgreens, throw some
herbs chervil is good maybe  even baby carrots for their tops in there
as well.

For really cool periods in a Greenhouse use an aquarium heater and/or
consider further insulation of your solution tank*. For really cold
periods  further make a bubble warp enclosure to protect and still
allow light in

A cheap 10$ shop light will supply enough supplemental light to grow
greens in most places if you use it inside or have such overcast sky
as we do in the PNW.

*good insulated cooler ( with drain) works better than the Rubbermaid
tubs, but they are ~>/= 35$  to the Rubber Maid's 5-7$. you can use
building  styrofoam insulation  to surround the rubber maid bu tyour
back around the cost of an cooler again.

a pretty cool vertical setup:
http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/images/Vertical%20Garden/6vertical_6_30.jpg

 

I appreciate  the ideas. I've got a  room of hydroponics and aeroponic
equipment in my basement.  Its hard to justify  $50 of electricity a month
for $50 worth of salad.   In 3 months. I've never got it where it breaks
even.   I got it once where I had a bunch of plants. And  the electric was
over $300 a month. I was glad to shut it down .  When I got laid off. And
put everything outside.

Even my Aero garden has   250 watt lights in it. Which is kind of a
worthless unit.  Which is about $20 a month.