sweet butter lettuce

 

does anyone have any experience growing red & green butter lettuce?  love
the lettuce, hate the price at the market.  thinking about trying to grow
some next year - not sure but i think it's too late to plant it around
here - i can't seem to find much info on growing it on the web.

thanks,
rae

 



Go get some seed and plant it. I'm on the second crop of
Simpson Curled on my windowsill, planted in a little tin
washtub-shaped planter.

It grows *fast*!

If you plant a few seeds every two weeks, you'll have a
good supply of lettuce all season long.

It it's hot where you live, you can try planting lettuce in
an area that gets afternoon shade, to keep it from bolting
so quickly.

I always plant some leaf lettuce and pansies in the pots
around my front door. They look really nice together.

   Jan

--
Bedouin proverb:  If you have no troubles, buy a goat.

 

hey Jan,

thanks.  didn't know it would grow that quick.  i will go ahead and see if
the local stores have seed for it. and yes, plenty of heat. yesterday's temp
was 96 here at the house. it's 90 now.  I've never saw anything but the
standard iceburg lettuce grown locally and they plant that earlier in the
year. but i'll see how it does.
thanks for the input!

rae

 

On Wed, 30 May 2007 16:43:31 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"


Hey Rae, (kinda like the rhyme thing)

Jan is right.  This year i noticed in the Seeds of Change catalog they
are showing light requirements for different veggies and lettuce showed
partial sun.

I experimented and planted some letuces in full sun and some in an area
that receives only about four hours of direct sun during midday and
darned if the mostly shaded lettuce wasn't better tasting, and like she
said, hasn't bolted.  Like she did, I planted some in pots, old
fashioned varieties, and it has done great and looks great, with the
different colors and leaf configurations.  A couple years ago we
started "landscaping" with vegetables.  It is amazing how they work in
with the flowers and other areas.

Gardening is one grand experiment.  Seeds are cheap, even cheaper when
you save seed.  One year things may work, another not.

Have Fun
Charlie

 

On May 30, 9:00 pm, Charlie wrote:

hey charlie,

thanks for the input.

still learning from the "masters",
rachael (rae)

humm - why does that sound familiar?? lol