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Re: Lettuce

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Lettuce can be tricky. It hates temps above 72 degrees.  Try planting in the
cooler months and forget about summer.  If you sow seeds now, even if winter
and snow arrive, you will get germination in the early part of spring and
get sweet lettuce.  For a second sowing, in early spring, I'd suggest
planting it in an area that receives only morning sun.  Shade cloth helps,
too.  You are on the right track with romaine lettuce.  It will take more
heat than head types.  Fast-growing leaf types such as Red Oakleaf and
oakleaf take more heat without turning bitter, too.  Try mesclun or cutting
lettuces also.  You plant thick, don't thin and harvest leaves when young,
sweet and tender by cutting off with scissors.  Don't cut the crown--it will
produce more new leaves.  Cutting lettuce mixes or mesclun seeds can be
found in Shepherd's, Park's and Burpee's catalogs and at some nurseries.
Lowe's carries (after Christmas) a White Swan mesclun mix in a can that also
contains a planting medium that eliminates the need for covering seed.  Hope
this helps.
Also, chill your lettuce seed in the frig for 2-4 weeks before planting--it
increases the germination rate.
Doreen Howard,
in zone 5B Central Illinois, who formerly gardened in hot, humid tropical
Gulf Coast Texas.


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