Sow shallow
Scatter seed shallowly and keep it moist — lettuce sprouts in days and you're eating in a few weeks.
The fastest food in the garden — fresh salad in weeks, and how to keep it coming from spring right through to frost.
Scatter seed shallowly and keep it moist — lettuce sprouts in days and you're eating in a few weeks.
Pick outer leaves and leave the center, and one plant feeds you for weeks instead of one salad.
Lettuce bolts and turns bitter in heat. Give it afternoon shade in summer and sow heat-tolerant types.
Sow a short row every 2–3 weeks (succession) and you'll never have a glut or a gap.
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