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  • Cut and come again lettuce, impressed.

    Normally I grow green and red little gems.
    I cut 1 of each and give them a good wash.
    Pop them in a plastic bag in the fridge and use as requied.

    For some reason I had a packet of mixed lettuce leaves, so I sowed a short row.
    They grew very well.
    I find it much easier to just pick a few leaves when I need them, as opposed to picking and washing 2 whole lettuce.

    Jimmy
    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

  • #2
    I grow both in short rows working on the idea that one or the other (or even both) will grow. I plant short rows every few weeks (when I remember and depending on the weather.) I definitely agree it is easier to just wash a few leaves.

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    • #3
      I planted a mix of 8 different lettuce plants in late April and just harvested the outside leaves...amazingly those few plants lasted up to about 3 weeks ago when they well and truly went to seed (which I'm intending to save for next year). Very good value as I can't tell you how many supermarket bags of mixed leaves it's saved us.
      Last edited by muckdiva; 19-08-2019, 11:23 AM.
      All at once I hear your voice
      And time just slips away
      Bonnie Raitt

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      • #4
        I do this too - I feel like a little mouse nibbling away at the outter leaves lol The plants keep growing for an amazingly amount of time
        https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          I use Little Gem as come and cut again, as well as take it all. Just take a few outer leaves. They can grow into quite tall, not bonnie plants this way but taste good.
          Elsie

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          • #6
            I treat all my lettuce as cut and come again seems to work out fine.
            Location....East Midlands.

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            • #7
              I do the same as Bren.

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              • #8
                ^^^Me three.

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                • #9
                  ...and me four...

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                  • #10
                    This year I grew cut-&-come-again lettuce & rocket, with some success. I think next year, a bigger container might be in order

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