If you grow romaine lettuce, there are ways to harvest the crop so that it keeps growing - meaning you can get multiple harvests.Whether you pick individual leaves as-and-when required or cut the ...

Choose heat-tolerant varieties. One method for keeping leafy greens in a productive vegetative state during the dog days of summer is to plant heat-tolerant varieties.. Butterhead types of lettuce ...

Eat individual lettuce leaves immediately. If you want to harvest your lettuce but won't be consuming it for a while, pick the entire head and store it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh for longer.

Romaine types suitable for our gardens include 'Paris Island Cos,' a medium-green lettuce matures in about 75 days and 'Rosalita,' a deep-red romaine with crispy leaves that's ready in 55 days ...

By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I hope everyone has survived the sweltering heat of this week in ...

Romaine lettuce forms a loose head of sturdy, elongated, and bright green leaves. Some upright varieties of Romaine lettuce may reach up to 10 inches in height.

Also, leaf lettuce is preferable to head lettuce in autumn, thanks to the much briefer growing period. If planting spinach, environmental pressure will be slightly less abundant thanks to the ...