If not, you're in for a treat. I'm talking about lettuce shoots only 3 inches long that you can grow yourself.
Get youself any waterproof container at least 3 square feet surface. Place minimum of 2" of top soil, water until slightly moist. Seed with new seed. (I get mine at Park Seeds online, any type.) Depending on how cold a climate, cover with one or two or 3 layers of poly film and put where it gets direct sunlight. Use elastic strips from a fabric shop to make a band to hold plastic film in place.
I live where it rarely gets below freezing, so I use one layer, as much for keeping out snails as for
controlled climate and only in part sun.
In a month or so you will have baby lettuce, which you can cut with any sissors. It will grow back in about 2 weeks, so you will keep on getting it all year long. Or you can let it grow to full size, after thinning.
2006-12-04 06:58:48 · 4 answers · asked by Everyman 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You are smart to take advantage of this truely delicious treat. Baby lettuce has a naturally sweet taste. Most leaf lettuce tends to get bitter the older and bigger it gets. We do the same thing you do and enjoy baby lettuce very much.
Good luck with your gardening.
2006-12-07 04:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have eaten baby lettuse it is absoutlutly delicios
2006-12-04 15:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Ojone A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taste great with bacon
2006-12-04 15:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by CoCo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see above ahahahaha
2006-12-05 16:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋