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I know these are dumb questions, but when is lettuce ready to harvest? I have leaf lettuce that has grown from plants, and it is growing alot, but how big do you recommend it should be when I harvest? Having never grown it, I don't know big it gets. How do I cut it? Does it grow back? Thank goodness for the annonimity of web questions!!!
You can harvest leaf lettuce at any time, but you don't want it to get so mature it starts to bolt You can pull out the whole plant, cut it off at the base, or just cut leaves off the plant as it grows.
If you cut it off at the base, it might sprout again from the root.
Thanks for the welcome! It is so great to have the help.
It's leaf lettuce, and thanks to L Titton I boldly plucked and made a salad last night with our lobster dinner. Of course, it took all four plants to fill the bowl, but I will wait patiently for it to come back. Any further advice?
Both my Space hybrid spinach and Romaine leaf lettuce come back happily when I cut them about 1/2" from the ground. I kind of do it in sections, about 1/3 of the patch at a time, so at any given time I have some in different stages of growing back.
Now, if I only had a red, ripe tomato to go with that tasty lettuce. . . I broke down and bought a store tomato, I was so desperate, and of course regretted it. My 'maters are still tiny. This is a Cherokee Purple. All of my tomatoes are still about this size or slightly larger. Patience, patience. . .
Ah yes, im in the same boat. im waiting on big boys and brandywine. My Big Boys are growing fast though, right now there about the size of a small orange and showing no signs of ripening, im hoping for pound and a halfers.
