On Mon, 19 May 2003 15:56:17 +0900, "Gyve Turquoise"
wrote:


Thank you and Pat Meadows for your response. I live in eastern Japan near
Tokyo. I don't know what USDA zone this corresponds to. Winter minimum
temperature is about -4C and summer maximum is about 35C. Somehow my lettuce
always seems to grow incredibly slowly, which is probably why it gets into
the hot weather. My guess is that as Pat said this has made it taste bitter
in the past. Thanks again for your advice.




I'd suggest that you try to grow it as a spring crop, or a
fall crop, avoiding the heat of summer.

If the coldest is gets is -4C where you live, you could even
try growing lettuce during the winter.

It will withstand cold weather. I had lettuce outside in
pots this spring, and it survived a night of 15 F
temperature just fine (that's -9.4 C). It appeared frozen
in the morning, but thawed out and started growing again
immediately.

Pat