I just recently planted my lettuce crop for the fall here in Zone 6b. The
young plants are sprouting all over the place. I "missed" the chance to
plant them earlier in the season, though if I had realized the mid to late
spring / early summer was going to be so cool and wet I definately could
have gotten a good crop earlier in the year. Lettuce loves cool
temperatures, and will thrive during the spring and the fall, possibly
winter in some southern zones. The trick as I understand it is to plant the
lettuce so it begins to mature during cool weather, to prevent it from
"bolting" and becomming bitter.

"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:57:05 -0500, "harold steig"
wrote:

I had great luck with lettuce this spring growing black seeded simpson
and
salad bowl. Now that the rest of the salad vegges are getting ripe my
lettuce is about done. I live in central WI and we do get warm days 85 to
95
with night time temps in the 60's
Do you think i can get another batch of simpson to grow this year ? I
could
water daily and put a cover over it about 12 inches above ground to shade
it
from the sun.
Or should I try another type of lettuce for this time of year. /
Thanks for any ideas.

You can certainly start lettuce seeds soon for growing into
fall's cooler weather.

BTW, I had lettuce survive a foot of snow and temperatures
of 16 F this spring - so you can probably grow it for a
considerable time after your first frost, maybe into
December.

Pat