"K" wrote in reply to
"Cat(h)" who wrote

I'm jealous. Not paying attention meant all my lettuces - of which I
am a greedy consumer - went direct to seed over the hot dry summer. I
round myself re-seeding some more only around mid August, and that is
still not ready to consumer :-(

Would cut-and-come-again types be better for late sowing?


That is the normal wisdom but a few years ago we allowed some mixed lettuce
to go to seed without pulling them up, throughout the winter that part of
the plot had lettuce germinating from the self sown seed and especially red
lettuce. As they grew we replanted into rows and got a very good early crop,
too much actually. Our conclusion is that they are a lot more hardy than one
thinks which is why we are trying Romain lettuce (a favourite and a must for
Cesar Salad) through this winter. I suspect if you have somewhere a bit warm
to germinate seed you could still try some lettuce** for this winter.
**Red type is obviously hardier from what we saw.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK