How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?
MJ

On 5/30/2014 8:28 AM, wrote:
How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?
MJ

I always cut the outer leaves with scissors and let the inner leaves
grow. I do the same with Swiss chard and both types tend to grow as long
as they can until the heat gets higher.

George Shirley wrote:
On 5/30/2014 8:28 AM, wrote:
How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to
the ground? MJ

I always cut the outer leaves with scissors and let the inner leaves
grow. I do the same with Swiss chard and both types tend to grow as
long as they can until the heat gets higher.

Yep. "Cut and come again"

D

David Hare-Scott wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
On 5/30/2014 8:28 AM, wrote:
How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to
the ground? MJ

I always cut the outer leaves with scissors and let the inner leaves
grow. I do the same with Swiss chard and both types tend to grow as
long as they can until the heat gets higher.

Yep. "Cut and come again"

D

And again and again and again ...

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Snag

On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?
MJ

Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the plant
will keep producing.

I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing the
end of its season as it grows hotter.

On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:28:42 PM UTC-4, bluechick wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:



How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?

MJ



Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the plant

will keep producing.



I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing the

end of its season as it grows hotter.

Thanks everyone and that is exactly what I will do
MJ

On 31/05/2014 12:28 PM, bluechick wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?
MJ

Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the plant
will keep producing.

I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing the
end of its season as it grows hotter.

That's when I let mine go to seed and then harvest the seed heads for
planting next year or strewing round the garden hoping some will self
seed - they usually do and some in some very strange places.

wrote:
On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:28:42 PM UTC-4, bluechick wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:



How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to
the ground?

MJ



Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the
plant

will keep producing.



I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing
the

end of its season as it grows hotter.

Thanks everyone and that is exactly what I will do
MJ

In the last week or so it's like someone flipped a switch on my lettuce .
Romaine and Iceberg are both now growing faster than we can eat it . Now if
only they'd get in sync with the tomatoes ...

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Snag

On Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:03:40 AM UTC-4, Fran Farmer wrote:
On 31/05/2014 12:28 PM, bluechick wrote:

On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:



How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to the ground?

MJ



Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the plant

will keep producing.



I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing the

end of its season as it grows hotter.



That's when I let mine go to seed and then harvest the seed heads for

planting next year or strewing round the garden hoping some will self

seed - they usually do and some in some very strange places.

That's the thing, these plants were self starters. I had no luck at all last year when I actually planted the seeds. It has just been weird but Salad here I come
MJ

On 5/31/2014 7:06 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
wrote:
On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:28:42 PM UTC-4, bluechick wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 06:28:18 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:



How do I harvest this stuff? Peel off the leaves or just cut it to
the ground?

MJ



Hi, MJ. Add my vote to the others: cut the outer leaves and the
plant

will keep producing.



I don't harvest the entire head of leaf lettuce until it's nearing
the

end of its season as it grows hotter.

Thanks everyone and that is exactly what I will do
MJ

In the last week or so it's like someone flipped a switch on my lettuce .
Romaine and Iceberg are both now growing faster than we can eat it . Now if
only they'd get in sync with the tomatoes ...

Ain't gonna happen, would make the little gods of the garden mad if you
could have BLT's every day.