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Post by ladymarmalade on Jun 19, 2017 14:38:10 GMT -5
This is one that I consider my Ole reliable. Except when it isn't, lol. Last year I sowed a small patch in late August and nothing ever came up. It surprised me this spring by popping up out of the ground. It's a tender leaf, sweet, with a pretty light green color and ruffled edges. It's definitely slow to bolt. I pick the largest leaves off it every time I want lettuce, and it keeps growing vertically until it bolts. Here is my volunteer plant today- the main stem is over 18 inches tall at this point and no signs of flowering.
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Post by september on Jun 19, 2017 22:12:49 GMT -5
Wow, what a bonus! Lots of good eatin' on that big boy!
I had a couple of volunteers come up in my old lettuce bed, looks like I'll be eating them long before any of my direct seeded lettuces are ready.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 20, 2017 6:19:17 GMT -5
Volunteers always seem to be more vigorous than the ones we plant. Enjoy your bounty!
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indigogirl17
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Blazing here again...90's and dry after aq period of 3 weeks of solid rain a few weeks back. .
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Post by indigogirl17 on Jun 20, 2017 16:31:02 GMT -5
Love the lettuce pictures--I just harvested my first salad greens of the year..two different kinds of lettuces==an open leaf like the one pictures above and another variety...can't think of the names right now, plus spinach. I have oblong garden boxes that were made and distributed here in town by some volunteers and they work very well for microgreen growing. I harvested about 2 qurts so I can have my salad every day. Regular cutting keeps them from going to seed also.
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