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How to regrow lettuce from itself. (Original Post) Emile Jul 2023 OP
when this is done, ShepKat Jul 2023 #1
Best to grow it early in the spring. We cut the veins Emile Jul 2023 #2

ShepKat

(432 posts)
1. when this is done,
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 06:20 AM
Jul 2023

it turns bitter and goes to seed quickly. Since lettuce is self pollinating, it will go to seed, and you will have much more seed so that's a perk.

I've been saving seed for over 30 years. I used to sell them. Lettuce, peppers, peas, beans and tomatoes are self pollinating. Corn and spinach is wind pollinated. If we lose pollinators, we will at least have these things. If I'm not mistaken, Arabica coffee is also self pollinating.

Emile

(30,787 posts)
2. Best to grow it early in the spring. We cut the veins
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 06:26 AM
Jul 2023

out of the lettuce to get rid of the bitterness the rest of the growing season.

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