Grow Lettuce Through JULY With This Trick!
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THANK YOU!!! I thought cut and come again was a super tedious process where you just picked the outer leaves ONE BY ONE! Now I see I was all wrong! My lettuce always goes to seed because I don’t want to be bothered and there’s a thin line between harvesting a full head and it bolting. You have changed my lettuce game Luke! And thanks to you, I’m STILL harvesting peas thanks to your video on high intensity pea spacing. I can’t believe it’s still thriving after two separate heat waves and STILL flowering and producing! Praise God for you and your family putting in the work to share and empower those of us that want to grow big 😊
SAME... omg I have been doing it all wrong 😅
@@iveo83same! I was pulling the leaves like onions. Who knew!
I thought the same
Me too!
Same ! I’m going to order some lettuce to now try … thanks so much Luke . 🥬
I’ve heard about cut and come again, but thought you cut the individual leaves. You have enlightened me on the technique. Thank you.
Another summer/ hot weather tip, after you cut it, soak your lettuce in cold water, for awhile, 15 min or more...its been getting rid of that bitter flavor/ milky substance.
The milky substance contains powerful nutrients.
@@carolb5677Does it? I wondered what that was. I thought it was a bad sign that my lettuce had bolted.
@@jenkitching43it’s powerful stuff.
Powerful bitter!!!!
I would say $10 a sq ft is a very modest amount. Organic greens can be fairly expensive, not to mention store-bought greens don't last nearly as long!
Watched your videos before on cut and come again lettuce and we are doing it this season and are enjoying daily organic salad every day. Thank you for sharing this amazing method of growing lettuces for leaves.
This is awesome. I have been cutting the head. Sad I could have grown more. THANK YOU!!! I will be planting fall lettuce
Thanks to you I have been harvesting lettuce this way for a few years. Unfortunately several weeks of 90plus weather my lettuce is bolting. I will be replanting more for fall August first. I need to stop watching your videos because every year I try something new this fall I will be planting garlic for the first time, binge watching your garlic videos.
Garlic is so easy. You will love growing it. You don't harvest it until around June/July so plant it where it won't be in your way.
@@judifarrington9461 going to put it in its own raised bed
I live in Dallas. Any recommendations for growing it here?
Luke this is perfect timing for me. I have heard of the method, just didn’t know exactly what it meant. I just ordered some seeds from you yesterday, all leafy greens. So when the weather cools off a little I’ll be ready. I planted a leaf lettuce last year and it came up all over the place in my beds. Most of it is currently bolting but I have a few little groups coming up in some containers that are shaded, thus a little cooler. Thanks again and God bless you and your family.
Thank you! I also thought I was supposed to be cutting just the outside leaves. Can't wait to do this!
I was also just taking the leaves,and then the crown and the plants grew about 2 ft tall, so they are done now. But next year I will do it this way. Thank you Luke this is my first time having a garden and I am learning so much from you!😊
I kind of stumbled on this method! I never heard anyone talk about harvesting lettuce this way until very recently, but this is how I have always done it. And it's how I'll do it in my fall garden, and hopefully my winter cold frame, and then maybe it will grow again next spring! Always experimenting!
Thanks so much!
I had been doing this but just harvesting the outer leaves as needed leaving the center. I did not know you could cut off the whole top above the crown and it works like that
Love this method. Been eating fresh salads everyday since May. Placed my lettuce bed in the shade so I can harvest longer into the summer. Zone 4a so doesn't get too hot.
Highly productive method and looks absolutely beautiful too.
Thank you so much for all of your videos packed with information for gardeners of all skill levels! My mom keeps the crowns and some of the leaves around it from store bought lettuce to start new lettuce. She put slices a thin piece from the bottom and sits each one straight up in a shallow dish with a little water. After just a few days it starts to grow. She mainly does this with romaine and iceberg since they are easy to purchase by the heads. I hope that helps someone else get started.
I didn’t know you could do this. I’ll start next year.
I’m
Getting ready to plow it all at do a fresh cut and come and again. You can harvest it into the winter. It’s not too late :-)
I am SO thrilled I learned this from your video last year and it’s a fabulous method!
I have harvested my lettuce several times. I cut the leaves off of my lettuce by picking each leaf when they start getting large. Then I run each leaf under water to clean them. Then I spin them in my salad spinner. I love love love fresh lettuce from the garden instead of supermarket and restaurant lettuce.
I've heard of this but never tried it. Encouraged to try it in my fall lettuce crop.
the cool mint leaf lettuce has been the best lettuce i have grown started it in my hydroponics garden last winter transplanted this spring and iam still harvesting it
This is interesting. I will be trying this in the fall when we have lettuce growing again. I've always just picked the outer leaves.
Love this method, use it regularly.
Thanks, I did not know this method.
Going to try this! 😀 I've been harvesting outer leaves as they get big enough
I’ve heard of it but never done it! I will have to try it in the fall.
I love this idea, what I was doing was take the largest outside leaves but will start changing tomorrow for sure!
Thank-you for ALL of your tips!
I like growing my lettuce in the greenstalk. Getting ready to start some soon as this heat passes a bit.
Unfortunately it’s still 90 degrees and above here in Crntral Florida 9b. It will be a while before we plant cool weather crops.😢
Thanks for sharing. First time hearing this.
We have been enjoying our lettuces I started from your seeds for a several weeks now! I use my kitchen shears and with all the rain we have been getting, it’s bushy and ready to cut again!
Been doing this for a few years now, thanks to a previous video from Luke... it's a fantastic method that WORKS. I just had a salad yesterday from my lettuce, probably the 4th or 5th cutting and still delicious!
Helpful tips, thanks! Didn’t realize I could plant that closely and harvest that way!
I miss my homegrown lettuces! My last plants came out in June because it finally started bolting. Fall can not come quick enough. Thank you for sharing!
I am going to try to grow some lettuce in some hanging pots for fall harvest and my plan was to cut and come again. Thank you for the videos.
Thank you for the helpful tip Luke! I will do that with my lettuce growing in my raised beds 👍🏻
Just wanted to let people know who are having a hard time storing their lettuce for a long time, I have a stainless steel bowl with a lid from Pampered Chef. I put my lettuce in there, put a paper towel on top of the lettuce, and then the lid. I will change the paper towel like weekly. The lettuce lasts for over a month and it’s still fresh. It’s amazing! I’ve done it for years.
Thank you so much Luke!!! I've never knew how to harvest my lettuce, and now I do.. thanks to you ❤❤❤
This is a great video. I learned how to better harvest my lettuce. Thank you!
Never knew about this method. Thank you.
Love this tip! Going to start new lettuce seed for the fall!
Thx
Thank you, Luke. 😊
Trying this here in the Australian winter ( cold here in Melbourne!)
Very good result so far , thanks for sharing this method 😊
I use cut and come again…but in my zone 6b Missouri garden the lettuce bolts and turned bitter by mid May. We’re far too hot here to grow lettuce through summer. If you have a lettuce variety specifically made for growing in hot weather, I’d love to learn more.
I heard of it but didn't have a visual of what it really meant until now. Thanks Luke
I wasn’t sure about this method. I have just been harvesting leaves. I am going to try cutting it so it will regrow. Thanks!
This is wonderful discovery!!!
Thank You!
Thank you so much for all your video. I have learned so much from you
We've just had so much rain and didn't get out to the garden. Today, I saw the lettuce was bolting so I hacked it (the stem was an inch thick) but it just didn't taste good. Hoping that I get fresh growth still.
Didn't get any lettus in this year...only tomato cups and peppers.....ok, you just answered my question, was going to ask if I can plant seeds now for a fall crop
Thank you
Great video! I have heard of this process; from one of your previous videos!🙏🏿🙂
Thank you for this video! I have heard of cut and come again but never understood how to do it. I want to try growing lettuce. The last time I tried - tried growing romaine, but it was bitter and then it bolted. I had volunteer romaine the next year. I love lettuce, but so discouraged trying to grow in the past and it is so expensive in stores. You have made me want to try growing lettuce again! Thank you!
Would you show a video on growing romaine lettuce, please?
Thanks had no idea
I didn't realize you could cut the whole top off. I was cutting just the large outer leaves and it just wasn't enough for a salad
I wish I knew this before my lettuce went to seed. I would have made more salads.
Gorgeous lettuce!! My lettuce didn't do very well this Spring but I've always used the cut and come again method. When do you plant your lettuce for the fall?
I had no idea! I would just snap off individual leaves! thanks very much...
Hi Luke! A bit off topic but I think of this every time! How do you handle thinning the lettuce after planting when it starts growing, since the seeds are so tiny and difficult to sow thinly? Same with carrots and any other tiny seeds. I've seen your videos of planting where you are shaking seeds out of the envelope. As a long time gardener it's the most tedious of tasks!My aunt used to sow how she wanted the plants to be spaced apart, so she wasn't thinning a whole row and saved seeds that way. Thank you!
So when is the best times to begin cutting? I always thought this process was harvesting the leaves off the stem as it grew. Looking at your lettuce, lots more vegetation. Wondering if you have a step by step video on thus process. My wife will be growing our lettuce in the backyard next year and would like I good demonstration for her 😊
I have 30” wide beds that are 17’ long in my backyard. For some reason I planted 4 of them full of lettuce this spring. By early June I was so tired of lettuce that I took the lawn mower to it and replanted with corn and beans and cucumber. I get plenty of lettuce from whatever random seeds germinate that I wont need to plant anymore ever again.
Got beautiful lettuce from you ( and garlic. Actually everything! )but did the same as many others in comments. Took the sides ,sometimes more. Will plant more for later season. Weather has been brutal SE Michigan.
When you add up the 10/sqft area are you meaning for the whole calendar year, or just a spring planting or a fall planting on its own?
Thank you Luke,I have not grown lettuce yet😀
I always picked leaf by leaf for my meal but makes more sense to wack it off like you are for company coming. Or we supplement the Neighborhood house. Our Chairman wants to pull all the lettuce in July then replant in the fall but I kept telling him the lettuce doesn’t go to seed with the us picking couple times a week.
I've heard of cut and come again but thought it was just taking the outer leaves. Thanks for the insight. I think it may delay bolting when it gets hot weather.
I'm in the same zone as you...when do you recommend planting the fall lettuce? Thank you for your informative videos!
I've had it all wrong!! Will be doing this in the future for sure 😊
I'm doing this but indoors. I'm harvesting it young because it's not long before it becomes leggy even with the light almost touching it.
I've never done it this way, so much better! Can I harvest Swiss chard and spinach the same way?
???? Luke, thank you for the info - always educational and also fun! How do you keep pests off of the lettuce?
I've never heard of this method and my lettuce ever looks lush like yours. Mine is
Alway lanky and thin
we usually just pick outer leaves, probably get the same amount - 5- 6 pickings
Mine started to produce flowers and suddenly I had too many for the two of us. They looked great and we cut and ate several times!
Can you please make a video talking when and how to harvest? Every time I harvest leafy greens cucumbers carrots it gets floppy and wilted. Yes I harvest very first thing in the morning before the sun is fully out. I even tried harvesting late at night when the sun is down but my produce still looks wilted
I put my greens in a bowl of cold water and it prevents wilting. Hope this helps.
@@brendasmiley6128 thanks
Thanks for the information! We love fresh lettuce from the garden! I do have a question though off topic. I have a greenhouse now for my garden and we live in Central PA. What month do you think I could start my lettuce in the spring? I started it way too late this year (mid June) and it really hasn’t gone well. I think it’s too hot in there for it. Also, any suggestions on a good cooling cloth because it’s been 106 degrees in the greenhouse lately so I know the cooling cloth I currently have is not doing the job. Thanks for the help! Love your channel! 😊
Does it work for Romaine? I usually just pick leaves individually.
Just wanted to say the sweet peas I've been breeding to grow in summer heat seem to be thriving. No signs of stress
When do you start planting Fall lettuce in Michigan? Direct sow mid-August? Or wait until a certain temperature?
Awesome information! Question: my lettuce is going to seed. What is the best way to save that seed for the fall?
Luke, you mention "fall lettuce". When do you plant your fall lettuce. I'm in N.J. 6b and am thinking of planting it the last week of August. It would then mature the end of October.
Day after day of 100 degree heat index here...will plant in September and overwinter
follow up video(s) please! I’d like to watch the regrowth of this method.
Let us get more lettuce
😂
hows that work on iceberg?
What about sowing this now, in July, with all the hear tolerant varieties? Would that work out well?
Does it matter how you sow for this? Spacing of seeds? How many seeds/varieties for a few different space allowances, like a small or large pot, vs 4x4 bed, vs larger bed.
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I never knew about fall lettuce. When do you plant that
Thank you. This definitely is a first time learning this technique. IOtvis July 12th here in Kitchener Ontario Canada. I believe it’s too late to start planting lettuce. Could you confirm this please? And can I plant in cooler weather?
🙂
How close together are you planting the seedlings?
When do you start the fall lettuce ?
Still not working for me in 100 degree plus heat, but we do have lettuce starts. I keep trying to grow lettuce. I have yet to have any success, but we keep trying.
Grocery stores sell packaged lettuce? I mean sometimes they have a little wire tie around them but i wouldn't really consider that packaging
Don't stick with only a farmer's market, talk it up with friends at work or maybe neighbors who also garden, and discuss a farmer's cooperative.
Instead of selling, you can trade your lettuce for something that someone else is growing that you're not. Agree ahead of time on what 'fair-trade' amounts will be so there shouldn't be any surprises when the time comes. There might be a special consideration for those with extra green thumbs (or the opposite with black thumbs who want to learn)
So when would it be ok to start growing lettuce from seed for fall crop?
I would like to know when to cut Romaine lettuce please?
Everything trashed last week due to bolting and bitterness.