Lettuce P H N
Asteraceae:  Lactuca sativa
2023
June 24: Doing ok at this time in the garden.
I bought 6 plants of the Iceberg variety and set them out. Rabbits ate them down almost to the ground, but they look like they will recover.
 

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2020
May 3: I cut the base of an iceberg lettuce from the grocery store and have put it in water to sprout.
July 4: It produced a few new green shoots but no roots and eventually just rotted.

 
2001
May 19: I sowed a row.
June 18: No sprouts.
 
2000
May 22: I planted a short row of seeds in a trench.
July 14: No sprouts.
 
1997
May 27: I planted a short row of seeds in a trench filled with a fine mix of soil and starter mix.
August 7: Growing tall.
December 18: I never harvested any. I just never wanted any lettuce.
 
1996
April 21: Some lettuce seems to be still alive.
May 4: None there now.
6: Planted seeds.
28: Many small plants.
~June 1: Thinned.
September 4: Grew well all summer.
 
1995
May 11: Planted some mixed lettuce from T&T in the garden.
23: Definitely sprouted.
June 15: Only 1 plant still alive.
July 27: Reseeded.
October: It did very well, until frost.