Tips for Harvesting Lettuce So it Will Keep Growing

Lettuce is one of those gifts that keeps on giving if you know how to harvest it correctly.  Different varieties have different tolerances for how they are harvested {meaning, some will go to seed faster than others if you pick it as you need it}.

Head lettuce is really best harvested as a whole head when it has matured.  Just grab a sharp knife and holding the base firmly, cut off the head.  Make sure to leave the base and roots IN THE GROUND, because you will get one more {maybe two} smaller harvest off of them that way.  If you pick the outer leaves of head lettuce, instead of harvesting the whole head, it will go to seed faster.


Leaf lettuce is the best choice if you want a continual salad all season long.  For leaf lettuce {and lettuce like Romaine}, you can just pick the outer leaves as they are needed.  Don’t let the leaves get too big, or they will start to get tough and bitter tasting.  To harvest them, just snap each leaf off at the base of the plant, being careful not to uproot the whole plant {it’s best to snap off the leave about a 1″ above the base of the plant}.  As long as you keep up with snapping off the outer leaves, the lettuce won’t go to seed until it gets too hot {which in a nice shady area, might mean you can have fresh salad spring, summer, and fall}.  Even if your leaf lettuce threatens to bolt, you can snap out the centre of the plant and buy yourself a little more time…and a little more lettuce.

Homegrown lettuce makes store-bought seem like punishment, so might as well make the most of your harvest.

Tips for Harvesting Lettuce So it Will Keep Growing

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