Romaine Lettuce: When to Harvest?

7 years ago

Hi All,

How does one know when to harvest romaine lettuce? Also, after harvesting, can I leave the root system in and it will produce again?

Please see pic below of my romaine lettuce. Thanks in advance!

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jnjfarm_gw
7 years ago
pick it yesterday,
digdirt2
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Yeah those heads look somewhat past picking time. You could have harvested outer leaves to use at any time and left the heart, the center, in place to develop more new leaves in the center but eventually the stem begins to stretch upwards and the leaves separate (called bolting). When that happen it can turn bitter and grow tough.

In the pic the one on the right appears to be in the process of bolting now so likely neither will last much longer. And no leaving the roots will not result in new growth.

Dave
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salevene
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks for the advice Dave. Its interesting because they never looked "tight" like you see in the super market... Maybe in the supermarket that take off the outer leaves and just sell the center? In any event, I'll harvest it a bit quicker next time around :)
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