What Are the Planting Methods of Different Types of Lettuce?
Lettuce is a hardy, cool season crop that thrives best in the early Spring. It will grow on practically every kind of soil, so long as that soil is not too acid. An extremely acid soil should be limed before an attempt is made to grow lettuce. Lettuce does best on a soil that has a pH of approximately 6.0 to 6.6. Good soil moisture should be maintained at all times. There are two principal types of lettuce – loose leaf and head. The loose leaf type is represented by such varieties as Grand Rapids, Prizehead and Slobolt. The name Prizehead applies to a leaf lettuce and not to a head lettuce as one might think. There are two different types of head lettuce. The one that is most commonly available on the market is the crisp head or so-called iceberg type. The butterhead or Boston type of lettuce. Since lettuce is a short season crop, it is desirable to make several different plantings during the year. The first one should be made just as soon as the garden is dry enough to work early in t
