I highly recommend growing ‘salad bowl’ lettuce such as Lollo Rosso if you are a beginner.
I highly recommend growing ‘salad bowl’ lettuce such as Lollo Rosso if you are a beginner. Give each plant some space (at least 30cm on either side), and they will produce nice big plants that continue to crop for several months if you harvest them correctly. Harvest them by removing just the lower leaves – as many as you need. the lettuce will continue to produce fresh leaves from the top, and you will have lettuce leaves until the plant goes to seed. They really are one of the easiest crops for beginners to grow.