It’s one of the few crops that can be grown all year in our climate, but in hot weather, it should be shaded and harvested at smaller sizes.
Lettuce can be sown directly in your garden bed or started indoors for transplanting. It’s one of the few crops that can be grown all year in our climate, but in hot weather, it should be shaded and harvested at smaller sizes. Lettuce growth slows in shade; it is also slower to go to seed, or “bolt,” meaning it can be harvested for longer.