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Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Late Augustvegetable
Cool-loving leafy green that bolts in summer heat. Best as a spring or fall crop in temperate zones, and a winter crop in frost-free zones (10a-13b) where October through February avoids bolt-inducing heat.
Showing Zone 7b. for timing that matches where you garden.
In Zone 7b, right now
Not yet — plant around late august
The direct sow window opens Late August – Late September. Sign up below and we'll remind you the week it's time.
Edible?
Yes — vegetable
Small space?
Yes — fits a balcony
Sun
Part shade (2–4 hrs)
Comes back yearly?
No — replant each year
Harvest in
55 days
Ways to plant it
Spring planting
Direct sow
Past the ideal window — still time
Early March – Late April
Plant seeds straight into the ground (or a container) outdoors.
Transplant
Past the ideal window — still time
Mid March – Mid April
Buy a young plant from a nursery, or move one you started indoors, into the ground or a pot.
Fall planting
Direct sow
Late August
Late August – Late September
Plant seeds straight into the ground (or a container) outdoors.
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