Lettuce growing stages

Once you know when to plant lettuce, you'll be able to enjoy the healthy and nutritious leaves with nearly every meal.

Lettuce is available in a wide range of colors and flavors, from crisp and crunchy iceberg, slightly bitter romaine varieties, to milder tasting, frilly loose leaf lettuce, such as burgundy tinted lollo rosso.

An easy crop for your home vegetable patch, even novice vegetable gardeners will be able to quickly get to grips with how to grow lettuce. 

Homegrown lettuce is both more flavorsome and more economical than buying bags from the grocery store – which have sometimes wilted before you even get them home – so once you start growing lettuce you'll never look back.

Pick a variety to plant for your vegetable garden ideas and you'll be spoilt for choice of what to add to salads. Below, we explain everything you need to know about when to plant lettuce.

When to plant lettuce

When you plant lettuce seeds will depend on when you want to harvest the leaves, the variety you choose, and also where you live. 

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