Long Leaf Romaine Lettuce

Lettuce

Long Leaf Romaine

Plant Care Timeline

Plant Benefits

Use and recipes

Try some of these recipes with your freshly harvested produce.

Stage 1Germination in nursery

Two little round leaves should pop up and grow above the plant pod.

Stage 2 Initial growth

Your plant should have two sets of leaves by now and is big enough to absorb nutrients.

Move into garden

Once your plant has grown its second set of leaves, carefully move it from your Nursery into an empty place in your Garden.

Thin out

In order to give your plant enough space, carefully pinch off the plants their base. Leave only one plant.

Stage 3 Mid growth

Your plant is now halfway through its life! It should look bigger and have several sets of leaves. You may be able to pick a few leaves off here and there as long as you leave 75% of the plant still growing.

Stage 4 Flower

Stage 5 Fruit

Stage 6Harvest

Your plant should be much larger with full sets of leaves around its crown. You can continue to pull off leaves here and there, or you can cut off all the leaves and harvest the whole thing!

Harvest plant

This plant can be harvested multiple times before it should be removed. To harvest, cut the outermost leaves at the base, making sure to keep at least 3-4 leaves.

Stage 7 Remove plant

This plant is ready to remove when you have gotten 5-10 harvests from it and its stalk is 4-5 inches long.