How to Grow Romaine Lettuce from Seed

Romaine lettuce seeds are fun and easy to grow. Romaine lettuce is a cool weather plant and can be started in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Romaine lettuce has a longer growing season than most lettuces because it is heat tolerant.

Romaine lettuce is the standard lettuce used when making a Caesar salad and is very high in vitamins A & C.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Romaine Lettuce Seed
• Area in your garden with clean loose soil free of weeds
• Sunshine
• Water
• Garden gloves (optional)

1. Select a sunny location you are going to plant your Romaine Lettuce seeds and prepare the area by tilling or raking until the soil is loose. Remove all weeds and rocks then rake your area level.

2. Plant romaine lettuce seeds in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Romaine lettuce can also be started indoors 4-6 weeks before your last frost and transplanted outside in early spring.

3. Sow Romaine lettuce seeds sparingly in spring as soon as the ground can be worked. Sow Romaine Lettuce seeds ¼" deep 2" apart.

4. Romaine lettuce seeds germinate in 7-10 days. Thin 8-10 inches apart when Romaine lettuce seedlings are 2-3 inches tall. Keep moist until well established.

5. Plant every 2 weeks to extend harvest. Stop planting once the weather starts getting too warm. Resume planting Romaine lettuce seed once the weather cools in late summer.

6. Harvest Romaine lettuce from the garden as needed. Pick only a few leaves from a plant at a time leaving the remainder to grow. When harvesting the entire plant cut just above the soil line.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to keep your Romaine Lettuce watered and weeded.

Resources

• •Purchase Romaine Lettuce Seeds
• •Cool Weather Crop Tips

[yellowstar2000]

on 11/13/2009 thanks for the great how to article on romaine lettuce, wishing the pests didn't get to mine before I do! 5*****

[lenamv24]

on 10/15/2009 Great article! I will have to give this a try next spring! 5*