I have been wanting to grow Romaine Lettuce for sometime, ever since I learned
I could grow it easily at home! Originally I planted some small plants in a pot but the squirrels dug them up and ran off with my lettuce nothing seems to be safe around those squirrels. What I have found is that several veggie scraps can be grown to produce more. Romaine lettuce is one of the easiest to grow from scraps. I bought simple romaine for salads and saved the stumps.
Growing Romaine is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1) I placed the short stumps in shallow water for 7-10 days changing the water regularly (every other day).
2) Around the 8th day I moved mine from shallow water to a small pot of potting soil.
3) Enjoy! Mine have been in soil for about two weeks and are looking great! I cannot wait to have a fresh salad.
Romaine Lettuce is great to grow in middle Tennessee and does well in the Spring and Fall. It thrives in a temperature range of 48 F-60 F degrees. When harvesting cut about an inch from the ground and rinse well before eating. Enjoy!
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