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- From: jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: essential veggies to grow
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.140005.1067@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 22:00:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.045857.15192@math.ucla.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec29.045857.15192@math.ucla.edu>,
- ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez) writes:
- > If we are going to discuss essential vegetables to grow, the ones that
- > absolutely are inferior in the stores, I have to cast my vote for homegrown
- > leaf lettuce. There is no comparison between the tender, picked-slightly-
- > immature leafs grown at home and those motheaten heads of pale, medium
- > and/or reddish lettuce (fully mature, large-leafed, somewhat tough, often
- > beaten-up looking ) available at even the best markets. The only
- > problem with growing your own leaf lettuce, picking it as mesclun or
- > waiting until it's a little larger but still very young and tender is that
- > you will never ever be happy with storebought lettuce again. (I am not
- > mentioning iceburg lettuce because I don't consider iceburg lettuce to be
- > food. This is my opinion, not necessarily the opinion of my employers
- > or coworkers.)
-
- So Alice, what are your favorite varieties of leaf lettuce to grow? I
- thought I'd order the red leaf lettuce mix from Thompson and Morse
- (or is it Thomas and Morgan? I'm braindead this week.). I find that
- that snails and slugs don't like the red lettuces as well as the
- green. They also don't like leaves with ruffled edges as well. I
- guess it is harder for them to get a grip and start eating or
- something.
-
- Also, now that our Southern Califonia "winter" has hit, any hints on
- getting lettuce seed to germinate when directly sown into the garden?
-
- Jim
-