heat-tolerant lettuce varieties

Growing Vegetables | Summer Garden

🥬 Direct Sowing Lettuce in Summer? Yes, But Smartly.
BySouthernSoilSunshine May 17, 2025May 17, 2025

A Southern Soil & Sunshine Garden Guide for Zones 8–10 🌞 Introduction: Lettuce Be Honest About the Heat If you’ve ever tried sowing lettuce in the middle of a Southern summer, you probably know how it ends: seed trays baking on the porch, sprouts that vanish overnight, and dreams of salad turning to compost. But…

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Growing Vegetables | Plant Health

Bolting 101: How to Keep Your Leafy Greens from Turning Bitter
BySouthernSoilSunshine March 18, 2025March 20, 2025

You know that moment when you step into your garden, dreaming of fresh, tender lettuce for tonight’s salad, only to find your beautiful leafy greens have suddenly shot up a tall, spindly stem? Yep, that’s bolting—the leafy green’s way of saying, “I’m outta here!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been personally victimized…

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