By jessijordan
Lettuce Burpee Bibb (Butterhead)
Submitted on Mon, 2009/03/23 - 7:27pm
Last updated on Sun, 2009/04/12 - 3:10pm
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I realized that I planted the wrong seed yesterday. I meant to plant the Bibb because New York City has steaming hot summers and this lettuce is slow to bolt!
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 8:11pm
#2
Romaines are usually heat-tolerant.
Oh I feel silly now 
I was just thinking I don't know if any lettuce I have planted will be crunchy
I was thinkin about getting this especially because it can grow in partial shade. Is my addiction out of hand yet?
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 8:17pm
#3
Little Caesar is one of the romaines in my mini at the moment. Not especially crisp, but it's good enough. The Burpee site isn't suggesting it can grow with partial shade. It's suggesting it's less heat tolerant than your average romaine, so you'd need a shade cloth to keep it cooler if trying to grow it in summer.
No, Jessi. Your addiction isn't out of hand. Your love of planting things and seed acquisition is entirely normal. 
Well, yeah. But you're in good company. 
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 8:26pm
#4
Thank u for validating my condition! Lol! And thanks for letting me know its not that crunchy so I don't go & camp outside Home Depot 2nite.
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 10:19pm
#5
No, Jessi. Your addiction isn't out of hand. Your love of planting things and seed acquisition is entirely normal.
Normal????? We're all NORMAL --- hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 10:30pm
#6
lmao!
Mon, 2009/03/23 - 10:33pm
#7
New topic - Am I Addicted?
Tue, 2009/03/24 - 8:25am
#8
lmao!
What does that mean?
Tue, 2009/03/24 - 8:46am
#9
lmao - laughing my a** off
Tue, 2009/03/24 - 12:04pm
#10
Oh.
Thu, 2009/03/26 - 6:41pm
#11
The Bibb lettuce has sprouted! (Even before the Lettuce Vivian that I planted a day before)
Sat, 2009/04/04 - 10:31pm
#12
Day 12 - A new sprout has appeared
Sun, 2009/04/12 - 3:12pm
#13
Day 19
Sun, 2009/04/12 - 4:42pm
#14
The speed of Aerogarden vs growing in soil really, really shows on lettuce, huh? Lettuce seems like the ultimate hydroponic crop, in terms of how much it benefits from the tech.
Sun, 2009/04/12 - 4:54pm
#15
I totally agree! If I had space to do the Lettuce Raft thing Peat showed us I totally would! But I figure by the time my AG romaine lettuce is ready to be trashed (in 3months or so) this lettuce will be ready and I will have lettuce all year around. 
I did taste the AG romaine today & I love it! Its is delicious and the texture is exactly what I wanted!
Sun, 2009/04/12 - 5:04pm
#16
Agreed, the AG romaine is excellent! I especially like the dark ruddy one once it gets established (if not spindly) - stiff and sweet. Or maybe that was from my heatwave lettuce mix, I couldn't tell. That was a really good lettuce plant, though, and lasted and produced heavily for like 4 mos...
Lettuce produces well in my dumb hydroton grow rocks manual ebb&flow things, too, though not as well as in the AGs. Certainly 2x or more faster than in soil, though. I'm not yet persuaded that the raft thing would produce as well as bubbled water.
Sun, 2009/04/12 - 5:30pm
#17
I bought a 6 pod kit of romaine so when they finish I already have more 3 pods. No waiting for me!
I'm sure my soil ones will be ready by then and will be eating both. I did some rearranging (again) and put them on the top of the grow tent with the microgreens since they are my extra lettuces and need very little maintance.
I do think a small house or apt set up of the raft would still benefit from an airstone for extra air circulation.
Tue, 2009/04/14 - 11:34am
#18
You would definitely need the air stone jessi, need to keep the water moving to stop stagnation and possible disease.
I've run out of space myself now, the DIY aero system has grabbed the remaining corner of the kitchen - I would put it elsewhere but the air stone is a little noisy bubble wise, the kitchen is out the way and I don't hear those bursting bubbles.
Fri, 2009/04/17 - 2:16pm
#19
Day 25
Romaines are usually heat-tolerant. At least far more so than looseleaf. I didn't know that about Bibb!