You can start harvesting baby greens when they are 4 to 6 inches in height (about 25-40 days from planting). When you top harvesting is a judgemental call. The leaves will taste bitter and the plant will look weak and no longer be producing leaves.
How you harvest is up to you. You can use scissors and cut your lettuce off at the soil. And then the plants will produce new leaves from the base and can be harvested a seconod time in 3 to 4 weeks. Or you can plant so that each head is 4 to 6 inches apart and harvest outer leaves or entire plants.
You can start harvesting baby greens when they are 4 to 6 inches in height (about 25-40 days from planting). When you top harvesting is a judgemental call. The leaves will taste bitter and the plant will look weak and no longer be producing leaves.
How you harvest is up to you. You can use scissors and cut your lettuce off at the soil. And then the plants will produce new leaves from the base and can be harvested a seconod time in 3 to 4 weeks. Or you can plant so that each head is 4 to 6 inches apart and harvest outer leaves or entire plants.