How To Revive Wilted Lettuce After Picking

Leafy greens are one of the easier crops to grow in the home garden, but learning how to keep lettuce fresh after picking can be a bit challenging. Follow these tips to have crispy leafy greens for salads and sandwich toppings. Harvest Tips for Fresher Lettuce  Keeping lettuce fresh after picking actually starts before the harvest. Since lettuce is a shallow-rooted plant it requires a moist soil. This may mean watering twice daily when the weather is warm and dry. Additionally, mulching lettuce beds will slow down the process of soil moisture evaporation.  Early morning is the best time to harvest leafy greens. It’s usually the coolest time of the day and the dew helps keep lettuce leaves hydrated. Heads of lettuce can be removed by severing the stems or harvested by the “cut and come again” method. With the latter, the outer leaves are harvested, while the inner leaves […]

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