If you’re trying to grow romaine into the warmer parts of the year, plant some taller plants around it to give it some shade. If you're starting it indoors, keep in mind that it will be a bit fragile to transplant into the garden later on. You can start romaine from seed in the garden or indoors before your final frost date. In the spring, wait until the threat of frost has gone. It's best to grow romaine in the spring and the fall. Romaine grows really well during the cool season (it loves temperatures between 45 and 75 degrees F), but unlike a lot of other lettuces, romaine can usually tolerate some heat. (Prefer to listen? Check out episode 6, "Romaine Calm", of the Grow Your Self podcast here.) coli and salmonella recalls on the news when you grow your own. So, try to romaine calm when I tell you how easy it is to grow one of the most popular kinds of lettuce right in your own backyard (or on a balcony!).Īdded bonus: you don't have to worry about all those E. You're going to get leaves that taste so much better than ones that have been sitting in a plastic box for two weeks. Not only are you getting leaves at the peak of their flavor and nutrition when you grow and harvest your own, you're also cutting down on food miles and fuel usage. That being said, you haven't really tasted romaine until you've had it fresh from the garden, not trucked in from California or Arizona, where 99 percent of all the romaine found in our grocery stores is grown. Not only can it withstand both hotter and colder temps than some of the other more tender leafy greens, it's also more durable after harvesting, making it an easy leaf to put on grocery store shelves. Romaine is one of the hardiest salad greens that you can grow. It is, after all, one of the four most popular types of lettuce (along with crisp head, butter head, and loose leaf) and has long been the star of Caesar salads.Īnd it's popular for good reason.
I'm guessing you've probably eaten your fair share of romaine lettuce, also known as cos lettuce in other English-speaking parts of the world.
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