Reply To: Picking lettuces and varieties

[chris]

Thanks Charles, I will certainly check out those varieties and grow them out this year.

I’m in coastal New England in the States, so I’m not tropical but was wondering what is behind the myth of shade cloth? I’m building up my soil with compost at the moment but its really not at the amount of organic matter I would like it to be ideally.

Do you find that your lettuces bolt in July/August?