hi kate, i don’t have any experience yet to offer re lettuces, but i noticed you sow your leaves on the descending moon leaf days. i am trying to get my head round asc/desc moon phases this year (last year i only paid attention to whether it was a leaf/fruit etc day).
my understanding so far was that the desc moon is important for transplanting, but not important for sowing. i even read somewhere that the asc moon is good for sowing as the ‘forces’ are drawn ‘up’. i know there’s no right or wrong to this really, so i’m interested in why you like to sow on those days and have you noticed it working well? i’m hoping to find time to do some experiments myself.