Dad (RIP 1995) was the best gardener. Way way back when hydroponic lettuce came into the grocery stores maybe late 80’s, he went into his local store in Chicago. There was a bin of hydroponic lettuce that had gotten old and some rotted. About a dozen heads. Probably people in that neighborhood had not seen hydroponic lettuce before. Anyway he was like a food inspector in the store, always pointing things out to the workers when produce or meat looked bad. Actually one time they thought he WAS the food inspector. Anyway he called over someone and said these are all rotten but I would buy them for 4 cents a head. They were happy yo mark them and get rid of them. It was summer and he sheared off all the tops and planted the roots. He got new heads off every single one.
That sounds like something my Grandpa on Dad’s side would do, or Grandma on Mom’s side!
I’m excited to see if I can get this root stock to re-grow.
Started flats of lettuces and spinach under grow lights, today. I had to let the dirt warm up for a few hours, once I brought it in from the greenhouse.