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.
I’ve told a couple of friends about this and she tried it and it worked for the 2 heads she bought. I’m too cheap to pay for hydroponic lettuce besides we like romaine. This year I cut off my romaine heads with a scissors leaving the roots in the ground and got some nice secondary growth. Not like a full head but I was grateful.
Really nice (and pretty complete!) Indoor and Outdoor Seed Starting guide, here. (When to start what, when.) Printable.
I tore the one out of the Botanical Interests seed catalog years ago and made copies and have used it every year since, along with the charts in my Square Foot Gardening book.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.botanicalinterests.com/downloads/Edibles%20Sowing%20Guide.pdf
Sewing and Growing Guides for all the basic veggies and flowers, here:
https://www.botanicalinterests.com/category/sow-and-grow-guides
Doesn’t it seem that this all used to be a mystery, or some huge secret? I love seed catalogs now with their recipes and guides and SO much more information than they used to share.
I’ve always been an advocate of SHOWING people how to USE your product, no matter what you’re trying to sell. Marketing 101, Baby!
And, Always Be Closing (the sale)! ;)
I bought red and green butter lettuce from the 99ยข store last year and planted the roots out in my tiny little raised bed.
I got lettuce off of the red one three times!