The lettuce I harvested was delicious - fresh and tender. Nothing like home-grown veggies, that's for sure.
Here's a description of the ground cherries from the Baker Creek website:
Ground Cherry
I went to the Baker link you posted and read about this “cherry” and I ordered a catalog. I have a catalog from Bountiful Gardens and haven’t read it. I just picked it up right now and looked through some pages and there is a lot of info. about each type seed. Also have catalog from Burgess Seed & Plant Company and haven’t read that one - both Bountiful Gardens and Burgess just sent the catalogs as I didn’t request them.
I had already ordered seed I wanted before these catalogs came out. I didn’t think the catalogs were worth my time since I’d already ordered what I wanted. Thinking that was a mistake (darn, the first mistake I’ve made in my life). :o)
There is a lot of general info. about the individual type seeds plus planting, etc.. There is so much to learn about food plants that it takes a good amount of time and the desire to learn it. I need to read about all flower plants in these catalogs.
Well, your pictures show it to be just wonderful!
The stuff I was using was root powder, picked up at our Lowe’s store. Specifically what I used was Miracle Gro FastRoot.
I coated the stump end with the powder and placed it into a cup with some water in the bottom and let it soak for a number of days. I can’t remember how long it took exactly, but in several days there were little rootlets growing. I let them grow for a bit as is in the water, adding from time to time a tiny bit of liquid fertilizer, and the heart of the lettuce or celery (I also did it with that too!) started growing. When it got to where I felt it might have a chance at surviving the transplant, I potted.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4514195_root-cuttings-rooting-powder.html
Thanks for the link for the explanation of Ground Cherries!