Hampton Lettuce is a reliable loose-leaf variety that delivers tender harvests in just 45 to 50 days from direct sowing. This Lactuca sativa cultivar thrives in full sun with moderate water and moderate soil fertility, making it accessible to gardeners of all experience levels. Its ability to produce successive harvests through individual leaf picking extends your salad season without replanting, while its compact spacing needs allow you to maximize production even in smaller garden beds.
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Hampton Lettuce rewards daily attention with a continuous harvest of outer leaves while the center keeps producing. The loose-leaf form means you're not waiting for a full head to mature before you can start eating; instead, you simply pluck tender outer leaves as needed, allowing the inner leaves to continue their growth. This approach stretches a single planting across weeks, making it an efficient choice for home gardeners who want fresh greens without constant seed succession.
Hampton Lettuce excels as a salad green, where its tender leaves shine raw in mixed greens, composed salads, or as a bed for other ingredients. The loose-leaf form makes individual leaves easy to harvest and use; they're particularly good for wraps and as garnish thanks to their delicate texture.
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Start seed indoors 4 to 6 weeks before your anticipated transplant date, then harden off seedlings before moving them to the garden.
Transplant seedlings outdoors once they have developed 2 to 3 true leaves. Space loose-leaf types 10 to 14 inches apart.
Direct sow seed outdoors and use row cover to improve germination and prevent soil crusting. Thin seedlings to proper spacing once they have formed 2 to 3 true leaves.
Begin harvesting individual outer leaves once the plant is well established, typically around 45 to 50 days from sowing. Check plants daily for leaves that are ready, as loose-leaf varieties mature unevenly and continuously. Harvest outer leaves by gently removing them, which allows the inner leaves to continue growing and producing. You can also cut the entire plant about 1 inch above the soil for a full harvest, though this ends production from that plant. With attentive leaf picking, you may extend the season until the plant eventually begins to bolt and leaves turn bitter.
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