I’ve now completed 12 monthly posts about suitable lettuce varieties and growing techniques. You can see these by clicking the Lettuce Varieties Category tab, but you can also get the overview here. They run from May to April because that’s how I wrote them. Click the name of the month to view the original post.
Photo Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
May: Sword leaf lettuce
Photo Johnnys Selected Seeds
June: Starfighter: Lettuce Variety of the Month
Photo by Wren Vile
July: Green Forest – Lettuce variety for early July
Photo Nina Gentle
August:Batavian lettuces for August
Credit Kathryn Simmons
September: Lettuce in September,
October: Lettuce growing in October
Photo Wren Vile
November: Lettuce in November
Photo Bridget Aleshire
December: Lettuce in December
Photo Kathryn Simmons
January: Lettuce varieties for January, new year, fresh start
Photo Bridget Aleshire
Extra: Lettuce Varieties for 2017
Photo Twin Oaks Community
February: Lettuce in February
Photo Bridget Aleshire
March: Lettuce for March and all year
April: Lettuce in April
Photo Wren Vile
I’m trying to grow lettuce year round in zone 8. I’m harvesting Kalura in May -June and hope to harvest Jericho the rest of the summer. Fall and winter lettuce growth outside is easy. Arugula is easy to grow yer round down in Savannah.
I really like Kalura and Jericho. Do try the Batavians too. Cherokee is my favorite – beautiful color!
I remember being surprised to hear from a grower in Atlanta, Georgia that he grew arugula all summer in his hoophouse. Now I’m just back from Jamaica and learned that arugula does well for them too. And they have kale growing all year. I’m redeveloping my theories about brassicas bolting. Perhaps they really need a cold spell to initiate flowering. Given constant hot weather (and enough water!) more seems possible than I had realized.