Harvesting Head Lettuce Tips and tricks out the wazoo

Michael shares his tips for a successful lettuce harvest. 1. Harvest Early 2.Have one person keep count 3. All cleanup is done in the field ** Head lettuces should be really clean and have a smooth bottom before leaving the field. This can be a huge bottleneck in the pack house if each head needs to be cleaned up **
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[jeanettavaughan]

Large heads of lettuce. Good video lettuce looking beautiful and healthy

[cristobalbarrete]

nice video...very informative. what is the variety of that lettuce?

[richstone]

How do you wash & dry the whole head lettuce ?

[grandpasfarmridesagain]

I'm starting a hydro lettuce farm in my garage in Lancaster Ohio. It's money in the bank, it's so easy!

[MrsEvaH]

I have same lettuce head like that and still small is it normal that they looks like leaf lettuce ?

[mrgrowdine]

what kind of lettuce is that? I want to have the seeds

[danielcrews]

How can I grow my own iceburg lettuce. Can I get a head from the store and use the core. If so how

[CamKBell]

Good tips. Do you stack multiple levels of heads in one bin? Do they all go upside down? I suppose any dirt that gets on the upper leaves of the second layer will easily be washed off. Also, do you stack all varieties like this, or others differently? (eg romaine on their sides). Thanks!