Spring sowings should be ready to be picked within 12 weeks.
Take what you need by cutting leaves from the outside of the plant, taking care to avoid damage to the roots.
By picking often, plenty of new leaves will be produced.
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Land destined for spring sowing should be dug or ploughed in the preceding autumn, left rough ail winter, and be harrowed or raked fine, as soon as the season will permit, and the seed sown in drills.
It is the standard variety for spring sowing because of its ability to resist bolting in early summer, but 'Olympia' and 'Coho' usually outperform it in spring.
To avoid this, don't plant all your lettuces at the first spring sowing. Instead, sow just a 4-foot-by-4-foot or 2-foot-by-4-foot block every two or three weeks. This ensures an ongoing supply of young plants.
If you live in a cold climate where many perennial ornamental grasses are not winter hardy, you can try raising the few perennial species that grow fast enough from a spring sowing to be treated as annuals.
available for early spring sowings make full use of it. Warm compost promotes the
rapid germination of most herb seeds and is particularly useful for gardeners who
raise their plants in an unheated greenhouse.
Interested in dill for next year? Many gardeners swear that seed is best started by broadcasting it over the soil in fall. Germination often is more successful than spring sowing.
 See also: Spring, Plant, Sowing, Growing, Soil
  
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