[Market-farming] head lettuce

Willie McKemie mf at austinfarm.org
Thu May 7 22:18:20 EDT 2009


On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 08:59:51PM -0400, Liz wrote:
> We have a bumper crop of head lettuce for market this week.  I've never had
> so much to harvest and prep.  We're planning to harvest directly into wood
> crates, dip in chilled water briefly, drain, then put in cooler. Am I on the
> right track here??  (Supposed to have finished this today but we don't have
> enough harvest crates--and to think I was worried about having enough to
> harvest way back when....)

I sometimes keep a bucket or a drum of water in the cooler for dunking 
broccoli.  I leave it in the cold water as long as possible, sometimes 
over night.

Years ago, I had trouble cooling shelled southern peas.  A big tub of 
peas was subject to heating up even in the cooler.  I tried dunking 
them in cold water, but that caused the peas to loose their outer 
layers.  I ended up putting relatively thin layers of peas in tubs.  
Once they cooled, no trouble and they could be poured into thick 
layers.

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