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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Dressing ideas for bitter summer lettuce(?)
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:06:14 -0400

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:13:03 -0400, you wrote:


>2. I've had it in my head that as long as the soil is very damp,
>lettuce won't get bitter. I think I ran into something weird in the
>past couple of weeks: the soil was wet to almost capacity but it was
>hot enough that this soaking wet soil got hot. I was in a bind of
>knowing I didn't need more water and thinking that as long as the
>lettuce could access water, its leaves could not get too hot. It seem
>like I should have used a 'cooling mist,' even though the soil was
>plenty wet. (I hate to say it, but also HOT to the touch, at times)
>What do you think?

Do you think a heavy straw mulch would help? It would certainly keep the
soil cooler.

Pat
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