# How to Harvest Butterhead Lettuce
Butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a group of lettuce plants that produce small heads the weigh approximately 4 to 8 ounces each. The leaves are soft, loose, tender and sweet. Each head is enough for a typical dinner salad recipe for one. Harvest butterheads when they reach a mature size, which occurs about 60 to 70 days after planting. Choose one of several harvesting methods for butterhead lettuce.
Things You'll Need
- Trowel
- Knife
Instructions
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Pull off the outer leaves for harvest. The inner leaves continue growing. The whole plant may then be harvested in a week or two.
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Dig butterhead lettuce up from the ground with a trowel. This saves you time later when cleaning up your garden. If you harvest every other plant, the remaining lettuce plants growing in a tight grow a bit bigger.
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Cut butterhead lettuce plants to the ground with a sharp knife. If you harvest every other plant, the other plants have more space to grow.
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