Lettuce&Potatoes.?

Question

Does new lettuce grow back where you cut it before? Also, how long does it take potatoes to grow? When do you harvest them?

Answer 1

Last years lettuce will come back thats what I am eating on now! Last years went to seed and came back scttered all over my garden and I dug it up and put all in one place!*  Potatoes: after they bloom and start to die, I have left them in the ground until October!*

Answer 2

No, lettuce does not grow back where you cut it before. If you want lettuce continually, sow seeds at intervals  (like two weeks apart) and keep a new supply coming.

Potatoes are ready to pull up when the plant above ground starts to die.  I usually let the plant die back almost completely.  They generally take a couple of months to mature and produce good sized potatoes. You can pull the smaller potatoes up before the plant dies back and use them for soups and cooked with beans and such

Answer 3

I'm not sure but Flipper may be thinking of last years lettuce which won't come back this year.  However, with leaf lettuce you can just cut the larger leaves and the plant will keep producing new lettuce most of the summer.  The advice on potatoes is right on.  I always get some of the new potatoes as they are great in soups,etc.  Great flavor.