Why does my garden lettuce taste extremely bitter?

Nothing tastes better than crisp lettuce straight from the garden. But what happens when your lettuce comes out bitter tasting? Read this article to find out what causes bitter lettuce and what can be done about it. read more

Lettuce is a fast-growing crop, and if the taste is bitter because of age, remove your plant and plant more lettuce. Stagger-planting lettuce will allow a regular harvest of young, tender lettuce leaves throughout the growing season. read more

I just had a salad with lettuce from my garden and I thought if I gave the lettuce lots of water, it would make it sweet (I had just stayed at a farm farther up and on the coast and their lettuce was VERY bitter. read more