Lettuce ‘Little Gem’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

Little Gem lettuce on 11 September, eight or so upright cos rosettes of blistered yellow-green leaves well short of hearting up, one plant at right cropped to short pale stubs. Water beads on every leaf under flat overcast light.
Week of 7 SeptemberLittle Gem lettuce on 11 September, eight or so upright cos rosettes of blistered yellow-green leaves well short of hearting up, one plant at right cropped to short pale stubs. Water beads on every leaf under flat overcast light.
Little Gem lettuce on 22 September, the center plant a compact rosette of eight or ten pale yellow-green leaves cupping inward into a head that has not yet closed. Flat overcast light, a faint wet sheen on the blades.
Week of 21 SeptemberLittle Gem lettuce on 22 September, the center plant a compact rosette of eight or ten pale yellow-green leaves cupping inward into a head that has not yet closed. Flat overcast light, a faint wet sheen on the blades.

What it gave

First harvest
2 October 2026
Total picked
0.05 lb

What happened

Crop
Lettuce
Variety
Little Gem
Sown
30 July 2026
Germinated
5 August 2026
Transplanted
4 September 2026
Status
harvested

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