Who would have known that the bottom stump of romaine lettuce can be planted and regrown if done correctly. It will regrow new leaves for a second harvest. You can do this by putting a stump in a 1/2 inch of water and check that it stays at 1/2 inch daily. The lettuce will grow guaranteed. We grew our romaine lettuce on our kitchen window sill and this is the perfect place for regrowing greens such as lettuce since it is bright and the temperature is cool all day long. Try it when you have a head of lettuce with the stem still attached. You have nothing to lose and a new head of lettuce to eat.
HOW TO REGROW ROMAINE LETTUCE FROM A STUMP INDOORS
Our lettuce regrowing after 2 weeks of being in direct sunlight.
After about 3 to 4 weeks you can cut and harvest.
Here is a nice closeup of another lettuce stump beginning
to regrow with just a small amount of water indoors.
Here we put 3 romaine lettuce stumps in 1/2 inch of water
in a glass container and put on our kitchen window sill. (image credit here)
This is the lettuce we used to regrow from a stump.
From Earthbound Farm it is Organic Lettuce.
Written by Keith Schneerer
Certified Appliance Tech · Founder, RemoveAndReplace.com
Keith has spent 30+ years repairing machines, starting as a military mechanic and later maintaining food processing equipment before moving into appliance repair. He founded RemoveAndReplace.com to share field-tested repair advice.
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I have been trying to regrow romaine and I followed all the steps.
Putting it in water and in a week planting it in a pot but it has started to grow white fuzzy mold over the top of the dirt.
Is there a way to prevent this or fix this.
Lisa,
Make sure it is in the correct light source and the soil is suitable.
-RR