Spike in Lettuce Prices (Southern, dressing, dinner, country)
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Better leaf veggies would be baby kale, romaine, bok choy, nappa cabbage, mustard leaf, any colorful leaf has tons of vitamins and antioxidants that regular lettuce doesn't.
The price will eventually turn around - depending of course on the labor variable that was addressed earlier.
As another poster mentioned, lettuce is planted in cycles in various locations. Most of the food pro's in this area that I hear on the radio are talking mid to late May for the price to drop on some leafy greens.
I got a pretty good price on baby leaf spinach yesterday which surprised me because I'm fairly sure it was grown in the Salinas valley.
The price will eventually turn around - depending of course on the labor variable that was addressed earlier.
As another poster mentioned, lettuce is planted in cycles in various locations. Most of the food pro's in this area that I hear on the radio are talking mid to late May for the price to drop on some leafy greens.
I got a pretty good price on baby leaf spinach yesterday which surprised me because I'm fairly sure it was grown in the Salinas valley.
yes, we have been using leaf spinach as well and yes, the price of lettuce will come back down, just like other things, weather conditions do play a major roll on what the consumer has to pay.
vission33r; It may be true lettuce is easy to grow, but we are talking about entire lettuce field being washed out in the floods, not a few heads we can all grow again.
You sure that wasn't one of those heirloom variety, organic, sold with the roots in a little plastic bubble with water?
Just the regular head of non organic iceberg lettuce was $3 when I went shopping on Sunday. And that was at one of the cheaper stores, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it sell for $5 elsewhere.
I went to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner this evening. Since they had no romaine and litte iceberg, they had all of the specialty lettuces in the salad. That was a MAJOR improvement over their usual selection.
[quote=Themanwithnoname;47962579]I walk out to my garden with a bowl each evening and come inside with a fresh salad
Brag, brag, brag:
seriously, we have had so much rain in the last few weeks here, we can't even get to the farmers markets yet. Had hoped for tomorrow but it is doubtful; expecting as much as 9 or 10 inches of rain in the next day or so.
Those little leaves are the easist thing in the world to grow, and the fastest.
potting soil, a packet of mescal mix seeds and a semi shady spot and you'll be giving it away.
Don't even think about digging a garden.. a few drainage holes on the bottom of containers is all it takes.
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