I have to admit it that I was never a real lettuce fan, until I saw this TV program where a lettuce farmer in the inner city of LA showed the nutrients coming out of fresh lettuce he just picked.
The nutrients just oozed out of the fresh lettuce.
Here is a picture from one of my lettuce plants.
I never see this from store bought Lettuce
Few lettuce plants produced lettuce for months. I just kept picking at it until late July.
Fresh picked