Any loose leaved lettuce similar to iceburg?

[purplekat]

My daughter will only eat iceburg lettuce, I think it's the crispyness and blandness of it. She only eats a bit at a time though, so I would rather grow something that I can harvest in small quantities. Is there any such lettuce I could try?

[muddled]

I don't grow Iceburg but I wonder if it would be wrth sowing as nomal but just harvest while still tiny?

I grow cos lettuce and sow a tiny pinch every three weeks or so.
A packet of seeds lasts a good two years and there are dinky little lettuces to eat fresh all summer.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Tom Thumb is a green loose leaf and I stopped growing it because it's ..................bland.

I now grow Lollo Rosso a red lettuce and mesclun for mixed leaves.

[Scarlet]

I grow greatlakes - it's an iceburg variety. I pick the outer leaves as its growing , eventually it will head up but I have lots of pickings before I pick it whole. I love the crispness too.

[elsie-scot]

I asked a similar question a few years ago and got a few suggestions to try. http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...uce_30162.html

DH now finds iceberg boring and his new lettuce of choice is little gem. He will occ have some loose leaf. I think he was shamed into trying more salad leaves as DD eats them.

[Lisasbolt]

I have a lot of different iceberg lettuce seeds that i could never use in 20 lifetimes, i sprinkle them around and harvest as leaves, they don't normally head up as there is not enough room but you could thin out and eat all the others around one main one to head up.

[Spunky]

Black seeded Simpson is a fairly crispy loose leaf it's very reliable and can be sown at any time

[purplekat]

Thanks everyone, looks like I have a few to try there!