Lettuce is a great candidate forcold-frame gardening! Types Some of our favorite varieties include: Crisphead:‘Great Lakes’, ‘Ithaca’, ‘King Crown’, ‘Mission’, ‘Summertime’ Romaine (Cos)/Butterhead:‘Burpee Bibb’, ‘Cosmo Savoy’, ‘Green Towers’, ‘Little Gem’, ‘Paris White...
New Africa/Shutterstock Botanical Name Allium cepa Plant Type Vegetable Sun Exposure Full Sun Soil pH Neutral Also receive the Almanac Daily newsletter including gardening tips, weather, astronomical events, and more. No content available. Subhead Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Onions Catherine Boeckm...
Butterhead Lettuce:Butterhead is a loose-leaf lettuce (meaning it forms loose heads and not compact ones). You might see this variety of lettuce called buttercrunch or bibb lettuce. It can be more delicious (sweeter!) when you grow it yourself, plus you can keep a little more cash in y...
Categories gardens Tags beets, lettuce Growing Viburnums in the Home Garden March 8, 2020 by Dave For many years now viburnums have been one of my favorite shrubs in my garden. For the most part viburnums grow without issue, add beauty to the landscape, and provide sustainable for wildlife...
If yourlettuce raftis outdoors, it must be kept under a cover so rain doesn't reach it. Added rainwater would dilute the nutrient solution, starving your plants of food. Check the pHof your raft solution daily! This is particularly important for a lettuce raft, as the roots sit in the ...
Many plants can be directly sown outdoors. Fast growers such as radishes and squash, and root vegetables such as carrots and beets, perform better with this method, as well as other plants that don't like their roots disturbed, such as poppies. ...
Peas do best when grown along with slow-growing crops like turnips, carrots, and radish. Take advantage of the nitrogen-fixing ability of peas by growing leafy greens like lettuces, celery, and spinach. Pests & Diseases Climbing varieties of peas are generally more resistant to diseases. It’...
Lettuce, Leaf DS 40 to 80 4 to 27 3 to 10 5 Lots of light for seedlings; shade for mid-season plants. Melon TR 75 to 95 24 to 35 5 to 7 10 Use compostable pot to minimize transplant shock. Onion, Bulb DS 50 to 95 10 to 35 ...
While growing Brussel sprouts is a bit more challenging than, say, growing lettuce, being armed with information about this brassica will help you care for and get the most from this plant. When to plant The goal is to have Brussel sprouts planted outat leasttwo months before the first fros...
I can remember the first time I read about Zaluziantkya – trying to pronounce it in my head before daring to speak it out loud. It’s one of those words that once you master pronouncing it, you just love to say it over and over again like a two year old. At the very least, ...