Cool-weather plants including peas and lettuce can be planted earlier in the season when soil temperatures reach 40-50 degrees F. Sow warm-weather plants such as cosmos, beans, and cucumbers when soil temperature is at least 65-70 degrees F. ...
Lettuce can be easily over watered and get too hot if your light is too close. More powerful LED lights need to be kept a good 12” to 24” above the canopy depending on your plant. Some LED lights have dials to reduce the lights intensity giving you the ability to keep the light ...
Lettuce Kale Basil Various shoots Read more: Chitting potatoes indoors I grow my garden cress by a cool window at home. They grow a bit quicker and taller in a warmer space. Cool Room Temperature In slightly cooler rooms, it's easier to get good results with vegetables that develop well ...
Choose a standard potting soil to grow lettuce indoors. Loose leaf lettuce has no fuss when it comes to growing it indoors. Thus, you do not need anything fancy. Using a standard all-purpose potting mix should be just fine. However, avoid using dirt coming from your garden. This may have...
Tip:To plant a fall crop, create cool soil in late August by moistening the ground and covering it with a bale of straw. A week later, the soil under the bale will be about 10°F (6°C) cooler than the rest of the garden. Sow a three-foot row of lettuce seeds every couple of...
Because eggplants need warmth to grow, they are best started indoors from seeds and transplanted after the soil has warmed to at least 60 degrees F and the danger of frost has past. Gardeners can buy transplants or grow their own from seed. One advantage of growing eggplants from seed is...
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’...
For example, a shallow-rooted plant such as leaf lettuce is an excellent companion when it is interplanted with a more deeply and complex-rooted tomato. Here are some other good companions: to benefit carrots grow onions; to benefit collards grow tomatoes; to benefit corn grow beans; to ...
Lettuce and other leafy greens are ideal for any home garden, regardless of size. Whether you have an expansive outdoor space or just a little bit of room on a kitchen countertop, you can learn how to grow lettuce indoors and out. ...
Companion planting refers to the symbiotic relationship of how certain plants can benefit from the close proximity of others. Good companion plants for tomatoes include asparagus, basil, borage, mint, parsley, lettuce, spinach, peas, carrots, celery, beans, garlic, onions, squash, nasturtium, and...