How to Grow Lettuce from SeedColorful and attractive in the landscape or the vegetable garden, lettuce is also easy and quick to grow and will reward you with a long harvest.Sunset
Some regions have a short growing season and are not as suited to growing via seed. In this case the gardener has three choices: purchase plants, start seeds early indoors, orplant in a cold frame. Cold frames allow the gardener to start plants as much as 6 weeks prior to direct sowing...
Step 5 - START FROM SEEDS, STARTS, BULBS, OR TUBERS?Onions can be grown from seed, but are easiest from bulbs. Photo by: Janet Loughrey.Grow from seed: Varieties such as lettuce, spinach, radish, beets, carrots, beans, and peas are easy to grow from seed and can be directly sown ...
Re-check your seed packet for information on how much potting mix should go on top of the seeds. Generally, the smaller the seeds, the less you need to cover them. There are a few seeds, such as lettuce, whichrequire light to germinateand should barely be covered with potting mix. The...
With lettuce, you can start it indoors. However, the seeds do well outdoors, so you could potentially skip a step and just plant those seeds outside. Should You Soak Seeds Before Planting Indoors? Whether you need to soak your seeds before planting them indoors depends on the seed type. ...
I’m often the first to admit that there’s not much you need if you want to start from seed—just a good growing medium, sunshine, and water. But sometimes there are forces working against us, and if there’s a way to boost our chances of seed starting success, I’m all for it...
Refer to the instructions on the seed packet to determine how many weeks before the last frost date to start your seeds indoors for spring planting. For fall planting, calculate planting time by taking the number of days or weeks to harvest and count backwards from your first average frost ...
However, generally keeping the lettuce plants close to each other will help eliminate the growth of weeds. Support structures shouldn’t be required. How to Plant Lettuce from Seed You can start your lettuce seeds with the seed trays available in stores or create your own using an egg carton...
17.Do plan forsuccession sowingsof many crops, sowing only a short row every couple of weeks and avoiding 40 servings of lettuce or 10 pounds of green beans in a single day’s harvest. Take advantage of both cool ends of the season to repeat sowing certain crops, such as peas. And in...
Start leeks indoors up to 12 weeks before the last spring frost. Sow seeds indoors in a warm, well-lighted location—in a bright window or under grow lights. Sow seeds ⅛” (3 mm) deep in the seed starting mix. Firm seeds lightly and keep the soil mix just moist. ...