Tips for Growing Lettuce from Seed Image Credit:Ms. Buena Vida A lot of people are often concerned about the ideal time and the ideal conditions to grow lettuce from seed. Sowing the lettuce seed is a bit different from other vegetables. Before you start sowing the seeds, press the seeds ...
Each year I find myself interplanting more arugula, lettuce and other leafy greens among my little onions grown from seed. Employed as smother crops, salad greens are much more fun to pull compared to weeds, and onions grown from seed seem to like their company. By Barbara Pleasant...
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...
You can also plant different varieties of the same vegetable with different maturity dates. You could plant a variety of lettuce that matures early, along with a variety that matures later in the season. 7. Use Transplants instead of Sowing Seeds Directly Growing something from a seed takes a...
types, all grown on the same plant, are the red salad chicory, the lettuce-like sugar-loaf chicory and the blanched, white-leaved chicons; the first is grown normally, the second is forced by replanting the root, and the last is cultivated by depriving the leaves of sunlight for about ...
Growing lettuce in summer may be tricky because of the warm, glaring sun. But, there are some simple techniques that you can do. Read on to find out.
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...
If you are growing basil for the first time and want the herb primarily for using fresh and cooking, we suggest Sweet Green Italian and Lettuce Leaved for starters. These varieties are the easiest to grow and size up quickly. They also have the most familiar sweet basil flavor. ...
But if you’re growing lettuce in the ground, you know that it can be susceptible to pests like slugs and snails. That’s where Smart Pot NoCoco Liners come in. Read More Grow Lettuce in Smart Pot NoCoco Liners for Pest-Free, Healthy Plants ...
Some plants just lend themselves better to germinating at home than others. Some of the easiest to grow tend to be cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, chives, leeks, basil and Brussels sprouts. The classics for indoor starting are the crops that are typically grown singl...