Growing Lettuce, Planting Lettuce, and Growing Lettuce Indoors
Tips and plans for growing lettuce in the spring or in hot weather. Good growing lettuce varieties including Icberg, Romaine, Bibb, and Loose Leaf, and Butterhead in a small or raised vegetable garden. Design Your Own Vegetable Garden Layout Using our Free "Vegetable Garden Planner" Software! When growing lettuce in your home garden, there are a few things to remember. Lettuce is very easy to grow, and makes a great addition to any home vegetable garden plan. Lettuce grows well in container gardens, raised bed gardens, and also in backyard row gardens. These ABC’s of lettuce cultivation will help you harvest these great leafy vegetables, which are rich in nutrients, in great abundance. Include Your Favorite Lettuce Varieties in Your Vegetable Garden Plans!You can choose from among the five most common varieties of lettuce: Download Free Garden Planning Worksheets, Garden Diary, Zone Chart, Or Planting Guide Lettuce is used nearly every day by most families for salads and in sandwiches. It is easily grown in the ground or in container gardens. The varieties of lettuce allow for flavor, crunchiness, high nutritional content and aesthetic value unequaled by other green leafy vegetables. And by growing your own lettuce, you will save on your grocery bill as well! Download Free Garden Planning Worksheets, Garden Diary, Zone Chart, Or Planting Guide How to Grow Lettuce To ensure good results when growing lettuce, you will want to purchase fresh seeds each season. Store the opened seed packet inside a sealed container and keep it in the refrigerator. Depending on the variety of lettuce planted, you can thin the seeds as follows: Before Planting LettuceWhen preparing the beds for growing lettuce, leave enough room to plant your rows of lettuce 12-18" apart. Cool Weather is Best for Lettuce PlantsLettuce varieties thrive in cool weather, which is usually late spring, early summer, and early fall. If you do plant lettuce in summer, you may end up with bitter lettuce leaves, unless you provide adequate water and some shade during the hottest time of the day. There is no need to fertilize your lettuce plants if you have used a good potting soil, or added compost or humus to your ground soil. When to Plant LettuceDownload our vegetable garden planting guide. Lettuce plants like cool weather, but they do not like freezing weather. Use our zone chart and planting guide to determine the outdoor planting time in your zone. Growing Lettuce in Hot WeatherLettuce plants will grow well in partial shade. When the weather is hot, provide some shade for your lettuce plants. Watch them closely, and harvest promptly as they will try to "bolt" and form seed-heads quickly during hot weather.You must cover the planted seeds very lightly with soil. Don’t pack it too tightly as some lettuce types need light to germinate properly. You can, however, opt to dig a hole about ¼-½ inch deep before covering the seeds. Growing Lettuce Indoors in ContainersWhen growing lettuce indoors in pots, especially for lettuce of the bunching varieties, remember to provide the seedlings with plenty of direct sunlight. However, don't let the soil get dry. If you do not have a sunny location indoors for your lettuce plants, provide them with a grow light. In conclusion, your success as a lettuce grower depends on proper planting, caring and harvesting of your lettuce plants. Growing lettuce is one of the easiest and most satisfying garden vegetables you can grow. Don't wait to try it yourself!
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