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Growing Lettuce

Growing Lettuce

Lettuce may not contain that many calories so it makes a great summer food crop.

Lettuce
Lettuce in neat rows, looks a great sight as well as offering great crops

Growing lettuce is one of the most rewarding vegetable or salad crops. If you keep the slugs at bay, you will have a rewarding crop, even from a tiny space in the back garden.

In summer, lettuce has a short growing season. It means within a couple of months, you can be cutting leaves for the salad bowl. The loose leaf varieties can be ready for harvest after only 6-8 weeks. If you sow at regular intervals and make use of cloches, you can have a supply of lettuce for a large part of the year.

Tips for Growing Lettuce

  • Sow directly into the ground and thin out later. Lettuce doesn’t like being moved. If you have to sow in greenhouse, use modules for easy transfer.
  • Lettuce do npot germinate well in hot temperatures.
  • Lettuce like a humous rich soil, so make sure soil is well prepared, otherwise, the leaves will be tougher and more leathery.
  • Lettuce needs to be well watered but not on the leaves. This is essential for optimal growing.
  • Lettuce would ideally be shaded from full summer sun. A lightly shaded area will be ideal. If it is hot, make sure they are well watered.
  • Keep a check on greenfly and slugs, as they can decimate a crop.
  • Lettuce can be sown in between slower growing vegetables to provide a catch crop.
  • Some loose leaf varieties can have leaves harvested when you need them, the plant will keep growing and provide leaves over a long time period.
  • Be ruthless in thinning out, don’t try to squash too many in an area.
  • Sow at intervals of two weeks to provide a longer cropping season.
  • For early (and late) season lettuce you can use cloches or cold frame and harden them off protecting from frosts and any cold spells.

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