lettuce

  • Growing seedlings is easy when the temperature is right

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    There are only 3 things you need for the seed to germinate: a healthy seed, water, and the right temperature. Healthy seed is something we can’t really affect. We can collect them in time and store them in a dry…

  • Another Wednesday, another harvest

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     I never plan my harvests, but somehow they are always on Wednesday. Probably because it’s the middle of the week. On Monday and Tuesday, I always do the most urgent things, and then on Wednesday, I have time to harvest….

  • Second crops extend gardening season

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     Usually, when we plan a gardening season we mostly think about the first part of the season. We carefully plan where we’ll place which vegetables and buy seeds to fill the garden. But what when we start to empty the…

  • Transplanting lettuces and radishes

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     The middle of April is the time when we start transplanting the first seedlings. Usually, by this time the soil is warm enough for undisturbed growth. Even if there is some morning frost, it will not damage vegetables like lettuce,…

  • Lettuce and heat- a bad combination

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    One of the first and most grown vegetables is certainly lettuce. Butterhead, crisphead, romaine, or loose-leaf there is always at least one variety or type of lettuce growing in every vegetable garden. But what happens when the garden is just…