Content
How to Grow Lettuce: Gardening Secrets
22.05.2024 17:00
Lettuce is a healthy green that is not difficult to grow.
There are a couple of things you need to know.
How to grow lettuce from seeds
Lettuce prefers both bright sun and partial shade to grow. The main thing is the presence of sunlight.
Lettuce grows best in loose, well-drained soil with regular watering and sufficient nitrogen.
If you grow lettuce from seeds, then you need to plant it at a depth of 1-1.5 cm.
The soil should be moist; water after planting the seeds.
The distance between seedlings should be about 10 cm.
If it is cool outside, the beds can be covered with film until seedlings emerge.
You can feed the salad with wood ash, which contains a large amount of nitrogen.
How to properly grow lettuce at home
You can also grow lettuce at home.
To do this, you need to soak the seeds in warm water for a day.
Then plant it to a depth of half a centimeter at a distance of 10-15 cm.
Cover the seeds lightly with soil, but do not pack it down.
Shoots will appear within a week; in order to speed up the process, the surface is covered with polyethylene.
Previously, we told you how to grow basil.
