Lettuce Bowl Garden
Lettuce has shallow roots and responds best to consistent shallow watering.
Lettuce bowl garden. Salad bowl an all america winner. By colleen morrissey herb manager and container designer at mischler s florist and greenhouses. Visit us to learn more about our salad bowl lettuce. Loose leaved apple green lettuce is a classic summertime pleasure.
Mature lettuce gets bitter and woody and will go bad quickly so check your garden everyday for ready to harvest leaves. To maximize lettuce production plant seeds in raised beds. Lollo bionda a frilled edge italian lettuce that is easy to grow and has a long harvest period. Plants grown in the garden need at least an inch per week.
Gorgeous in the garden and in your bowl merlot has the added benefit of. Lettuce in pots need a bit more. The most important resource when growing lettuce in containers is water. There is also a red salad bowl variety.
In your salad bowl garden you can grow lettuces. Other greens you can plant are spinach tatsoi arugula swiss chard mustard bok choi and even green onions. Photo from mischler s florist and greenhouses. Noted for lasting sweetness and tenderness.
But first you need to decide which type of lettuce you would like to grow. Slow to bolt non heading. Crisphead lettuce is picked when the center is firm. Photo courtesy mischler s florist and greenhouses.
The raised beds warm up faster than the surrounding ground. Lettuce varieties that lend themselves well to the cut and come again harvest method include merlot loose leaf lettuce. It s easy to grow and fairly heat resistant. Close set deep lobed brilliant green leaves.
Looseleaf lettuce resprouts from a cut stem without losing quality in flavor or texture. Looseleaf butterhead cos romaine and crisp ones. Lettuce grows best in cool weather. It s best to harvest lettuce in the morning before leaves have been exposed to sun.
To make the most of limited garden space plant lettuce around taller plants like broccoli brussels sprouts peppers and. Heirloom s crisp tender deeply lobed leaves impart sweet flavor and fragrance. If you love salad and enjoy gardening plant a lettuce bowl container garden. Use succession planting to maximize and extend harvests.
You should be able to get an earlier start in the spring and a later crop in the fall.