Anyone started growing lettuce yet?

Flummaxed

Oh. Thanks. They need more light. I was told that they needed less light (as they were on the windowsill originally) - so I put them away from the windowsill a couple of days ago! I'll put them back there again and see what happens. Maybe I'll also plant the seeds a bit deeper next time to see if that makes any difference.

Thanks for your help.

Top_Banana_2

My lettuce seeds are growing skywards, and are quite spindly. I have moved them to a lighter area of my house where the sun shines.

They are growing quite close together, and a few are seemingly growing three stems. Should I be thinning them out?

SEE

Sowed mine into hanging baskets last weekend with radish. 5ft off the ground should keep them safe from unexpected frost

gingernutbizkit

Hi all,

Planted out my lettuces (iceburg, lollo rosso and gem) yesterday. Cloche over them at night. They are looking a bit limp today - was it too early?

Ging x

D&DD

Whereabouts are you Ging?
I'm in Surrey and my summer lettuces are still in the frame but ok and the more hardy ones are almost ready for picking.I grow yugoslavian red,all year round and laballacher ice early in the season,then move on to the saladbowls,gems and 'frillies' from now onwards.
Keep them covered up and a bit on the dry side..I'm sure they'll be fine they might just take a few days to recover from being transplanted

wallbash

Where abouts are you.
Mine have been out for a few weeks, SE England

bit limp today -

You would be a bit tired , if wrench from your cosy bed and stuck in the cold ground,
bet they cheer up in a few days.

wallbash

D&DD types quicker than wallbash !!!

JimJim

Being a clueless newbie I have a sown a couple of lettuce lollo rosso in a old cardboard milk carton on my window sill, inside the house. But then I am up in the nortwest, past Manchester and it goes very cold at night!

Davesnave

My cut & come agains have been outside for a few weeks here in sunny Bath and they are cropping well for the sarnies.

It all depends where you are and what varieties you've sown.

tim_n

I stuck my lollo rosso in at the weekend under a mini polly tunnel (poundland special) and some are doing OK, others not so.