Growing lettuce year round?

Lois_and_CK

I've grown lettuce for the first time this year and I've loved having ready-made salad in my garden. I'm going to really resent having to buy lettuce in the winter after this, so I was wondering if it would successfully grow indoors during the winter in little pots on windowsills?

ausmummy

I bought some seeds a couple of week ago from T&M called 'All Year Round' lettuce. Can be sown anytime. it is currently only taking three days to germinate.

Lois_and_CK

ausmummy wrote: »

I bought some seeds a couple of week ago from T&M called 'All Year Round' lettuce. Can be sown anytime. it is currently only taking three days to germinate.

Ooo thanks, will look out for that. The lettuce seeds I have (lollo rossa and 'mixed leaves') are all for sowing during spring/summer, with the assumption they're being grown outside. But none of them say whether they can be grown indoors year round.

shykins

i grow mine in a old mushroom containers on my window sill the whole year. i keep a spare and throw seeds on and just swop them over as one is eaten the other is usually ready to go on the sill

its brilliant we have cut and come again salad leaves all year

jus71_2

shykins wrote: »

i grow mine in a old mushroom containers on my window sill the whole year. i keep a spare and throw seeds on and just swop them over as one is eaten the other is usually ready to go on the sill

thanks for the tip will be doing that! This too is my first year of growing stuff and the lettuce tastes great, but its getting eaten very quickly!

Lois_and_CK

shykins wrote: »

i grow mine in a old mushroom containers on my window sill the whole year. i keep a spare and throw seeds on and just swop them over as one is eaten the other is usually ready to go on the sill

its brilliant we have cut and come again salad leaves all year

Brill, thanks, this is what I wanted to do. :T

So in theory, I could do this with other veg? Maybe peppers, chillies?

kimmie

I was wondering the same thing today and now I know the answer :-)
Thanks all xx

shykins

not tried either chillies or peppers so cant comment on them but cant see why not. my theory is give it a go and see if it works lol

lizzyb1812

Have a look at this for ideas

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/summersowing2.html

Liz

Lois_and_CK

Thanks for the replies. I shall give it a go and report back in the winter!

morg_monster

i'm going to be trying this out too with a couple of small window boxes. I've tried it with shallower trays but found the watering a pain! Agree that the convenience of having the lettuce "just there" is so so so fantastic!
Also I'm going to do some research into some more hardy salad stuff that I can keep outside into the autumn; I've got a couple of cheapo plastic mini greenhouses, thought I might be able to keep some things going until hard frosts. Or maybe invest in cold frame or cloche for our raised bed.