A great indoor project for gardening in winter is growing lettuce.
Growing lettuce indoors in winter.
Sweet tender baby lettuce leaves must grow fast to maintain their good qualities.
For starting my spring transplants i d already installed six two bulb shop lights outfitted with full spectrum grow lights and suspended by chains and s hooks from the ceiling of my living room alcove.
Winter garden projects to tackle 3.
Other gardeners enjoy just a bit of a break from the gardening season but most gardeners i know are once.
Yes this means that you can grow lettuce year round.
Growing lettuce indoors is a gardening project you can do even in the cold winter season.
Certainly growing lettuce is simple but it can be tedious to water it as often as you need to.
The reason is because i m going to share with you how to grow lettuce indoors.
You can also try growing other salad bowl favorites such as spinach arugula astro is a variety that does well indoors and mesclun.
To get the best harvest your lettuce should be fed a liquid organic fertilizer after each harvest.
There are many types of mushrooms that do awesome growing indoors.
And if you are like me then this is great news because i hate being forced to buy veggies from the store during winter months.
Yes you can grow and enjoy homegrown lettuce even when it is below freezing outside.
If you have experience growing lettuce indoors and would like to add your advice please feel free.
Some varieties are known to grow well in winter light such as arctic king winter marvel and winter density.
Many of you know we do a lot of winter growing we have 3 cold frames and a hoop house this year bursting with winter produce to learn more about our year round gardening start here.
I really love the gourmet mesclun mix for a tasty salad.
In fact some gardeners keep lettuce growing year round.
While the bitter temperature outside is hostile to every green thing the warm temperature inside our home is welcoming to them.
I used a couple of them for my experiment growing winter greens.
The great thing about leafy greens is they grow in as little as 4 5 inches in depth.
When growing lettuce indoors you ll want to choose leafy varieties over the head lettuce.
Growing lettuce under lights.
If you re growing lettuce in a pot place it outside in a sunny location or near a sunny window indoors.
Grow lettuce in your very own kitchen.
Microgreens grow to harvest size from the energy inherent in the seed so soil fertility isn t as great a concern on the other hand baby lettuce leaves require nitrogen and trace minerals for fast growth.
Why we want to grow lettuce indoors in the winter.
If you don t have a location that receives continuous sunlight make sure you place it in a location that gets at least 8 hours of sun a day.