When sowing your seeds in trays or direct seeding, your seeds should be no deeper than ¼ of an inch. However, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, iceberg lettuce, boston lettuce, bibb. Rumour has it that romaine hearts are the best lettuce variety that can be regrown from scraps. Lettuce can enter a phase call “thermal dormancy” that will stunt growth, so it’s best to avoid this. A shallow water dish to hold about ½ inch of water Grow lights (skip this if you have easy availability to a window sill with plenty of natural sunlight). If transplanting, use a 128-cell tray and keep temperature in your grow house below 75 degrees. Lettuce can be transplanted or directly seeded into the soil. Lettuce is a hardy, cool-weather crop, so planting in early spring or late summer when temperatures average around 60 degrees Fahrenheit, will help it grow best. Even though lettuce is 96% water, water can also stunt that growth and prevent larger heads from forming. Your planting mediums should have a pH between 6.0-6.5, you’ll need to make sure your soils are well drained, so apply mulch or any usable organic matter to help prevent from compaction. And because it’s a member of the Lettuce family it has a compound called lactucarium, a substance harmless to humans but when a pest tries to ingest it, it acts as a defense mechanism and repels bugs from attacking your plant, making a perfect addition to your garden. Its leaves are a dark green and it makes a beautiful snap when you harvest. How to Grow Romaine Lettuce (“Coastal Star”)Ĭoastal star is a variety of romaine lettuce that performs great in the Alabama heat.
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