How To Grow And Care For Lettuce

There are a variety of different kinds of lettuce you can choose from to plant. The most common are iceberg and romaine.Lettuce is one of the easiest plants to grow. here is a list of different types of lettuce you can choose from when you are going to start planting.

1. Arugula-this kind has dark green leaves with spikes on it. This kind has a bit of a peppery taste to it.
2. Butter lettuce-This is a compact head of lettuce that is crisp. This also have a soft texture to it.
3. Little Gem-This is for the most part soft but it does have a bit of a crunch to it.
4. Romaine hearts-This is a darker green lettuce with a nice crunch to it. This is a hearty lettuce

These are just a few of the different kinds of lettuce you can choose from. Or you can even mix and match them in a nice salad to get some different flavors.

What is the best season to plant lettuce

Lettuce likes Full sun in spring and fall time and they like partial shade in summer.

How to care for lettuce

If you are going to plant lettuce you will want to till up the dirt with a hand rake making it very loose. You also want to keep the dirt well moistened, but not real wet.The germination time on these plants is about 9 days. Lettuce needs at least 5 hours or more a day of the sunlight. If the garden you will be using was already used before for other things make sure that it is okay to plant these with that so you do not kill your new lettuce plants. They will be ready for harvest in about 6 to 14 weeks. You can cut the lettuce from the base when the head is firm.

What can be planted with lettuce

Lettuce is a good companion to carrots,radishes and strawberries

What you should not plant with lettuce

Lettuce does not get a long well with beans, beetroot or parsley.

Overall growing and caring for lettuce is a fairly simple process, and an easy vegetable to grow in your own backyard. Make your own fresh salads with lettuce you have grown and cared for yourself from a seedling.