How To Grow Perfect Lettuce Every Time! 🥬
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Calling all leaf-munching, salad-snaffling lettuce lovers! We know you're out there, longing for luscious leaves of lovely lettuce. We hear you! This week, Ben reveals his top tips for growing your very own long lasting supply of lip smacking, pest-defying, super salads. Lettuce begin!
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An old lady in Cyprus taught me to wrap my lettuce (and other green leaves) in a damp tea towel before storing them in the fridge. They stay crisp and fresh for up to two weeks. Just make sure you keep the tea towel damp (but not wet)
@HackzFood A fridge?
Best tip is to cut leaves away as you need them and leave stalk intact. Extends freshness hugely.
That's what my mother used to do.
A tip I have about aphids, is to have a garden Nasturtium growing in your garden. It attracts aphids like crazy and ever since I started to grow one, I never had any aphids on the other plants anymore.
Great tip, cheers Thimo!
I also use neem oil with dish soap and water, but i like the easy ways to rid aphids
Alyssum... What a great idea! Fragrant, low ground cover (can be given "haircuts"), attract the insects we DO want ... and don't compete much for nutrients! Win, win, win.... Thanks, Ben! 😊
It's great to have a winning combination like that Rita, definitely!
You can plant lettuce at any time. For instance, I just planted my Romaine lettuce. But because the hot weather is coming, I planted them under the shade of a Maple tree. The shade will keep them cool during the hot weather.
Looking forward to the companion plant video
This has quickly become one of my favourite channels.
Cheers Michiel!
I wish I could give you another thumbs up, since this is my second time watching this episode. I need to get my gardening notebook out and take notes, because you have SO much knowledge to share. Thank you for your interesting videos, I enjoy them very much!
Thanks Wendy!
Just discovered your page, binging like crazy! Love your content
Thanks so much. A warm welcome to you. :-)
❤Thanks a lot for spreading these huge happiness, beautiful gardening and clear knowledge.
And thank you for watching. :-)
Slugs are the bane of my existence!!! I will try the Beer for sure! However, it better work Ben, I am Canadian eh and we don't like wasting beer, lol.
I feel your concern there Alexander, really I do! Only use the cheap stuff - don't go wasting any of the good stuff!
I grow a 2-sided trellis, making an A-frame structure for my sweet peas, and under it I plant lots of lettuces. It works beautifully, they're shaded by the sweet peas and pests don't usually find them. Thank you for yet another lovely, encouraging and informative video!
That's a great solution to hot sun - great thinking. :-)
I love your idea, thank you.
Sweet, edible? peas, or the sweet pea flower?
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@@joannegratton491 thank you and you're welcome!
Harvesting: Charles Dowding is using this method as a market gardener. Pinch put the outer leaves. 3 months of harvest. Perfect!
“The merest suggestion of potting mix”. Nice.
My favorite vegetable growing channel, thank you!
Thanks for watching Alvaro! :-)
The amount of enthusiasm and life you bring to the videos is great, you seem like a genuinely great person to know.
Thanks so much. :-)
Very helpful. The Allysum tip is just what I needed having lost nearly all my lettuce to bugs and slugs last year. I use garlic and marigolds in the greenhouse in a similar way for my tomatoes and cucumbers etc
It's a great plant. Can't wait to use more of it this season Ken.
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Butternut. Thanks Ben 😊
I ment Buttercrunch 🤭. You probably knew that. God Bless
Buttercrunch is one of my favorites
Delicious!
Good tip when watering small to medium pots or cell trays...hold the pot/cell to be watered over another pot that also needs watering and allow the top pot/cell to drain to the one below. This not only saves water, it also means you save on watering time. Fresh water is precious to us and our vegetables.
Great advice, thanks Alexandra.
I'm in western North Carolina, Zone 7B, and grow Buttercrunch and Romaine in a cold frame all winter. I start from seed in late September. Light bulbs inside and and a tarp on the outside for nights below 26 degrees has kept my lettuces and radishes in perfect shape. No bug problems this time of the year :)
That's one benefit of growing in winter - no pests to speak of.
We have romaine,.lollo rosso,.lollo verde,.oak leaf types growing now. We also use a media low in Nitrogen but higher in calcium to get them going and provide crisp leaves, we found this reduces aphid pressure too. We also supplement a comfrey FPJ/ Tea which we use in drip
That's really interesting to hear - thanks for sharing that. :-)
Great video thank you. I am going to plant some corn salad for the first time
I'm growing heritage ones this year called Bloody Warrior !
That's a cool name!
Great to see you on here by the way. :-)
Love homegrown lettuces. Lettuces are very forgiving about being transplanted. In summer, I definitely grow in shade and I sow more often, so I have young lettuces when the older ones bolt. For sow bugs and slugs, I grow individual lettuces in their own pots that sit above the ground. I usually let a few lettuces go to seed each year and end up with lots of seeds and volunteers, which I transplant and grow on. We just harvest lettuce when we are eating it. I actually just graze in the garden, a few leaves each day.
That's a great way to grow - always something to pick. :-)
For the first time ever I managed to grow some Buttercrunch lettuce this year. I planted in late January. Protecting from our North Texas ice storms provided plenty of challenge, but I manage to grow a number of the Buttercrunch and Red Romaine variety from the seedlings purchased from a local feed store. It is early May and I have just harvested the last of the Buttercrunch. I'll be growing this again for certain. Not certain if growing this into the winter will work her but I'm going to try. It can remain in the 80degree Fahrenheit range into December.
Definitely worth a try. Glad you got a good early crop.
Butter crunch lettuce, romaine, red leaf, one package of mixed too. All from seed. Grow super well up here near Seattle WA. I have been planting alyssum, zinnia, and nasturtiums with my veggies for years. Attracts pollinators and is attractive in appearance and no aphids!
That's really great to hear first hand that these flowers help with aphids - thanks for sharing that Marilyn.
Extremely helpful Ben! I also really appreciate you referencing seasons like early, mid, late winter etc as opposed to specific months. Adored the footage of the hedgehog too 😊Many thanks from Australia!
Cheers for that - great to have viewers down under. :-)
great tips..I never knew about allysum..
Thanks Ben. Always love your videos. Gardening here in Japan.
Great stuff Daniel, thanks for watching
Great video, hadn't realised they didn't like the hot weather so, will rethink were I'm going to plant them this season, thanks for sharing & take care 🙂
@Austin Howland I'm good thank you 🙂
@Austin Howland I'm in Wallasey, Wirral 🙂
@Austin Howland yes I am
Thanks! Now I know i have to get Alyssium for my lettuces! So helpful video!
"A sticky but happy ending" really cracked me up.
Glad to have raised a smile!
I'm in NZ and currently have a lovely crop of butter lettuce nearly ready to harvest. I can't believe how much they taste like butter 💛 I picked my last frilly lettuce last night for tea. It's so rewarding growing your own food 💚
It's a great and wonderfully empowering thing to do Jacki.
In Nz too and love growing and eating buttercruch lettuces!
Lol
No need to use butter on lettuce n marmite sammies 👍🏻
Lol
No need to use butter on lettuce n marmite sammies 👍🏻
Lettuces are my favorite green to grow...but I never have luck with starting them inside. I like all kinds! Slugs are a BIG problem where I live...Thanks for the tips!
Another well explained interesting video thank you! Congratulations on your journalistic award, well deserved ! Really looking forward to next video! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ 🥇
Thanks so much Fiona, that means a lot and is appreciated. :-)
Hello dear ,how are you doing?
This is awesome. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge
Wow 10 months ago i put a comment in and it is May - I have wonderful lettuce everywhere this year. I started them in a cold frame and then the tunnel and after that outside - so pleased. Cold so far this year - started off with a soft lettuce and then a variety called Black Simpson loads to eat!!
That's really super to hear - good job! :-)
Him : what type of lettuce are you going to grow this year?
Me: YES
So many decisions!
This is my first season growing lettuce and I only just saw this. So glad I had my planting right! I live in a warm climate and planted a "wall" of sugar snap peas to shade them.
I never knew alyssum helped to attract beneficial insects like that! I love it for its own sake but will definitely put some in between the vegs now as well as in flower containers. Thank you. Sweet channel.
Rob...that was great information on Alyssum! I did not know it attracted beneficial predators...I will be sure to add that to the mix! I like to direct sow salad mixes...I love the variety but my favorite lettuce is buttercrunch. Thank you for all you do!
No problem at all Dennis - and thank you for watching.
I'm looking forward to the assylum tip this year. We grow for 4 families in Wisconsin, USA. With increased food and petrolium prices this year, we are increasing the area under cultivation. Instead of single seed types, we will probably plant mixes of lettucices, mustards, kales, etc. We generally start seeds inside and plant plugs in no dig raised beds.
Great to hear you're expanding - it's a very empowering response to rising prices.
New subbie here. I love your videos. A filipina from California
Welcome! Thank you so much for the sub!
You are very good with your lettuce!! I planted mine out in the heat, in S France and wondered why they didn't come up - my hubby took me for a fool - this is my 1st full year of growing and they grew really well in Wales years ago!! Thanks for the tips!!!!!!! I will grow indoors early along with the peppers, next year.
At least you'll be able to grow plenty of warm-season crops down there - wonderful!
i like growing many many types of lettuce and having a mixed bag of leafs. Wonderful crisp leaves all year long! we just started to hvest them this year! And we cant of planted them that long ago.
It’s a real treat to watch and learn from you. Thanks 😘
Thanks for your tips. I've the seeds now I'll give lettuce growing a go. We're in our winter good time to start planting.
Very informative video as usual Ben, thank you from Central Coast Hinterland, NSW, Australia!
For storing lettuce & green veggies I wrap them in a bit of paper towel before putting in a plastic bag in the fridge-it absorbs excess moisture & keeps them humidified.
Hi, I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada right in the middle of winter, so I love hearing about cold weather crops. Just wanted to agree that after washing my lettuce and spinning it dry, it keeps very well in a large plastic container with paper towels between layers.
That's a great tip David and Maureen, many thanks.
Thank you Ben for putting out so many wonderful and entertaining videos they never fail to put a smile on my face. I live in the Williamette Valley in western Oregon and have a huge success of slug control by using the powdered egg shells from my chickens I have. It works wonderful and costs me nothing I my husband gets the nice cold beer. =)
Great tip, thanks so much. :-)
Butter crunch lettuce is my favorite.
I recently slowly shoveled mulch onto my rose bush like rain to remove tons of larva in a desperate attempt. It worked! The larva couldn't hold onto the stalk with the shards of mulch raining on them over and over. It buried them underneath the rose itself. A two in one hack for trying on your sturdier plants like my young rose. In two weeks the suffering leaves are gone and a half dozen baby pink blooms are showing off!
Yey - well done on getting on top of them!
Thanks for information & ideas 👍👍💡
Thank you for your enjoyable class on growing lettuce. I learned a lot and will start tomorrow!
This is my first year growing lettuces. I am starting with loose leaf lettuce and romaine lettuce. 😊🤞💗
Hope they grow well for you. :-)
Black seed Simpson, Bibb, Romaine, Red Silvia.. thanks for all the tips and tricked !
You're welcome Christine. Some lovely varieties there.
Wow, great show. I love Boston lettuce.
I've grown for the first time.... gem lettuce 😋 sown straight into trough in April under cloche, I'm taking first picks today, i couldn't be more proud😇. Cheer's Ben, amazing advice and videos..a big shout out to my green garden friend Hollie B in Surrey who has given me the kick I needed
Well done - that must be a very satisfying moment. Top job!😀
Ben, I'm with you on the deliciousness of home grown lettuce. I enjoy growing loose leaf lettuces.🙂 Not too sure on all the varieties I'll grow this year...one I try to grow each year is Black Seeded Simpson.
Looks like Rosie was giving you a hand on pruning a bush or two.🙂
Looking forward to your next video...I'm learning a ton!👍
Oh, like the beard...looks good on ya!
Loose-leaf is great, and I get good results with all those varieties. But a nice head of lettuce (or several) would be great, too, including the much-maligned (by "foodie" snobs) Iceberg variety, which really can't be beat for crispiness; perfect sandwich additions. But I just can't seem to make those work. I'm thinking timing is crucial with those, coupled with cooperation from Mother Nature. If it heats up too much too soon in the spring, you're just out of luck. Gonna keep trying, though.
Frank - definitely keep trying. Your patience will be rewarded I'm sure.
Valorie - thanks for the kind words. Not sure about the beard but will keep experimenting!
Great information! Thanks
I love the Baker Creek Rocky Top mix.
Brilliant informative video. Thank you 🙏🇦🇺
We like Flashy Trout's Back lettuce. It's really tasty and our budgies love it almost as much as basil, probably because of its bright colors.
I've not heard of that one Melody - I'll have a look.
Hello, how are you doing?
@@GrowVeg Translate to German and you will find it.
Great stuff, all I needed to know. Cheers.
I find that tuna cans are the right size for slug traps - cover to protect from rain. Place washed lettuce in the middle of a tea towel and (holding the corners), fling it down to spin out the water, best done outside.
Brilliant tips - thanks for sharing them.
I love Romaine and Bibb lettuces, especially for sandwiches. I am like their cut-and-come-again harvesting qualities. I also enjoy the iceberg lettuces as they add a pleasant crunch to salads.
Oak leaf are my favorite!
Your video was so helpful. Thank you so much.
"At this point lettuces are good for one thing only..." Wellll, except if you have chickens, they LOVE bolted lettuce and don't seem to mind the milky sap. They eat all parts of the greens and flowers which adds to their vegetative diet!
Also, where it's dry (like here) we don't have an issue with slugs so much as pill and "pincher" bugs which nibble up the tiny delicate seedlings after you've transplanted them. They're mostly active at night and thrive where your lovely compost/mulch is placed. Soy sauce and oil traps work pretty well, but they can sometimes escape the beer traps!
Hi Alexis. Thanks for sharing those tips. I'm now wishing I had chickens in the garden to make use of my bolted lettuces! Great that nothing goes to waste.
Another helpful video, Ben. I especially like growing arugula because it's so flavorful and so expensive in the stores, yet so easy to grow. I've had some giving us delight in a covered bed all winter so far.
It's a great salad leaf for sure Peter.
I have never had success with lettuce as it’s always bolted so going to give some of these tips a try this year. Thanks Ben
Hope you get a bolt-free crop this time round. 😀
I love your videos. I've grown lettuce for years but didn't realise they were cold weather crops! I live in Cornwall now and have some in the poly tunnel. I'll look for a shadier place for the next lot!
Thanks Pamela. Lettuce is pretty accommodating and will do fine in most spots in this country.
So they don't go all floppy!🤪😅😋Thanks,enjoyed your helpful video!
Excellent information explained for beginners, thanks so much. Looking forward to next vid
I love the crispiness of Lollo Rossa. And at €2 a pop in the supermarkets these days, they're definitely worth having a go at at home.
Definitely!
I love allysum.. New use for it!!
Excellent video. I never seem to get the steps from germination, to plugs, to planting out right so this has been very helpful. Thank you.
Never had much luck with direct sowing lettuce here in southeastern US. But now I think I will try planting in pots until they are well developed. And try the companion plants once they are in the ground. Alyssum, who knew???
Thanks for the tips!
You're so friendly and approachable🤗♥️.
Bless you - thanks!
Absolutely great, can't wait to get started!
I live in Central Texas so I think it might be hard for me to grow lettuce in the hottest months but I'm excited to practice sowing lettuce through spring, fall, and part of winter! Here we can grow kale, collards, and bok choy easier. I'm trying to get some spinach in before it gets too warm here. yesterday it was 82F and today we have freezing rain haha
Oh wow - that is quite some swing in temperature!
I’m in west Texas I can only dream of growing lettuce during summer lol
Thanks for the great details
Love Romaine lettuce! 😊
perfect timing on this video! im doing some of these this year. im glad to have found your video on the companion planting from before too for these bibbs and my tomatoes.
Another fine video. Love your new (to me) look. I grow lettuce in my house. My dogs love lettuce in their soup so I need a lot. I like the red types like red sails. I also grow lots of Japanese cabbage that are more like lettuce in texture. They grow extremely fast and I do cut and come again. My replacement for Cos... I also love Tatsoi I grow that year round. Indoors and in my greenhouse.
Interesting about your dogs liking lettuce. I'll have to see if my Rosie might like it too. :-)
Absolutely loving your channel content, thank you for the all the information you're sharing :)
Great ideas. I have arugula growing in Georgia, USA in an outdoor raised bed and it is impervious to the below freezing temps that we have been having!
It's a tough old plant!
Great timing on the video, was about to sow some today. Love the vid!!
Thank You! Always good information I’m going to make s slug/snail trap
This was great help thank you
Ahh, The mighty lettuce, lasted longer than liz truss and tastes amazing.
Brilliant!
I love these videos! Thank you!🌺
Very useful info. Thank you.
Thank you for the video
Like the idea to water drills before seeding
Great informative video, thank you!
Great information. Thank you!
Nicely explained thank you
thank you!!!