There is nothing more rewarding than growing your own food, you never reach the pinnacle of gardening, you just learn how to grow better, thanks for your videos
I have been planting and harvesting my own lettuce for the last few years. It never ceases to amaze me how many seeds I can get from one plant that came from one seed. One plant with over 200 flowers each of which contains 12 seeds. I don't think I'll be paying for any lettuce seeds for the foreseeable future.
You are so lucky. Every time I plant lettuce seeds they get leggy and they die out. I want to master growing them so badly since I love salads and lettuce is so expensive.
Correction: At 1:30 and 5:14, the metric conversion should be 6 mm (not 25 mm). Plant lettuce seeds 6 mm deep. Table of Contents: 0:14 Types of lettuce 0:32 What lettuce is easiest to grow? When to plant 0:39 When to plant indoors for spring 0:45 When to transplant outside 1:00 When to direct sow lettuce 1:08 When to plant lettuce for the fall How to start lettuce indoors 1:28 Planting seeds indoors 1:46 How long seeds stay viable 2:12 Light placement 2:19 Days to germination 2:31 Soil temperature for germination 2:45 Fertilizing indoors 3:05 Watering indoors Planting/transplanting lettuce outside 3:35 Best soil conditions 3:44 Sun requirements 3:58 When to plant out 4:20 Hardening off lettuce 4:35 Apply compost before planting 4:53 Plant spacing for beginners 5:03 When to direct sow outside 5:20 More Intensive plant spacing Growing 6:09 Fertilization 6:27 Watering 6:38 Weeding 6:44 Mulching Growing lettuce in summer 6:52 How to delay bolting 7:09 Slow bolting varieties Harvesting 7:24 Days to Harvest 7:40 How to harvest earlier Pests 7:55 Fences and barriers 8:05 Sluggo Plus Season Extension 8:14 5:38 Oscar the cat If you shop on AMAZON in the US, you can support OYR simply by clicking this link (bookmark it too) before shopping: www.amazon.com/?tag=oneya-20 Thank you for your support! Instagram: instagram.com/one_yard_revolution/ Facebook: facebook.com/oneyardrevolution
You, sir, became one of the reasons to buy a house with a backyard. Though I won't be able to do much this year, I certainly have saved your tips and tricks for next season. By the way... where is Oscar, what did you do with that fluffer !!!
Amrinder Singh I live in the southern U.S. but my daughter's moved north so we reference OYR a lot for his information since he, too, is in the north. He's given her good tips for her new gardening venture.
I'm slowly working my way into eating more lettuce. I always felt like I ate nothing with it, but now that I'm older, it's kind of a way to feel full without taking in a ton of calories. I like it for a late night snack, especially with a low calorie dressing. Next year for sure, I'll grow some.
For a future video, can you talk about the peppers and other things you have growing in grow bags in your front yard? How big are the pots, how often do you water? Do you need to add additional compost as fertilizer during the growing seasons, etc? Thanks!
At the start of this video I thought I should subscribe. Halfway through I was wondering how lettuce looks growing in a short clip. Then you did that 3 minutes later. Subscribed. Awesome content
Nice little video. You are so right about being cool season crops. In my zone 4a garden lettuce's are just about the first thing in as soon as I can see the ground. And they are the last thing in the fall. :)
Thanks Mark! I'm happy to hear you get your cool weather crops off to an early start. I'm always surprised to see even experienced gardeners waiting until after the last frost to plant lettuce and other cool weather crops.
Love the t-shirt. For some reason lettuce is one crop we've struggled with here in Indianapolis. Kale, swiss chard and pak choi does great for us. Thanks for all the tips. Your depth of experience and info is amazing.
Thank you for reminding me to plant some seeds now in a shadier area since it is so hot out this year. I dilute my urine and feed my greens a 1-20 ratio. They love it.
i am sowing, i am planting, i am clipping, i am snapping, birds are singing, cats are napping, bees are buzzing, dogs are panting, rabbits racing, spiders spinning, garden blooming, peas are growing, beans are climbing, vines are winding, wind is blowing, sun is shining, clouds are stretching, rain is dancing, harvest time and I am prancing.
Hey😀. I really love this channel, I live in Germany in the city of seven lakes, Capitol of Mecklenburg, called Schwerin. Very good video, I like the details, how to put the seeds and how to harvest, and the Tipps are very meaningful. The star of this channel is your cat🤩 Thank you for giving us the views. Best regards, Konner from the Freizeitidyll am See
another great video! I was thinking over the wknd what lettuces I should try during the summer, I'll look into the varieties that you suggested. I appreciate you taking time to share your garden wisdom with us. Thank you.
Thanks Denise! If it's hot where you live, even the slow bolting varieties may struggle in the summer heat. But it wouldn't hurt to try some Muir lettuce in partial shade. I wouldn't go all out though. Lettuce does best in cool weather.
Patrick, just wanted to say that i bought the straight outta garden shirt and i'm constantly surprised how many comments i get on it! ppl respond well to the message.
Thanks for the in depth piece. I grow lettuce and have for years but it's good to confirm good practices and learn new ones. Special thanks for the seed life mention. My shallots and lupine are giving me a beautiful garden show right now. No sign on my mushroom but...
@@maysunhossain7302 Sorry, for me winter planting is not really possible. I have in years past 'grown' various greens under covers but it's a bit of trouble and with minimum light it's really less growing and more just storing outside. In winters I tend to go with sprouts in the window sills. GLTU.
I like your channel so much,always can learn new things,the city where i live,most people donot have gardens,including me some only have small belcony around 4-5㎡,there are lots of good channels in RUclips which teaching people how to grow veg,but i have to say ur channel gave me more usufull suggestions about how to grow veg in limited places!limited conditions!before i have no idea about which vegs should i choose to feed up in such a small area with only 3hours of derect sun a day,in ur video i got the answer,now i can eat the tomatos grown by myself,also made hot compost successfully,though my english is not very good i still wrote this comment to tell you its such a wonderful channel,im glad to watch them!
Patrick, our madmen with amazing lettuce !!! Congratulations! I realized that we must plant them densely so the air does not destroy them. I understood correctly? I plant them one in the east and the other in the west! haha. Thanks.😂
Thanks Lamprine! Plenty of air circulation is good for lettuce, but they can be planted intensively in most climates. In areas that get a lot of rain, intensive planting may lead to more fungus issues.
Thanks for the video idea, Prachi! The only thing I do is mulch to prevent blight and prune diseased leaves. I don't use any sprays or anything like that.
Alas, I've tried growing lettuce for many years and only had a few successful times when it was edible. Even starting them early, we go from days where highs are in the 40's and low 50's then jump to temps in the 80's and higher. I have beautiful looking lettuce in my garden right now that is as bitter as bitter can be. I've tried many varieties. Always the same results. It's store bought lettuce for us from now on.
Terry Lyle hi Terry. We are in a hot dry part of Australia and the lettuce is always bitter if the soil dries out. Using wicking beds conserves water and gives us more even soil moisture. If you love lettuce it may be worth looking at wicking bed broccoli boxes and see if that could work for you. PS the Styrofoam also insulates the roots which helps lettuce too.
I'm sorry to hear that, Terry. I wonder if you could start even earlier? Is it possible they're getting too much nitrogen or the soil is drying out too much?
You can soak your lettuce in salt water for 10-30 minutes to take away the bitterness. Use 1-3tsp salt dissolved in a bowl of water. Rinse with cold water. I learned this trick from my Italian mother in law.
I grow mixed salad leaves in summer. you can harvest them from very young if you sow densely and there is no need to wait for a heart to form. They grow like weeds! My taste is for strong tsting leaves but these re not the same as a lettuce gone bitter. I live in the north of Scotland and our temperatures fluctuate wildly during spring, summer, and autumn.
you could save the seeds and plant those the next year... for me, lettuce is once of the hit or miss crops. usually a miss. a couple years I had good lettuce tho. but I have found I get healthy volunteer lettuce when I let it go to seed. this is the only way I get tomatoes, too, other than buy from the store.
Thanks so much for the advice. I started my lettuce indoors and I had problems with them stretching. By watching your video, I learned that my grow lights were too high and I needed to lower them. I may need to start over with new seedlings but I will see if lowering the light fixes the lettuce babies I have now. Thanks again......and that shirt though. ;)
Im enjoying your videos so much! Quick question, Im in zone 5 Indiana, When would be the best time to transplant for fall/winter... Could I just get them in the ground in early fall directly?
Thanks for another awesome video. Busy with lettuce, it's winter here in South Africa. I would love to see a video on berries, raspberries, cranberry, blueberry, those are so expensive here in SA and would love to grow them myself.
Im going to Utah for a few days to visit one of my daughters, then when i get back, im starting my fall garden plants in the basement. I am determined to figure out how to grow carrots in the fall! Its freakin hot until November here so i hope starting them inside will help with that. Fingers crossed!
I grow lettuce in my hoop house under 50% shade cloth. Zone 6b. Nevada is a great heat tolerant lettuce I’d recommend but still grown under a shade cloth. Thanks
Sounds like they are putting in shingles today! Lol My yard long beans are coming on! Will be picking first fruits by next week. So far my tomatoes are rockin the house too! Been sucker pruning this year and it seems to be working!
Have you ever done a video on how you control your Jerusalem artichokes from taking over your garden? I want to grow them in my garden but i don't want them taking over.
Hi Pamela! I've talked about it a few times but not in much detail. I recommend growing the in containers. We have ours in a raised bed, but they try to spread out. I have to pull up all the escaping plants every spring.
I prefer to direct sow, but we often transplant because we sometimes don't have space in the garden to direct sow. I don't screen compost. If you apply compost to the soil surface (and don't mix it in) you don't have to screen it.
Late planting my lettuce this year but finally had my first salad today. The best! Planted some mustard greens along side the lettuce and it seems the flea beetles are back. Read that catnip is a deterrent for them so I'm going to give that a try. Off topic, how do you harvest Egyptian walking onions in their first year? I don't want to reduce bulbil formation or I'll have to buy them again this fall.
Thank you! Subscribed. Cut and come again of young AND old plants all season long - even on head type lettuce - is great to hear you explain. Also great to know harvesting outer leaves of head lettuce is also acceptable. So much was very helpful. Thank you too for great examples of plants at various stages. Going to find your zone 5 winter video - I'm in the same zone - and that might help me too. Blessings.
Hi Patrick, I have good success with lettuce but have no luck with cucumbers. They always die off for one reason or another. A how to video about cukes would be really appreciated.
Excellent demonstration and techniques. One quick question. In my old house I noticed a few crimson red lettuce plants survived -35C winter and grew on the same roots, no protection at all, these plants were never harvested due to moving. Have you seen them coming back after the harsh winter or are they tend to be a perennial plant. I will be saving seeds from at least one of these plants.
Can you make a Video on *How to Grow* Carrots , Celery, Cucumbers, the Three sisters of Corn beans and squash?* Thank you so much for all your great videos...Watching your videos, is super helpful and inspiring. cheers
"...no threat of frost" laughs in Canada when there's still snow in may 😭😭😭 i want to start gardening since the price of groceries have skyrocketted but the weather is so unpredictable 🤣😭
Can do a video how to grow all sorts off berries? In particular goose berries and goji berries? I hope you find the time to make one. Btw, my compliments Patrick, you really make verry nice video's. Greetings Thom Nijmegen, The Netherlands
At the moment I live in apartment with a second story balcony. The balcony is good sized but we get only 3 to 4 hours of sun a day in the summer. Do you have any suggestions on what to grow? Also, obviously it would need to grow in pots.
Great video!!! We have had great success with lettuce this year. What types of spinach would you suggest we plant this time of year? We live in zone 5B. Thanks!!!
Thanks John! I recommend waiting until late summer/early fall to plant spinach again. Even the more bolt resistant varieties won't do well in the summer heat. One alternative to spinach we grow in summer is Malabar Spinach, which isn't really a spinach.
I am astounded that my buttercrunch lettuce is still growing in 95 degree heat. I have it under a double cover of shade cloth and am harvesting everyday.
Hi Patrick. Thanks for the list of summer hardy lettuce. Question, can I grow kales, collards, and brussel sprouts in the same bed as Tomatoes? I’m short on space in my raised beds. I have some 5 gallon pails I could use if I need to but thought I would ask first. I have some potting soil compost and peat moss or coir, but not very much vermiculite or perlite left. If you do suggest the buckets, how would you suggest I mix up a soil for the buckets from what I listed?
Hi there from Cali, What a beautiful crop & lovely video! I’ve heard at a workshop I went to, years ago, that the earlier in the day you harvest lettuce, the less milks in the leaves which leads to less bitter lettuce!?... Try it out & see if you can add that in to your great info. I was convinced! Thanks for helping others learn to grow their own food in a time no better, than others, to learn. Blooming Blessings -{@
Potatoes please Patrick! Alliteration aside. You have done a video about having potatoes all summer long but can you talk more about it. I grew them for the first time last year and this year I had a hard time finding a good organic seed potato source so I bought from my local garden supply. The had the same instructions for every variety, they were all listed as late summer :(
Thanks for the suggestion, Tina! One of the keys to success is to start potatoes early - a few weeks before the last frost. We'll be harvesting our early season varieties very soon.
Great video! thank you! the "Straight Outta Garden" shirt reminds me of the kind of skate graphic style I used to see during my years in the Straightedge scene. Coincidence? Best wishes!
Have you tried growing lettuce indoors when the temperatures get too hot outside? Any suggestions on how to make this work or to have lettuce do better when the temps are getting into 80s/90s f?
You can try the approach I described in the video (growing bolt resistant varieties like Muir in partial shade), but I personally don't make much of an effort to grow lettuce in the summer heat. Instead, I grow heat tolerant greens like Swiss Chard, Malabar spinach, and vegetable amaranth.
Another great video! Thanks. I've heard that "sown" lettuce tends to bolt less than transplanted lettuce, although I haven't tried to verify this. Do you have any thoughts on this? Cheers.
Hello my friend! Can you help with a bit of knowledge I'm lacking? This is the first time I will start from seed, in late summer, for fall and winter harvest in zone 8. It's 90-95 degrees outside now. Kale, lettuce, spinach, broccoli are what we will be planting. 1) do I have to start indoors, or can I direct sow at these high temps? 2) how's Oscar? :)
For those plants, 90-95F soil temperartures are likely too high. I would start them indoors in seedling trays (egg cartons work great!) and then plant when the weather cools down.
Patrick, I'm awful at growing carrots, and I'd like more information on them. I think I've gotten 4-5 to grow this year, but I don't think they'll make anything like a sizable carrot. For whatever reason (seed selection?), beets are a problem as well.
Adam, I used to have bad luck with carrots too, but this year I'm getting excellent germination by simply spreading an inch of compost on top of the soil and then planting the carrots in the compost layer. (Thanks to Urban Farmer Curtis Stone's carrot-growing video for that tip.) I did put the compost through a strainer first to remove any chunky bits that might have interfered with germination.
The carrots I started pretty early, before the last frost, some under a cold frame (they are the ones that are doing the best). I'm hoping my seeds like the fall better.
Question: doesn't mulch also encourage pests to come in, like pill bugs? In my garden, anywhere I put mulch I will get tons of pill bugs underneath very quickly. It seems that I can push them back away from my plants by spraying a 5% vinegar solution.
Patrick, when you start lettuce indoors do you sterilize the seedling mix including the worm compost? I have trouble with damping off when I start indoors even after pasteurizing the mix in the oven, so I'm having to seed outdoors only this year.
Hi Laura! I'm a big believer in using biologically active seed starting mixes. I've never tried growing in a sterilized mix. Damping off is almost never an issue for us. Spinach is the only crop we sometimes have issues with, so we start it outdoors.
Are you having problems with rolly pollies this year? First I’ve heard you mention them as a pest. I’m having a heck of a year with them.... I added some unfinished wood chip based compost to two of the new raised beds I put in and by the end of may, if I ran my fingers through the mulch, dozens of rolly pollies would balk up, and then scatter! I read they are good for breaking down organic matter, but these guys definitely sabotaged the growth of my new beds.
Hi Nicholas! There are a lot of roly polies in the garden, but they don't damage our crops at all. They just munch on decomposing organic matter. However, I'm aware they do cause damage in some gardens.
OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks Patrick! Every morning I would come out to those little buggers defiantly perched atop the half eaten struggling spinach seedlings! I ended up having to just go with transplants that were pretty well established for those beds, so they could handle some nibbling from my new tenants, the rolly Polly family :)
There is nothing more rewarding than growing your own food, you never reach the pinnacle of gardening, you just learn how to grow better, thanks for your videos
I have been planting and harvesting my own lettuce for the last few years. It never ceases to amaze me how many seeds I can get from one plant that came from one seed. One plant with over 200 flowers each of which contains 12 seeds. I don't think I'll be paying for any lettuce seeds for the foreseeable future.
They tend to be viable for 2 years
I can't grow them
You are so lucky. Every time I plant lettuce seeds they get leggy and they die out. I want to master growing them so badly since I love salads and lettuce is so expensive.
Correction: At 1:30 and 5:14, the metric conversion should be 6 mm (not 25 mm). Plant lettuce seeds 6 mm deep.
Table of Contents:
0:14 Types of lettuce
0:32 What lettuce is easiest to grow?
When to plant
0:39 When to plant indoors for spring
0:45 When to transplant outside
1:00 When to direct sow lettuce
1:08 When to plant lettuce for the fall
How to start lettuce indoors
1:28 Planting seeds indoors
1:46 How long seeds stay viable
2:12 Light placement
2:19 Days to germination
2:31 Soil temperature for germination
2:45 Fertilizing indoors
3:05 Watering indoors
Planting/transplanting lettuce outside
3:35 Best soil conditions
3:44 Sun requirements
3:58 When to plant out
4:20 Hardening off lettuce
4:35 Apply compost before planting
4:53 Plant spacing for beginners
5:03 When to direct sow outside
5:20 More Intensive plant spacing
Growing
6:09 Fertilization
6:27 Watering
6:38 Weeding
6:44 Mulching
Growing lettuce in summer
6:52 How to delay bolting
7:09 Slow bolting varieties
Harvesting
7:24 Days to Harvest
7:40 How to harvest earlier
Pests
7:55 Fences and barriers
8:05 Sluggo Plus
Season Extension
8:14
5:38 Oscar the cat
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I appreciated the bit on planting more intensively for fall and winter. Dunno why I never thought of that! Thanks!
You're welcome!
I love that you keep your videos simple
I like Burpee Bibb lettuce. For anyone just starting out it's a great butter head type. Delicious!
Another great video, Patrick! Lettuce is also easy to grow in containers -- I plant my lettuce on my containers on the balcony.
Thanks Steve! Very true.
I'd love to see you do a "How to Grow Broccoli" video
Each of your videos is a masterclass in some aspect of gardening, and there are, what-100 of them? Incredible. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
You, sir, became one of the reasons to buy a house with a backyard. Though I won't be able to do much this year, I certainly have saved your tips and tricks for next season.
By the way... where is Oscar, what did you do with that fluffer !!!
Best wishes with your garden next year! Oscar doesn't work when it's hot. lol
Amrinder Singh I live in the southern U.S. but my daughter's moved north so we reference OYR a lot for his information since he, too, is in the north. He's given her good tips for her new gardening venture.
Thank you! I feel more confident in starting my garden after watching your video.
I'm slowly working my way into eating more lettuce. I always felt like I ate nothing with it, but now that I'm older, it's kind of a way to feel full without taking in a ton of calories. I like it for a late night snack, especially with a low calorie dressing. Next year for sure, I'll grow some.
I hope you have a great lettuce crop next year! Maybe you can grow some this fall.
For a future video, can you talk about the peppers and other things you have growing in grow bags in your front yard? How big are the pots, how often do you water? Do you need to add additional compost as fertilizer during the growing seasons, etc? Thanks!
Thanks for the suggestions, Krista! We use 7 gal grow bags and water about once per week (as needed). We don't apply additional compost.
Have you ever thought about turning your transcripts into a book? you have so much info it would be good to have it all in one place!
Thanks for the encouragement, Sam! Yes, I have but it's been hard to find the time to put one together. I hope to in the future.
At the start of this video I thought I should subscribe. Halfway through I was wondering how lettuce looks growing in a short clip. Then you did that 3 minutes later. Subscribed. Awesome content
Nice little video. You are so right about being cool season crops. In my zone 4a garden lettuce's are just about the first thing in as soon as I can see the ground. And they are the last thing in the fall. :)
Thanks Mark! I'm happy to hear you get your cool weather crops off to an early start. I'm always surprised to see even experienced gardeners waiting until after the last frost to plant lettuce and other cool weather crops.
Love the t-shirt. For some reason lettuce is one crop we've struggled with here in Indianapolis. Kale, swiss chard and pak choi does great for us. Thanks for all the tips. Your depth of experience and info is amazing.
Thanks!
Thank you for reminding me to plant some seeds now in a shadier area since it is so hot out this year. I dilute my urine and feed my greens a 1-20 ratio. They love it.
You're welcome, Lark! best wishes with your summer lettuce.
I appreciate to your attention and your efforts thank you for your time
Hallelujah!!! I video full of useful info. I will save this and keep referring to it as I learn to grow lettuce! Thank you !!!!!!
i am sowing, i am planting,
i am clipping, i am snapping,
birds are singing, cats are napping,
bees are buzzing, dogs are panting,
rabbits racing, spiders spinning,
garden blooming, peas are growing,
beans are climbing, vines are winding,
wind is blowing, sun is shining,
clouds are stretching, rain is dancing,
harvest time and I am prancing.
Âmen !
Thanks for the advice coz am a beginner so I checked on your RUclips channel and it has tought me a lot am from kenya
Hey😀. I really love this channel, I live in Germany in the city of seven lakes, Capitol of Mecklenburg, called Schwerin. Very good video, I like the details, how to put the seeds and how to harvest, and the Tipps are very meaningful. The star of this channel is your cat🤩
Thank you for giving us the views.
Best regards, Konner from the Freizeitidyll am See
Thanks Konner!
One of the best videos I've seen yet. Kudos!
One of the very best growing videos. Great job!
another great video! I was thinking over the wknd what lettuces I should try during the summer, I'll look into the varieties that you suggested. I appreciate you taking time to share your garden wisdom with us. Thank you.
Thanks Denise! If it's hot where you live, even the slow bolting varieties may struggle in the summer heat. But it wouldn't hurt to try some Muir lettuce in partial shade. I wouldn't go all out though. Lettuce does best in cool weather.
OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening I will try that. Thanks! Live in NW Arkansas & temps got hot fast this year
love the shirt. "straight out tha garden!"
Patrick, just wanted to say that i bought the straight outta garden shirt and i'm constantly surprised how many comments i get on it! ppl respond well to the message.
where can I get the shirt? only on amazon US?
Ypur garden looks so beautiful and green 👍
Thanks for the in depth piece. I grow lettuce and have for years but it's good to confirm good practices and learn new ones. Special thanks for the seed life mention.
My shallots and lupine are giving me a beautiful garden show right now. No sign on my mushroom but...
You're welcome, Douglas! I hope your mushrooms make an appearance soon.
Would you recommend planting during winter?
@@maysunhossain7302 Sorry, for me winter planting is not really possible. I have in years past 'grown' various greens under covers but it's a bit of trouble and with minimum light it's really less growing and more just storing outside. In winters I tend to go with sprouts in the window sills. GLTU.
What a clear and crisp explanation. Thank you.
Thank you Patrick, I really appreciate this video. So much great information, but missed Oscar. I hope he's snoozing happily in the sun somewhere.
You're very welcome! Oscar doesn't work when it's hot. lol
Very comprehensive edu talk.. Thanks. Shall give it a try
I like your channel so much,always can learn new things,the city where i live,most people donot have gardens,including me some only have small belcony around 4-5㎡,there are lots of good channels in RUclips which teaching people how to grow veg,but i have to say ur channel gave me more usufull suggestions about how to grow veg in limited places!limited conditions!before i have no idea about which vegs should i choose to feed up in such a small area with only 3hours of derect sun a day,in ur video i got the answer,now i can eat the tomatos grown by myself,also made hot compost successfully,though my english is not very good i still wrote this comment to tell you its such a wonderful channel,im glad to watch them!
I'm so happy to hear my channel has helped! Thanks for letting me know, and best wishes with your little garden.
Soon as i seen the shirt I knew this was going to be a good video.....
Patrick, our madmen with amazing lettuce !!! Congratulations! I realized that we must plant them densely so the air does not destroy them. I understood correctly? I plant them one in the east and the other in the west! haha. Thanks.😂
Thanks Lamprine! Plenty of air circulation is good for lettuce, but they can be planted intensively in most climates. In areas that get a lot of rain, intensive planting may lead to more fungus issues.
Would love to hear a video on how you deal with plant diseases... blight, etc etc
Thanks for the video idea, Prachi! The only thing I do is mulch to prevent blight and prune diseased leaves. I don't use any sprays or anything like that.
Thanks for converting to Celsius!
You're welcome!
Garden looks good! 👨🌾
Thanks!
Alas, I've tried growing lettuce for many years and only had a few successful times when it was edible. Even starting them early, we go from days where highs are in the 40's and low 50's then jump to temps in the 80's and higher. I have beautiful looking lettuce in my garden right now that is as bitter as bitter can be. I've tried many varieties. Always the same results. It's store bought lettuce for us from now on.
Terry Lyle hi Terry. We are in a hot dry part of Australia and the lettuce is always bitter if the soil dries out. Using wicking beds conserves water and gives us more even soil moisture. If you love lettuce it may be worth looking at wicking bed broccoli boxes and see if that could work for you. PS the Styrofoam also insulates the roots which helps lettuce too.
I'm sorry to hear that, Terry. I wonder if you could start even earlier? Is it possible they're getting too much nitrogen or the soil is drying out too much?
You can soak your lettuce in salt water for 10-30 minutes to take away the bitterness. Use 1-3tsp salt dissolved in a bowl of water. Rinse with cold water. I learned this trick from my Italian mother in law.
I grow mixed salad leaves in summer. you can harvest them from very young if you sow densely and there is no need to wait for a heart to form. They grow like weeds! My taste is for strong tsting leaves but these re not the same as a lettuce gone bitter.
I live in the north of Scotland and our temperatures fluctuate wildly during spring, summer, and autumn.
you could save the seeds and plant those the next year... for me, lettuce is once of the hit or miss crops. usually a miss. a couple years I had good lettuce tho. but I have found I get healthy volunteer lettuce when I let it go to seed. this is the only way I get tomatoes, too, other than buy from the store.
Quality information here and shot really well. Thanks
Thanks so much for the advice. I started my lettuce indoors and I had problems with them stretching. By watching your video, I learned that my grow lights were too high and I needed to lower them. I may need to start over with new seedlings but I will see if lowering the light fixes the lettuce babies I have now. Thanks again......and that shirt though. ;)
Im enjoying your videos so much! Quick question, Im in zone 5 Indiana, When would be the best time to transplant for fall/winter... Could I just get them in the ground in early fall directly?
We plant lettuce in late summer through very early fall.
Love that Straight Outta Garden t shirt
Thanks for another awesome video. Busy with lettuce, it's winter here in South Africa. I would love to see a video on berries, raspberries, cranberry, blueberry, those are so expensive here in SA and would love to grow them myself.
Thanks for the video ideas, Andra! Enjoy your lettuce this fall and winter.
Im going to Utah for a few days to visit one of my daughters, then when i get back, im starting my fall garden plants in the basement. I am determined to figure out how to grow carrots in the fall! Its freakin hot until November here so i hope starting them inside will help with that. Fingers crossed!
Have a great trip! I'll be starting some carrots next month too.
Excellent tutorial. I learnt a lot today. Thank you, Pat
Thanks Fernando!
I grow lettuce in my hoop house under 50% shade cloth. Zone 6b.
Nevada is a great heat tolerant lettuce I’d recommend but still grown under a shade cloth. Thanks
Thanks for the recommendation!
Sounds like they are putting in shingles today! Lol My yard long beans are coming on! Will be picking first fruits by next week. So far my tomatoes are rockin the house too! Been sucker pruning this year and it seems to be working!
Yeah, 3 new house are being built very close by. It's really hard to shoot videos now. Our tomatoes are starting to take off too.
Have you ever done a video on how you control your Jerusalem artichokes from taking over your garden? I want to grow them in my garden but i don't want them taking over.
Hi Pamela! I've talked about it a few times but not in much detail. I recommend growing the in containers. We have ours in a raised bed, but they try to spread out. I have to pull up all the escaping plants every spring.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try growing them in containers. I love your videos! You have given me so much knowledge!
A sweet corn video would be phenomenal
Thanks for the idea, Amando!
I’m growing lettuce with soil/dirt from outside and it’s as beautiful as the soil from the store
Right on Mark! I make my own soil potting mixes from my own compost as well. The less things I have to buy from the store, the better!!
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Thanks Patrick. Another great video
Thanks Mikey!
Hi Patrick and Oscar! Questions: do you prefer to direct sow lettuce versus transplant? And when you apply your compost, are you screening it first?
I prefer to direct sow, but we often transplant because we sometimes don't have space in the garden to direct sow. I don't screen compost. If you apply compost to the soil surface (and don't mix it in) you don't have to screen it.
This was so well done! Thank you! Super thorough!
I’m in love with butter crunch and romaine.
Great video, Patrick!
Thanks!
Late planting my lettuce this year but finally had my first salad today. The best! Planted some mustard greens along side the lettuce and it seems the flea beetles are back. Read that catnip is a deterrent for them so I'm going to give that a try. Off topic, how do you harvest Egyptian walking onions in their first year? I don't want to reduce bulbil formation or I'll have to buy them again this fall.
Hi Valerie! You can harvest all the leaves except the one that produces the bulbil. Enjoy your salads!
Thank you! Subscribed. Cut and come again of young AND old plants all season long - even on head type lettuce - is great to hear you explain. Also great to know harvesting outer leaves of head lettuce is also acceptable. So much was very helpful. Thank you too for great examples of plants at various stages. Going to find your zone 5 winter video - I'm in the same zone - and that might help me too. Blessings.
Hi Patrick, I have good success with lettuce but have no luck with cucumbers. They always die off for one reason or another. A how to video about cukes would be really appreciated.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Excellent demonstration and techniques.
One quick question.
In my old house I noticed a few crimson red lettuce plants survived -35C winter and grew on the same roots, no protection at all, these plants were never harvested due to moving.
Have you seen them coming back after the harsh winter or are they tend to be a perennial plant. I will be saving seeds from at least one of these plants.
Very interesting! I've never seen lettuce survive temperatures like that. Is it possible the plant went to seed and re-seeded?
As always, very well done video!
Thanks John!
Can you make a Video on *How to Grow* Carrots , Celery, Cucumbers, the Three sisters of Corn beans and squash?* Thank you so much for all your great videos...Watching your videos, is super helpful and inspiring.
cheers
Thanks for the video ideas! I'm glad my videos have helped.
Lovely, good information for gardening,
"...no threat of frost" laughs in Canada when there's still snow in may 😭😭😭 i want to start gardening since the price of groceries have skyrocketted but the weather is so unpredictable 🤣😭
Can do a video how to grow all sorts off berries?
In particular goose berries and goji berries?
I hope you find the time to make one.
Btw, my compliments Patrick, you really make verry nice video's.
Greetings Thom
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Thanks Thom! That's very nice of you to say. And thanks for the video ideas.
Don't plan on growing lettuce but this seems interesting.
SO much good info here, thank you!
Thanks!
Hey, great video! I really enjoyed it. Do you have any advice on cucumbers or melons?
Very helpful video, thank you so much. Great video too! The best video about lettuce. 👒🤠🥗
At the moment I live in apartment with a second story balcony. The balcony is good sized but we get only 3 to 4 hours of sun a day in the summer. Do you have any suggestions on what to grow? Also, obviously it would need to grow in pots.
I would try leafy greens like kale, loose leaf lettuce, and spinach.
Great video!!! We have had great success with lettuce this year. What types of spinach would you suggest we plant this time of year? We live in zone 5B. Thanks!!!
Thanks John! I recommend waiting until late summer/early fall to plant spinach again. Even the more bolt resistant varieties won't do well in the summer heat. One alternative to spinach we grow in summer is Malabar Spinach, which isn't really a spinach.
I am astounded that my buttercrunch lettuce is still growing in 95 degree heat. I have it under a double cover of shade cloth and am harvesting everyday.
That's great, Sylvia!
Hi Patrick. Thanks for the list of summer hardy lettuce. Question, can I grow kales, collards, and brussel sprouts in the same bed as Tomatoes? I’m short on space in my raised beds. I have some 5 gallon pails I could use if I need to but thought I would ask first. I have some potting soil compost and peat moss or coir, but not very much vermiculite or perlite left. If you do suggest the buckets, how would you suggest I mix up a soil for the buckets from what I listed?
Hi Linda! Yes, you can grow them in the same bed.
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What a professionally constructed video! Really well thought out, well shot, and great presentation! Just one question: What are roly-polies??
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Thanks!
Hi there from Cali,
What a beautiful crop & lovely video! I’ve heard at a workshop I went to, years ago, that the earlier in the day you harvest lettuce, the less milks in the leaves which leads to less bitter lettuce!?... Try it out & see if you can add that in to your great info. I was convinced! Thanks for helping others learn to grow their own food in a time no better, than others, to learn.
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Good tips. Thanks much for making this video.
Potatoes please Patrick! Alliteration aside. You have done a video about having potatoes all summer long but can you talk more about it. I grew them for the first time last year and this year I had a hard time finding a good organic seed potato source so I bought from my local garden supply. The had the same instructions for every variety, they were all listed as late summer :(
Thanks for the suggestion, Tina! One of the keys to success is to start potatoes early - a few weeks before the last frost. We'll be harvesting our early season varieties very soon.
Everything sounds foreign to me. I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the knowledge
You're welcome! It usually takes 2 or 3 growing seasons to start getting a good handle on things.
Great video! thank you! the "Straight Outta Garden" shirt reminds me of the kind of skate graphic style I used to see during my years in the Straightedge scene. Coincidence? Best wishes!
it's a reference from straight outta compton if u didn't know :)
I failed trying to grow Kale. I'm trying again this fall, but I would like to have a video for how to grow it.
Thanks for the video suggestion! I hope to make a video soon on growing kale in fall and winter.
Have you tried growing lettuce indoors when the temperatures get too hot outside? Any suggestions on how to make this work or to have lettuce do better when the temps are getting into 80s/90s f?
You can try the approach I described in the video (growing bolt resistant varieties like Muir in partial shade), but I personally don't make much of an effort to grow lettuce in the summer heat. Instead, I grow heat tolerant greens like Swiss Chard, Malabar spinach, and vegetable amaranth.
Another great video! Thanks. I've heard that "sown" lettuce tends to bolt less than transplanted lettuce, although I haven't tried to verify this. Do you have any thoughts on this? Cheers.
Thanks Ron! I've never noticed a difference.
Hello my friend! Can you help with a bit of knowledge I'm lacking? This is the first time I will start from seed, in late summer, for fall and winter harvest in zone 8. It's 90-95 degrees outside now. Kale, lettuce, spinach, broccoli are what we will be planting. 1) do I have to start indoors, or can I direct sow at these high temps? 2) how's Oscar? :)
For those plants, 90-95F soil temperartures are likely too high. I would start them indoors in seedling trays (egg cartons work great!) and then plant when the weather cools down.
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Patrick, I'm awful at growing carrots, and I'd like more information on them. I think I've gotten 4-5 to grow this year, but I don't think they'll make anything like a sizable carrot. For whatever reason (seed selection?), beets are a problem as well.
Thanks for the video ideas, Adam! I have the best results when I plant beets and carrots before the last frost in full sun. Compost helps a lot too.
Adam, I used to have bad luck with carrots too, but this year I'm getting excellent germination by simply spreading an inch of compost on top of the soil and then planting the carrots in the compost layer. (Thanks to Urban Farmer Curtis Stone's carrot-growing video for that tip.) I did put the compost through a strainer first to remove any chunky bits that might have interfered with germination.
The carrots I started pretty early, before the last frost, some under a cold frame (they are the ones that are doing the best). I'm hoping my seeds like the fall better.
that was great at explaining, thanks👏
Love the shirt!
Thanks Aaron!
Question: doesn't mulch also encourage pests to come in, like pill bugs? In my garden, anywhere I put mulch I will get tons of pill bugs underneath very quickly. It seems that I can push them back away from my plants by spraying a 5% vinegar solution.
Love your t-shirt!! 😁
Patrick, when you start lettuce indoors do you sterilize the seedling mix including the worm compost? I have trouble with damping off when I start indoors even after pasteurizing the mix in the oven, so I'm having to seed outdoors only this year.
Hi Laura! I'm a big believer in using biologically active seed starting mixes. I've never tried growing in a sterilized mix. Damping off is almost never an issue for us. Spinach is the only crop we sometimes have issues with, so we start it outdoors.
I live in a kinda tropical place
There is no frost like ever
Can i plant them in a mid winter
It appears to be the best timing
Yes, mid-winter is probably the best time.
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How large is your garden? What size and how many raised beds do you have? I am planning now. Very excited
Hi Tony! Our backyard is about 50 by 25 feet. The beds vary in size, but 4 by 8 is a typical size.
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My Favorite Annual food crop. cool
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Are you having problems with rolly pollies this year? First I’ve heard you mention them as a pest. I’m having a heck of a year with them.... I added some unfinished wood chip based compost to two of the new raised beds I put in and by the end of may, if I ran my fingers through the mulch, dozens of rolly pollies would balk up, and then scatter! I read they are good for breaking down organic matter, but these guys definitely sabotaged the growth of my new beds.
Hi Nicholas! There are a lot of roly polies in the garden, but they don't damage our crops at all. They just munch on decomposing organic matter. However, I'm aware they do cause damage in some gardens.
OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks Patrick! Every morning I would come out to those little buggers defiantly perched atop the half eaten struggling spinach seedlings! I ended up having to just go with transplants that were pretty well established for those beds, so they could handle some nibbling from my new tenants, the rolly Polly family :)