There is also a red salad bowl variety.
Lettuce bowl garden.
By colleen morrissey herb manager and container designer at mischler s florist and greenhouses.
To maximize lettuce production plant seeds in raised beds.
The most important resource when growing lettuce in containers is water.
Lettuce grows best in cool weather.
Loose leaved apple green lettuce is a classic summertime pleasure.
Lettuce has shallow roots and responds best to consistent shallow watering.
In your salad bowl garden you can grow lettuces.
It s best to harvest lettuce in the morning before leaves have been exposed to sun.
Looseleaf lettuce resprouts from a cut stem without losing quality in flavor or texture.
Lollo bionda a frilled edge italian lettuce that is easy to grow and has a long harvest period.
Gorgeous in the garden and in your bowl merlot has the added benefit of.
Looseleaf butterhead cos romaine and crisp ones.
You should be able to get an earlier start in the spring and a later crop in the fall.
Use succession planting to maximize and extend harvests.
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Noted for lasting sweetness and tenderness.
Lettuce in pots need a bit more.
But first you need to decide which type of lettuce you would like to grow.
Photo courtesy mischler s florist and greenhouses.
Loose leaf lettuces are better suited to pots than head lettuce.
Lettuce varieties that lend themselves well to the cut and come again harvest method include merlot loose leaf lettuce.
It s easy to grow and fairly heat resistant.
If you love salad and enjoy gardening plant a lettuce bowl container garden.
Photo from mischler s florist and greenhouses.
Leaf lettuce garden seeds salad bowl green 1 lbs 400 000 seeds non gmo heirloom vegetable gardening salad microgreens seed 27 16 27.
Mature lettuce gets bitter and woody and will go bad quickly so check your garden everyday for ready to harvest leaves.
To make the most of limited garden space plant lettuce around taller plants like broccoli brussels sprouts peppers and.
Close set deep lobed brilliant green leaves.
The raised beds warm up faster than the surrounding ground.
Lollo rossa is its red cousin.
Salad bowl an all america winner.
Slow to bolt non heading.
Heirloom s crisp tender deeply lobed leaves impart sweet flavor and fragrance.