For starting my spring transplants i d already installed six two bulb shop lights outfitted with full spectrum grow lights and suspended by chains and s hooks from the ceiling of my living room alcove.
Growing lettuce indoors in winter.
Sweet tender baby lettuce leaves must grow fast to maintain their good qualities.
Certainly growing lettuce is simple but it can be tedious to water it as often as you need to.
Whereas other microgreens need that time to mature you can eat the immature leaves of lettuce.
While the bitter temperature outside is hostile to every green thing the warm temperature inside our home is welcoming to them.
And if you are like me then this is great news because i hate being forced to buy veggies from the store during winter months.
I really love the gourmet mesclun mix for a tasty salad.
Growing lettuce under lights.
Grow lettuce in your very own kitchen.
Some varieties are known to grow well in winter light such as arctic king winter marvel and winter density.
In fact some gardeners keep lettuce growing year round.
There are many types of mushrooms that do awesome growing indoors.
Microgreens grow to harvest size from the energy inherent in the seed so soil fertility isn t as great a concern on the other hand baby lettuce leaves require nitrogen and trace minerals for fast growth.
This also means that you can enjoy fresh greens even with snow on the ground.
A great indoor project for gardening in winter is growing lettuce.
The great thing about leafy greens is they grow in as little as 4 5 inches in depth.
Yes you can grow and enjoy homegrown lettuce even when it is below freezing outside.
Why we want to grow lettuce indoors in the winter.
Other gardeners enjoy just a bit of a break from the gardening season but most gardeners i know are once.
If you re growing lettuce in a pot place it outside in a sunny location or near a sunny window indoors.
Growing lettuce indoors is a gardening project you can do even in the cold winter season.
When growing lettuce indoors you ll want to choose leafy varieties over the head lettuce.
If you don t have a location that receives continuous sunlight make sure you place it in a location that gets at least 8 hours of sun a day.
You can also try growing other salad bowl favorites such as spinach arugula astro is a variety that does well indoors and mesclun.
Many of you know we do a lot of winter growing we have 3 cold frames and a hoop house this year bursting with winter produce to learn more about our year round gardening start here.
Yes this means that you can grow lettuce year round.
I used a couple of them for my experiment growing winter greens.
To get the best harvest your lettuce should be fed a liquid organic fertilizer after each harvest.
The reason is because i m going to share with you how to grow lettuce indoors.