About Growing Lettuce Indoors....For Liz

This is just for Liz so she can see how we do lettuce.

 

It looks just a little pathetic right now because we had spaghetti for lunch today which requires salad.

You can use anything to plant indoor lettuce; these plastic bins

(the little one on top ~ the big ones are too deep for lettuce but great for chicken feed)

or these aluminum roasters

We get these from Fred's dirt cheap (pun intended).  They are probably a couple of inches deep and just the right size for enough lettuce for almost 3 salads.  Just pour in your potting soil and direct sow the lettuce seed.  Sprinkle a little soil over top and gently water.  When you are ready to harvest, cut off pretty close to the dirt.  Keep watering it, keep it under some flourescent lights (or put outside during the day time if it is warm enough where you live), and enjoy!  If you put it in these, you can not only bring it indoors when it is too cold, you can bring it in when it is too hot for lettuce and perhaps maintain your growing season until the tomatoes get ripe!