Close set deep lobed brilliant green leaves.
Lettuce bowl garden.
Heirloom s crisp tender deeply lobed leaves impart sweet flavor and fragrance.
Lettuce has shallow roots and responds best to consistent shallow watering.
The raised beds warm up faster than the surrounding ground.
Slow to bolt non heading.
The most important resource when growing lettuce in containers is water.
Other greens you can plant are spinach tatsoi arugula swiss chard mustard bok choi and even green onions.
You should be able to get an earlier start in the spring and a later crop in the fall.
Photo courtesy mischler s florist and greenhouses.
Loose leaf lettuces are better suited to pots than head lettuce.
To maximize lettuce production plant seeds in raised beds.
If you love salad and enjoy gardening plant a lettuce bowl container garden.
Lettuce grows best in cool weather.
It s easy to grow and fairly heat resistant.
Looseleaf lettuce resprouts from a cut stem without losing quality in flavor or texture.
Lettuce in pots need a bit more.
Mature lettuce gets bitter and woody and will go bad quickly so check your garden everyday for ready to harvest leaves.
By colleen morrissey herb manager and container designer at mischler s florist and greenhouses.
Gorgeous in the garden and in your bowl merlot has the added benefit of.
Lollo rossa is its red cousin.
Looseleaf butterhead cos romaine and crisp ones.
Lettuce varieties that lend themselves well to the cut and come again harvest method include merlot loose leaf lettuce.
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Plants grown in the garden need at least an inch per week.
Lollo bionda a frilled edge italian lettuce that is easy to grow and has a long harvest period.
Noted for lasting sweetness and tenderness.
Photo from mischler s florist and greenhouses.
Crisphead lettuce is picked when the center is firm.
Use succession planting to maximize and extend harvests.
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In your salad bowl garden you can grow lettuces.
Salad bowl an all america winner.
It s best to harvest lettuce in the morning before leaves have been exposed to sun.
There is also a red salad bowl variety.