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How To Grow Lettuce At Home

How To Grow Lettuce At Home

Vegetables are great sources of antioxidants. Find out how to grow a significant amount of lettuce by following these 11 tips. Are you one of the followers of organic food? Have you heard that to obtain quality fruits and vegetables, a significant amount of money is required? If so, think again: you can enjoy a healthy, chemical-free diet by indulging in growing your own fruits and vegetables. In this article, discover the 11 foolproof tips for growing a significant amount of lettuce in your home.

How To Grow Lettuce At Home

Lettuce is a herbaceous plant from the Asteraceae family. One of the most consumed vegetables in the world, it makes up most of our salads. Very low in calories, it provides many minerals and trace elements that take care of the body.

In addition, its high fiber content makes it a slimming vegetable par excellence. Lettuce to cut, batavia, romaine or even blond, it is available in several varieties to suit all tastes. If you want to grow lettuce at home, there are 11 simple tips to follow.

1. Choose a medium sized bucket

To avoid the sowing stage, buy your lettuce directly in a bucket. To plant this vegetable, choose a medium-sized pot, preferably clay. Line it with a plastic bag before planting the seeds. Make a few holes in the bag to prevent water from collecting in the container.

2. Clean the bucket

Before planting the seeds, be sure to clean your container. In fact, if you use a recycled pot, the risk of obtaining lettuce infested with bacteria dangerous to health or with insect eggs is not the least. To have a healthy plant, it will then be necessary to remove all the dirt contained in the pot.

3. Choose fresh soil

When planting lettuce, it is best to use soil for a vegetable patch or soil with clay purchased from a store. Indeed, this fresh soil brings nutrients to your plantation and maintains good aeration of its roots.

4. Sow about 12 seeds

Scatter about twelve lettuce seeds in the pot and cover them with soil.

5. Spray the seeds with water

To moisten the plant, use a water spray bottle. Lettuce doesn't need a lot of moisture to grow. Yet, it is rich in water and can help meet a person's water needs.

6. Water the plant every two days

Frequent watering is important for growing lettuce at home. It is necessary to regularly check whether the soil is wet. However, spray a few drops of water every other day to make sure the seeds get enough nourishment.

7. Keep the plant cool

The roots of lettuce are very fragile and the plants must be kept cool so as not to dry out.

8. Place the plant in a sunny location

It is advisable to place the bucket in a sunny place to give the plant the light it needs. In fact, lettuce needs 16 hours of sunlight per day to grow well.

9. Light it up with a fluorescent lamp

If you live in a location with little sunlight, you can invest in a fluorescent light to meet your plant's light needs. It is advisable to leave the plants for 14 hours in the light.

10. Use natural fertilizers

To feed your plant, you can use organic fertilizers. Nettle manure is a natural fertilizer rich in nitrogen that stimulates plant growth. Apply it once a week, then reduce the frequency of use as your plant grows.

11. Harvest the lettuce leaves

Finally, when your lettuce has grown to a suitable size, harvest the leaves that are on the outside. Let the ones inside grow gradually before pulling them out.