Tips for growing lettuce

Tips for growing lettuce

Lettuce is an easy spring and fall vegetable to grow. Its two worst enemies are high temperatures and slugs.

Here are some tips for growing lettuce all summer long, even when temperatures skyrocket.

* Make sure the soil contains a good supply of nitrogen forever leaf production.

* Make early plantings in full sun.

* Plant every two weeks for a continuous harvest throughout the summer. long.

* As soon as the weather is warm, start planting in partial shade.. Or on the side of the house that receives the morning sun or in the shade of other taller plants like corn broccoli etc.

*Keep weeds under control because lettuce roots are shallow and It cannot compete with rooted weeds..

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* Keep the soil moist but not wet. Water at the base of the the plant and not the leaves, wet leaves promote disease.

* Aphids, cabbage bites, flea beetles, leafhoppers and leaves Miners are some of the insects that attack lettuce, but slugs they are best known for loving lettuce.

* Avoid pesticides as lettuce leaves can absorb many insecticides. An insecticide Soap or hand picking will relieve most of the lettuce pests.

* One tip to avoid slugs is to avoid mulching the lettuce.