Growing Salad leaves in a container

[littlemoney]

I want to try growing cut and come again salad leaves in a container and have a couple of questions to start with.

1) How deep a container should I use.
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2) Do salad leaves need a sunny or shady location.

I have purchased: Lettuce Salad Bowl Green and Lettuce Gourment Loose leaf Salad is that makes any difference to the advice. Thanks.

[Containergardener]

I grow in troughs or have even done in hanging baskets

[Jungle Jane]

A few years ago I grew some lettuce leaves in a shallow pot about 15cm deep & about 30 cm wide,it looked so nice in the middle of the patio table,mixed red & green that I couldn’t eat it,once you eat it it’s gone,sow some every two weeks or four weeks,you’ll have more for the future.

[happyhumph]

Part shade is good, I find they can get frazzled in full sun.

[ameno]

For loose-leaf lettuce for cutting, troughs or similar size pots are fine. That's what I do mine it. I also agree partial shade is best.

If you ever try to grow spinach or brassica family salad leaves (kale, mustard, rocket, etc.) then a much larger tub is a must, however. They are not as drought tolerant as lettuce, and in a smaller, shallower tub will bolt almost immediately, no matter how much you try to water them.

[SarrissUK]

I grow lettuce of all kinds of varieties in containers, but I don't cut them - they don't bounce back from that very well (or is it me cutting too heavily maybe?). I just pick off leaves from the bottom and they keep growing nicely
I use window boxes for mine - bit enough not to hvae to water too often.

[bramble]

I grow mixed salad leaves in self watering window boxes.
Semi shade seems to work best.
Salad leaves just seems to lie down and die in full sun.

[Small pumpkin]

I grow salad leaves in containers. They’re about 12cm deep.

[Containergardener]

Look.good sp . Like your labels too.

[mcdood]

I grow mixed salad leaves in a standard seed tray.

[self-contained]

I have mostly used windowbox size containers, but some of these posts make me think I could conserve compost and grow in shallower trays. Thanks all!

[jackarmy]

Ive recently sowed mixed leaves in the round tubs that you get chocolates in, reckon theyll be fine, plus i have plenty of them