I have seedlings of moonred and catalogna pricked out. Lettuce ready on plot but pouring and windy today so may have bolted before I get to it. The sweet success is being well munched and taking a while to heart up so the jury is out. Not sure if it counts but I have radicchio seedlings for the autumn salads and because I think they look attractive!
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Our late June sowing are a bit slow to pick up, even though they are in a (for the lazy grower ) self-watering propagator. Also I've rediscovered which are old seeds - must throw them out rather than putting them back in the tub! Doh! Might sow some more now it's cooler and see if they catch up.
The early season sowings are doing well, too well even as some are already bolting - flaming June!
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I've had a few failures with my lettuces this season, some have just failed to germinate others have bolted.
I'm doing an early sowing of winter lettuce to make up for it.
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Just sown some winter lettuce Brighton, which is a butterhead lettuce I haven't grown before. Trying both a direct sowing and some seed in a pot for planting out later, to compare methods.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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Lifted some lettuce plants from the garden and replanted in the greenhouse, I have taken a good root ball with them so hopefully they will survive and make more rootLast edited by rary; 27-11-2023, 06:45 PM.it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
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Originally posted by Containergardener View PostThinking of starting some lettuce now indoors. sensible or not?A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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Originally posted by Penellype View Post
As long as you can give them enough light you can start them indoors at any time. A windowsill is probably not light enough at this time of year and they would get very leggy very quickly once they have germinated.Northern England.
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My unheated greenhouse dropped to -5 on Wednesday night. That would be far too cold for lettuce seedlings. It may not get that cold again this winter, but equally it might well do.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy
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