Growing Romaine Indoors
Seed starting mixes are lightweight they help your plants roots grow and.
Growing romaine indoors. To prevent bolting of springtime crops start romaine indoors. Start lettuce seedlings indoors poke a hole with the handle of a plastic spoon through each rockwall cube. Natural light can be supplemented with artificial grow lights which may be necessary during the winter when the number of daylight hours is reduced.
Romaine lettuce is a convenient plant to buy for the garden and one of those edible greens that thrives in a container. Direct light is preferred as long as the growing location does not become too hot. Romaine lettuce is one of those vegetables that can be easily regrown from cuttings.
Using that end dip it in the seeds to easily pick one or two. Plant the romaine. Image credit here this is the lettuce we used to regrow from a stump.
After about 3 to 4 weeks you can cut and harvest. Romaine seedlings can withstand frost and can be transplanted into the garden as soon as the soil can be worked. Change water in bowl every 1 to 2 days.
Plant your seeds. Here we put 3 romaine lettuce stumps in 1 2 inch of water in a glass container and put on our kitchen window sill. Growing lettuce from lettuce.
Here is a nice closeup of another lettuce stump beginning to regrow with just a small amount of water indoors. You will begin by purchasing a gallon sized black trash bag. Place remaining stem in a shallow dish of water about 1 2 inch.
How to regrow romaine lettuce from a stump indoors. Gently bring the. Your lettuce will need plenty of sun and the soil should be moist well.
Did you know that you can actually grow lettuce from another head of lettuce. Place on a window sill or under grow lights. From earthbound farm it is.
Choose a lettuce variety that thrives indoors. Evaluate your region s climate and the season you are in. In mild winter climates grow it in fall winter and spring.
Eat your purchased lettuce cutting the leaves at about 1 inch from the bottom. Fill a pot with a seed starting soil mix. At least 12 hours of light is required to grow lettuce indoors with between 14 to 16 hours of light being ideal.
Our lettuce regrowing after 2 weeks of being in direct sunlight. How to plant lettuce indoors or in containers year round 1. Romaine is basically a cool season annual plant.
Then dip the end of a spoon in water. Romaine needs 70 to 75 days to mature. Sow the seeds directly in the container 1 4 inch deep and 1 inch apart.
Lettuce seeds are small and light so put them in a white plastic spoon. All that is needed is the bottom of a stalk of lettuce to allow the root system to spread. Start spring crops indoors.
Although most lettuce plants can stay healthy indoors you ll have. In cold winter areas it grows best in spring and again in fall. Planting romaine lettuce from a seed 1.
Romaine lettuce is a hardy plant that can tolerate light.
