Growing Your Own Lettuce

Lettuce plants only need 4 hours of sun per day to produce for you. ... Learn the step by step to plant, set up, and grow your own organic salad garden and enjoy fresh greens for at least 6 months each year, no matter where you live.

- It does take some experimenting ... section every week. We eat a lot of salads and greens! Lettuce and greens will grow fastest when planted in full sun....

Sow seeds inch deep and space rows 12 inches apart. If you intend to allow your lettuce to mature and form heads (for those varieties that form heads), you will have to thin the lettuce.

- Get growing your own lettuces, with expert advice on choosing, sowing, planting, care and harvesting

- Lettuce likes sun, but will grow fine in partly-shady conditions, as well, and might even prefer the shade during the warmer months. Water daily until your seedlings are well established and look snug and happy.

Moving forward, it's essential to keep these visual contexts in mind when discussing Growing Your Own Lettuce.

- Like most vegetables, lettuce requires around 6-8 hours of full sunlight a day. I know, I only have one that gets a full 6-8 hours a day, and its tiny. So, I cheat. I have a collection of high-quality, inexpensive grow lights.

- Need help getting your lettuce patch up to snuff? Read our guide for the best tips to grow leaf and head types in veggie patches, raised beds, and containers.

- Lettuce is especially prone to sun and heat damage. Plant taller crops that cast shade on the tender plants or have an agricultural shade cloth ready. Consider your climate when selecting the shade cloth thats right for your home garden. For hot southern climates, use one that filters out 50% of the sunlight ($30, gardeners.com). For northern growing zones, go with a shade cloth that filters out 30% ($210, johnnyseeds.com).