Grow some lettuce at home

If you want to try potted vegetables, lettuce is a good choice. its growth cycle is very short, it can be harvested in about two weeks, and it can be harvested in the slowest month or so. Lettuce does not need much light, even if the balcony is not bright enough. It can also be planted. Let's take a look at other people's potted vegetables.

If you can occasionally eat your own vegetables, then potted vegetables will be very successful, of course, they can also be used as potted plants for appreciation, and lettuce has a good ornamental quality. Common varieties include red lettuce, red leaf lettuce, purple leaf lettuce and chicory.

Growing lettuce only needs a large flowerpot to ensure good drainage, give a little sunlight and grow well on the windowsill, balcony or any other open space.

Planting precautions:

1. Choose the right container

Buy a larger container, you can choose rectangular plastic flower beds, they are not only light, but also very cheap, and it is relatively easy to move.

The depth of the container is 15cm to 20cm. Lettuce is not a plant with deep roots.

2. Soil selection

Choosing the right soil is the key. The pot soil planted had better be loose and well-drained nutrient soil, and the basin bottom should add enough mature organic fertilizer.

It is OK to make some soil by yourself, but you should pay attention to mixing some rotten organic fertilizer to ensure that there are enough nutrients in the growth process of lettuce.

3. Planting selection

You can choose different colors of lettuce to grow together, so it looks more colorful and ornamental.

A container can even be paired with a variety of plants, and some strawberries can be planted on the side, including parsley, mint, coriander and chives.

The easiest thing about growing vegetables is that their seeds germinate so well that they can germinate in less than a week.

4. Maintenance location and watering

It is best to maintain the environment of vegetables, keep the bright light environment, about 4 hours of sunshine every day is enough, keep the basin soil moist or not, and test whether the soil is short of water before each watering.

5. Appropriate fertilizer

Lettuce needs nitrogen-rich fertilizer to grow. When planting, you can add a layer of fertile organic fertilizer to the bottom of the pot, preferably rotten manure, and compost soil can also be mixed into it.

After transplanting to restore growth, the seedlings can be properly supplemented with thin fertilizer, which must also be fertilized with liquid fertilizer with high nitrogen content, 8: 10 once.

6. Harvest lettuce

The fastest growing lettuce takes more than 2 weeks to harvest. Generally, the harvest can be guaranteed after planting for 30 days. If you want to eat your own potted vegetables, you still need to water frequently and apply thin fertilizer frequently.

You can pick some of the leaves during the harvest, and it can continue to regenerate.