A few years ago a friend gave me a handful of seedslettuceShe assured me that it is not only tasty, grows fast and fertile, but is also disease resistant and very decorative . It turned out to be true. From now on, in the spring, I no longer have a dilemma about whatlettuceto sow.
Harvesting lettuce seeds
- Every year, from the first crop, I always choose the best head and keep it in the flower bed.
- In Junelettuceis already about a meter tall and then I support it with a pole, so I can be sure that it will not tip over or break.
- July sprinkles mylettucewith the first little flowers, and in August seeds are already forming.
- I wait until they mature and begin to spill out of inconspicuous follicles, each of which contains several dozen seeds. Then I collect them, close them in a container and store them until the next season.
Tricks in growing lettuce
I also have ways to make it easier to growlettuceThe first one involves gently cutting the roots of some plants. Specimens treated in this way have a hindered supply of nutrients and water, which causes them to grow a little slower than the others. Thanks to this, I do not have to sow more seeds too often to obtain the next harvest.
The second way is to cut out the very center of the lettuceas needed . After a few weeks, the root left in the ground forms new leaves, as tasty and good as the previous ones.
Jadwiga Antonowicz-Osiecka
