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- Peel the sticker off and find your soil tablet, leave it in the tray.
- Pour 60ml of water into the hole with the soil tablet. All the way to the top of the hole.
- Let the soil tablet absorb all the water for 5 minutes.
- Mix the water into the soil with your fingers to make a even wet mixture.
- Remember to wash your hands when you’re done.
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
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This ‘Crisphead’ lettuce is a summer salad staple, lettuce is at its crispest and sweetest straight from the garden.
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Getting started
How to keep your Little Garden healthy
- Place the tray in a place with enough light, but not directly in the sun.
- Check the soil every day. If the soil feels dry and crumbly, pour a small amount of clean water over the surface.
- You should see a little plant appear from the soil in few days, which means the seeds have germinated and will be ready soon to move into a bigger pot or garden.
- You can thin your lettuce seedling by choosing the strongest-looking one if more than one little plant grows.
When your seedling is ready to go in the garden
- The lettuce is ready to shift into the garden or pot, when it is about as tall as your finger (in approx. 1 month).
- Get your lettuce used to life outside: put it in a warm and sheltered spot for 1-2 hours a day and return inside for the night. Do this for 4-5 days, leaving it outside for a little longer each day before you shift it out into the garden forever.
Planting best practice
- Give your lettuce a spot with morning sun and afternoon shade, especially in hotter parts of the country. In full sun, lettuce is likely to bolt to seed and will start to taste bitter.
- Make sure to water it regularly.
Look after your plant while it’s growing
- The faster lettuces grow, the crisper and sweeter the leaves will taste.
- Water regularly and feed your lettuce liquid fertiliser every couple of weeks.
- Lettuce can be affected by downy mildew, a fungal infection.
Harvest time
- Once the lettuce head forms, but before the outer leaves turn brown (in approx. 5-6 weeks) the lettuce is ready to harvest.
Watch out
- Lettuce can be affected by downy mildew, a fungal infection that causes a white film on the leaves. If you notice this, remove affected leaves and spray the plant weekly with a milk and baking soda spray.
- Better create your own pest protection, lay out bait or pick off these slimy pests.
- Consider protecting each plant with a cover (cloche) made from a used plastic bottle.
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