Growing salad greens three unusual picks

1. What are the best salad greens to grow?
2. How deep should a container be for salad greens?
3. What grows well in salad leaves?
4. What is the easiest salad to grow?
5. Does lettuce grow back after you cut it?
6. How often do you water salad greens?
7. How often should Lettuce be watered?
8. Can I grow salad in pots?
9. How many times can you harvest lettuce?
10. How do I know when my lettuce is ready to harvest?

What are the best salad greens to grow?

There are a number of awesome greens that thrive in the heat – New Zealand spinach, Swiss chard, amaranth, magenta spreen, purslane, and orach are all summer superstars and deserve a place in every food garden. As well, most seed companies offer heat-tolerant varieties of greens like lettuce, spinach, and arugula.

How deep should a container be for salad greens?

containers. A container 10- to 18-inches wide and 8-inches deep (with drainage) will be adequate for most salad greens. If growing leaf lettuce, a 6-inch depth will be sufficient. Fill the container with an organic potting mix.

What grows well in salad leaves?

Cover thinly with soil or compost, and water gently. You can grow small patches of salad leaves in any gaps in your borders among your flowers and shrubs. They also grow well in pots, boxes, trays and even guttering. Fill your container with multipurpose compost, to 2cm below the rim, and firm down.

What is the easiest salad to grow?

Beetroot and turnip 'tops' or greens are an added bonus, giving you two salad crops from one plant. Radishes are one of the quickest and easiest vegetables to grow, and they pack a serious punch of flavour too. Harvest them before they get too big and woody, so the roots have a satisfying crunch to them.

Does lettuce grow back after you cut it?

Head lettuce will die back, but most leaf-lettuce plants renew efforts to produce leaves, if regularly watered after trimming. Results will often be smaller than the original plant, but you may be able to harvest a second, good-tasting crop within as little as two weeks.

How often do you water salad greens?

ANSWER: Lettuce should be watered not daily but instead about twice a week, or once every four or five days, for most of its growing period. It will need to be watered lightly but more frequently for the first two weeks after planting, perhaps daily, depending on your climate.

How often should Lettuce be watered?

Water your lettuce plants every day—and even more often if it is extremely hot and dry. The lettuce leaves are mostly water and will desiccate and wilt in strong sunlight and dry soil. Lettuce roots tend to be shallow, so frequent watering is more important than deep watering.

Can I grow salad in pots?

To grow cut-and-come-again salad greens you will need good-quality potting soil, some seeds and, of course, a container with drainage holes. Suitable salad greens for cut-and-come-again treatment include any of the looseleaf or mesclun blends, which might contain salads such as lettuce, endive, and rocket.

How many times can you harvest lettuce?

You can grow leaf lettuce in rows for nice bundles of loose leaf lettuce, or you can sow it thickly in a garden bed or container for harvest as young, tender lettuce. By harvesting leaf lettuce through trimming it a few inches above the soil, you can get two to three harvests from one planting.

How do I know when my lettuce is ready to harvest?

Examine green- and red-leaf lettuce varieties for ripeness about 50 to 60 days after planting, or when the outer leaves grow to between 4 and 5 inches tall. Ripe leaf lettuce develops rich-colored, well-ruffled and deeply lobed leaves upon maturity.