UPDATE-LETTUCE IN THE GARDEN WINDOW

A week or so ago I wrote about doing a tray of leaf lettuce in my garden window.  It has done amazingly well and is worth showing an update of.

The seed package said it would take 10 to 14 days to germinate and we are at 11 days as of Feb 18th



GROWING LEAF LETTUCE IN THE WINTER

Still longing for spring,and with the few inches of snow and freezing temperatures arriving on Friday, it dampened my spirits just a little.  Gardening is just in my blood and I do find a way to do some all winter long.  My new adventure is leaf lettuce in my garden window.

Lettuce is a cool weather crop and I figured there would be perfect conditions in my garden window...Plenty of light, plenty of sun but also cool enough to get some good germination on the seeds.   I put some jiffy seed starter in a domed planter flat, sprayed with a nice drink of water, spread with a thin layer of seed, sprinkled on a bit more dirt, sprayed again and put the dome on.  Then into the window it went

 So after 5 days, here is what the lettuce looks like and it is actually sprouting, so actually another winter gardening experiment has been successful!

Here the lettuce seeds after 7 days