There are many types of mushrooms that do awesome growing indoors.
Growing lettuce indoors in winter.
And if you are like me then this is great news because i hate being forced to buy veggies from the store during winter months.
Certainly growing lettuce is simple but it can be tedious to water it as often as you need to.
You can also try growing other salad bowl favorites such as spinach arugula astro is a variety that does well indoors and mesclun.
Winter garden projects to tackle 3.
Many of you know we do a lot of winter growing we have 3 cold frames and a hoop house this year bursting with winter produce to learn more about our year round gardening start here.
I really love the gourmet mesclun mix for a tasty salad.
Growing lettuce under lights.
In fact some gardeners keep lettuce growing year round.
Yes this means that you can grow lettuce year round.
Why we want to grow lettuce indoors in the winter.
If you re growing lettuce in a pot place it outside in a sunny location or near a sunny window indoors.
Growing lettuce indoors is a gardening project you can do even in the cold winter season.
Some varieties are known to grow well in winter light such as arctic king winter marvel and winter density.
If you have experience growing lettuce indoors and would like to add your advice please feel free.
Microgreens grow to harvest size from the energy inherent in the seed so soil fertility isn t as great a concern on the other hand baby lettuce leaves require nitrogen and trace minerals for fast growth.
Other gardeners enjoy just a bit of a break from the gardening season but most gardeners i know are once.
I used a couple of them for my experiment growing winter greens.
To get the best harvest your lettuce should be fed a liquid organic fertilizer after each harvest.
This also means that you can enjoy fresh greens even with snow on the ground.
The great thing about leafy greens is they grow in as little as 4 5 inches in depth.
Sweet tender baby lettuce leaves must grow fast to maintain their good qualities.
Avoid head lettuces which are difficult to grow indoors.
A great indoor project for gardening in winter is growing lettuce.
While the bitter temperature outside is hostile to every green thing the warm temperature inside our home is welcoming to them.
Whereas other microgreens need that time to mature you can eat the immature leaves of lettuce.
When growing lettuce indoors you ll want to choose leafy varieties over the head lettuce.
Yes you can grow and enjoy homegrown lettuce even when it is below freezing outside.
If you don t have a location that receives continuous sunlight make sure you place it in a location that gets at least 8 hours of sun a day.