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No Chemicals🧪! Only Grow Organic Raised Vegetable Beds! always Tommy🤠
Good upload Luke. The reminder to succession sow is very helpful. A quick note on the end of the video, I didn’t see the recommended video pop up.
Where's that Grape Arbor video?
I direct sowed my lettuce and bok choy from your seed catalog . ( when you did the video on cold weather plants direct sow ) They are coming up great – thank you. Need to buy your trifecta ..
I always get bitter lettuce, even when it doesn't bolt. Should I grow in shade so it doesn't get as hot. Also thinking of growong aeroponic or kratky
Trying to grow that 42 day tomato seed from your catalog.( got so many seeds to experiment , or never tried to grow before. My usual is tomato plants, grean beans, peppers…. something is coming up in the 42 day tomato, so excited. . Really hope i dont kill it. Thanks Luke for showing the many ways to grow and grow bigger. ❤️
Oh my, you are right on the st clair river… My aunt and uncle are in Algonac
I think you're right on about lettuce issues…
I use your method now all the time, since I first saw it years ago. I have limited space for one, also only two of us to feed, I don't need a full bed of anything. I rejuvenate my soil and space a lot closer than the packets suggest. So far so amazing, thank you Luke oh and I give away a lot, my neighbors don't mind.
I live in the mid South. I have yet to manage growing lettuce here. But I have come to accept that growing lettuce is a very backyard dependent project, since advice from other places rarely works in my weather area.
I would like you to explain how history was able to have back up food supply by planting flowers but vegs are food for the body but flowers are food for are soul.
Sweet because sometimes the lettuce does good. Sometimes it dies off after transplanting. I'm all ears.
starting some lettuce seeds now!
I was never very successful with lettuce until I found your high intensity approach this past winter. I decided to give it a shot and now I have more lettuce than I know what to do with! And it’s only a 4’x2’ bed! Great videos Luke!
Thanks Luke! Another great informative video!
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If you're doubting the high intensity method, just try it. I learned about it from this channel (thanks Luke!), gave it a shot, and it's now the only way I grow non-heading lettuce.
Thank you for the tips on lettuce !!
You inspired me to have a goal of salad independence. This yr I sowed my seeds in plastic salad mix containers as a way to fight back lol. Your beds are beautiful. Your seed germination rate is amazing!!
I like how you replaced your old beds with the new beds😃
I was in the hospital for 12 days (I ended up getting a foot amputation) so it's been hard to get out and get stuff going like I had planned. I have a friend coming to build me a step so I can get down in the area I have my garden beds in so I can get back to it. But this will help me. I have always wanted to do succession planting, I just never have. Time to start since most of my starts I put out in March died off. The Black Seeded Simpson (my lettuce variety champion) stayed growing in those cold temps. I was hoping to have the other leaf lettuce survive but it didn't while I was in the hospital.
Thank you Luke! ❤
Is that perlite organic?
NE IN, 6a. Spinach was just starting to produce well over the last week or so. I harvest the outside leaves, let the inside of the crown continue growing. It's already going to seed. I have a few plants of another variety that are still going, hopefully that will last longer.
What time of the day should I pick lettuce? Thanks jim80
The free lettuce seeds you sent me with my seed orders are the best I’ve ever grown. Will buy some more of them for fall growing.
The river looks awesome can't wait to get out there.
0:08: 🥗 Maximize lettuce yield with high-intensity spacing and rich soil for optimal growth.
2:28: 🥗 Maximize lettuce yield by growing for leaves in high-intensity gardening.
5:26: 🥬 Maximize lettuce growth by spacing plants closely together for increased efficiency.
8:05: 🥗 Tips for successful lettuce growth: early start, cut and come again method, and succession planting.
10:55: 🥗 Tips for successful lettuce planting and growing diverse varieties suitable for different climates.
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I fertilize mine with home made stinging nettle and comfy tea. High in nitrogen!
Great info! Thank you! ❤
I use the high intensity spacing for Lettuce and always end up with soooo much. I also use a shade cloth over my beds, that helps keep the Lettuce from bolting to quickly.
Why are you calling this high intensity when it appears to be high density planting.
Another option instead of succession is to start multiple varieties that mature at different rates. Start them all at the same time. When you harvest the earliest varieties, put new seeds right in. Put the new seeds in between existing rows and just keep repeating row after row. This can work for both cut and come again and using the heads, depending on how you prefer to harvest.
I have tortoise from 175 lb to 210 lbs and believe me they can eat a lot of lettuce I can't afford to buy it at $2.00 a head it would cost me $24 a day so I grow leaf lettuce as much as possible.
My lettuce dropped seeds in the summer and a whole new batch grew all thru the KY winter so we’ve been enjoying fresh lettuce for 2 months!
It’s true about lettuce growing up because ours did & the bigger they got, the more their leaves touched each other which blocked out any weeds from growing.
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How many times should we cut and come again?
I'm applying this to all my grow bags! I've started growing lettuce for my pet rabbits this year. Between the 10 grow bags ranging from 5 to 10 gallons, and stuffing lettuce in every spare opening around the rest of my veg, hopefully with your tips, I'll be able to grow (nearly) all I need. Thanks for the great info!!
My lettuce grows REALLY WELL and gets the most beautiful leaves. Yet, its bitter every single time and i dont know why.
Why would I do succession planting if I do cut and come again? Won’t the lettuce plants last until it’s just too warm? I just keep picking the bigger leaves.
I'd appreciate if you made videos like this relevant to the timeframe, instead of halfway through the video saying it's midseason and they should've been started 6 weeks ago.
In California, we have already touched 80+, storm coming, 1/5 to 1 inch of rain in the 50's, but back up in the 80's in a couple days… I missed this one 🙁 But, Thank you for your videos 🙂
Cool! I love it when gardeners break the rules
I wonder during hot heat if I could do this as a living mulch.
Luke, our lettuve never looks like this. Keep trying ai guess.
This was a great video!😊
Luke, I love your enthusiasm for gardening, you always inspire me. Your "high intensity gardening with succession" is pretty much what Mel Bartholomew created back in the 70s with his square foot gardening technique. Nothing beats the flavor of lettuce fresh from the garden!
Super informative, thanks for all those lettuce growing tips. Should we use any mulch when planting lettuce this way?