Lettuce can be grown for heads or for leaves. It can also be grown in many different methods, but the one I prefer is high intensity. It allows you to grow nearly 20 pounds of lettuce in just 10 square feet compared to the conventional 3-5 pounds.
VIDEO: How We Grow High Intensity Lettuce
Lettuce can be grown for heads or for leaves. It can also be grown in many different methods, but the one I prefer is high intensity. It allows you to grow nearly 20 pounds of lettuce in just 10 square feet compared to the conventional 3-5 pounds.
I've noticed you plant rows across the width of your beds instead of lengthwise (short rows versus long). Is there a specific reason for this or just personal preference? I can't really tell if it's more space efficient or there's another reason. Thanks to anyone with an answer!
Can I do this method with a 40" long by 14" wide by 16" deep container direct sow? Or would seedlings then transplant be a better option? Congrats on the 1 million!
I never got spinach to cooperate this way, but lettuce was the bomb.
I see that you planted the lettuce today. What about the below freezing temperatures that are coming in a couple of weeks? Are you going to cover them with Harvest Gaurd?
This is just what I will do this year. All of my seeds are from you after watching yours last year give us 99 percent germination. No other brand came close!
Great video. Very informative. Do you use Trifecta on all your vegetables exclusively? Do you have a video on Core/watering?
Congrats on a million! Hey Luke, so I'm in SoCal edge of the desert, very dry soil..Would you mind telling me if you add "Amend", steer manure, worm castings etc. before planting, how do you make your soil more effective? If it helps. I didn't grow last year (back injury) so any Amend I added last year wasn't "used-up. Thanks much
With such an open garden space how do you keep the rabbits from eating the young lettuce?
Any idea when you'll have more of the Trifecta fertilizer in stock? Thanks 🙂
Great video! I'm going to plant my lettuce, carrots, radishes and beets. I'm in Southwest Michigan. I'm so glad I found you ❤
Wow 1Million subs! Congrats!! Very nice video
thanks, great info.
When and how often should you fertilize?
Do you do anything to keep out critters like birds and squirrels after you seed? I’m thinking I need to put some netting over mine or possibly straw to protect the seed from being eaten. What I planted a couple weeks ago seems to have disappeared.
My dirt is still frozen underneath. There's maybe 2 plus inches that are thawed and workable. This is in a raised bed. Is it possible in zone 5 to start some lettuce now?
I’m curious about the core watering you mentioned but can’t find the video. Would you please point me in the right direction? Thanks
I use worms instead of fertilizer. Good layer of organic matter below top soil. Amazing results.
Great to know I’ve been looking for solutions to my previous issues of not enough spinach, I could potentially gain a 50% more yield.. Thanks Luke! Sowing this weekend in N.H. Zone five blah ( on the line ) full five inches of my enriched no frost no dig soil . Therapy time.. Thanks for your info!
I have coconut coir as mulch; would transplant over direct seeding be preferred?
I'm going to try this, thanks Luke! What kind of compost do you use in your lettuce beds?
This is by far the best way to grow lettuce. Use BT if you have slugs snail or cutter worm issues,
Thank you
Question: does the orientation (N-S or E-W) of the rows matter when planting high intensity?
I have a question. Is there a problem with air flow for high intensity lettuce? I would be worried my lettuce would be too wet and turn to muck
If you plant now, the middle of March, will the lettuce grow in freezing temps? What's the coldest you'll sew seeds? (I'm in the north, too)
Your lettuce looks gorgeous!! I never see any weeds in your garden!
I’m trying this for the 1st time today planted 3 types of lettuce. Excited for the results
Thanks for the tips. You mentioned growing high intense kale and Swiss chard in a previous video. How did it work? I’m definitely trying this method today with our lettuce, spinach, radishes, carrots, and beets!