Salad is one of the easiest things to grow in the garden, but it is also one of the most productive, and will save you a lot of money over the summer months. This video talks about some steps that you can take to ensure you harvest salad all through the summer and this is based on a 6ft x 6ft square which is providing daily for a
family of 4 with a wide variety of salads. Here is what we are growing:
CELTUCE
MUSTARD GREENS Giant Red
RADISH
SPINACH Matador
ROCKET
LETTUCE Salad Bowl
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I noticed this reads " one of the easiest things to grow", so far; lettuce and onions are the only things I haven't been able to grow in my first vegetable garden. I think maybe the Texas heat may have something to do with my lettuce growing failure. IDK why I can't grow any of the three kinds of onions. I have several kinds of tomatoes, jalepeno, Cayenne and bell peppers. I also have a watermelon growing.. finally. I have several corn plants, squash and okra. My cantaloupes are not setting fruit despite pollinating them myself.
good to see you back making videos
thank you
Plus you can get tons of seeds by letting a couple of plants go to seed!!
I've been doing this for a year, amazing results! Do you use any fertilizer? Nice to see you again 🙂
MOST definitely something have to work on building . A nice planting bed for greens and things that are in a plastic tunnel, cant really plant things out here till after mid May, but if in a "green house" arrangements should be able to extend and start planting earlier. Great Vids keep them coming. Getting so many GREAT ideas from what can see you are doing and have done.
My lettuce keep bolting (going to seed) I'm a bit frustrated.
He is very handsome >>> reminds me of the former England football player Micheal Owen
great to see you making more videos again, what seeds do you buy and where from?
Welcome back! Hope your studies and art are going well. Thank you
very true, for the last few months we haven't had to buy salad at all. my wife eats alot of it so it's so nice to have plenty availible
Do you not have any slugs over there?
Hey bro great video. When you start the lettuce, how many tiny seeds should you put in the starter cups? How long into fall do salad plants produce? I'm in a cold climate so short growing season here.
I came by your channels some months ago, Gardeners world wasn't on tonight due to Glastonbury (I guess) I needed my fix and thought to check here, happy that I did :)Thank you 🙂
Beautiful lettuce and greens garden! What is the variety with large purple and green leaves? Thanks for posting. Rick
Hi Huw, great to show the salad bed. Successional growing is definitely something I need to do. Take care. Nick
Great video – Thank You for sharing how many this size works for (Family of Four) and how much/often you were consuming – very helpful! I may have missed you saying this or maybe you have another video already ( I will check it out) about your seed saving on lettuce – or do you just buy new seed ? Do you ever cover with a shade cloth to extend season through warmer summer temps – I live in the very North U.S.A. so extreme heat is usually not a problem but we do get lettuce trying to bolt if we have too many hot days in a row – was thinking I would try the shade cloth method…
Thanks for all your good work here Huw, very inspirational and informative. I've been getting more interested in planting by the moon, but it sounds like that's not really necessary, as like you, I want to grow a lot of salad greens. Is this correct? Thanks 🙂
Thanks for the video 🙂
Great video. Salad is a great summer staple
Fantastic information, thank you very much
Impressive looking bed Huw.
Hope all's well with you mate.
Cheers.
I put greens in the freezer to save for my blender smoothies.
Have you ever grown New Zealand spinach? It thrives in heat and you can harvest it all summer. It's delicious. I've grown it for a couple years and it's my favorite!
How do you keep the slugs and bugs away from growing lettuce?
They have got huge! Personally I think they taste better as baby leaf. But you're so right-they keep coming, way more than can be consumed. Have not found them to be very good in the summer though! Better as early crops under cover and sown again in late summer for some lovely tasty greens. Nice vid though man…
God has blessed you my dear and, in turn, you are blessing so many! From Nova Scotia
How do you get a salad throughout winter? 🙂