Usually lettuce will bolt when the weather gets too hot, or it's not picked early enough. I don't know what time of the year you are planting it, but it is usually an early spring crop and autumn crop here in SC. Obviously, the further nort...
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Blue and red work best. Plants reflect green light that's why we see the green color. The cellophane they gave you will act as a light filter and the plant will be able to absorb the red and blue light.
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Growing your lettuce during the cool season is the best thing you can do. Lettuce is a cool season crop in Tucson and is grown in the fall, winter, and into early spring. When temperatures warm, the plants have a tendency to go to seed whic...
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The four crops you mentioned will serve you well without the need of bees for pollination.Your onions and wild garlic will easily reproduce, generally by bulbs that form under ground. Some will propogate through the flowers though. For sala...
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I'm not 100% sure how it will do(I live in eastern NC) but I'm sure gonna try. In researching this I've found that as the temps get hotter the germination rates get lower so we need to start our seeds indoors where it's cooler. As soon as t...
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Lettuce can, in theory, be started almost any time of year. The extremes of summer heat and winter weather can make it a daunting process, but even then it can be done. If you reference our vegetable gardening calendar, you will see lettuce...
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Hi Lisa! Yes you can plant carrots, lettuce and spinach in raised beds provided your area is not so hot and waterlogged. These crops are cool loving plants, so they need a cold temperature but not too much frost. To be safe, put up your gre...
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