lettuce in the greenhouse

**mdvpc** · January 27, 2008

Photo of lettuce in clay pots. Cutting lettuces dont need a lot of space, and compared to the stuff you can buy at the store, they are so tender.

shelleybean · January 27, 2008

Yum! Very pretty, Michael. I like your planters, too. What are the approximate dimensions?

**mdvpc** · January 27, 2008

Michele-they are 17 inches by 8 inches. I use big and small containers for the cutting lettuces. These are clay, I have never used clay before for cutting lettuces, wanted to try them.

Spatzbear · January 27, 2008

Looks very neat and yummy. What varieties of cutting lettuce are you growing?

Rena · January 27, 2008

Nice!! I should grow more lettuce. Just like tomatoes it tastes so much better grown at home.

**mdvpc** · January 27, 2008

Spatz-dont remember what the lettuce in the photo was. I buy lots of different kinds of cutting lettuces, mainly from Seeds from Italy and SSE. I also grow arugla, spinach, kale, chard, mache, and the like. I kind of buy what sounds good to me, grow it until I run out of seed and then buy other kinds. I especially like tom thumb lettuce and little gem romaine. Really, any nice cutting lettuce or romaine or arugula, etc takes great. I also especially like barba di frati, a cutting lettuce form Italy I got from Seeds from Italy. Very nice variety.

ddsack · January 28, 2008

Oooh that's nice!!! Next to tomatoes and peppers, lettuce is my favorite crop. I got seeds from Seeds from Italy for the first time last spring and was really impressed with the varieties and the quantity of seeds in the package.

Dee

**mdvpc** · January 28, 2008

Dee-nothing like a nice fresh cut salad with home-grown tomatoes!

January 27, 2008	#2
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Yum! Very pretty, Michael. I like your planters, too. What are the approximate dimensions? __________________ Michele

January 27, 2008	#3
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Michele-they are 17 inches by 8 inches. I use big and small containers for the cutting lettuces. These are clay, I have never used clay before for cutting lettuces, wanted to try them. __________________ Michael

January 27, 2008	#4
Spatzbear Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Adelaide Hills, Australia Posts: 349	Looks very neat and yummy. What varieties of cutting lettuce are you growing? __________________ http://madgnomes.blogspot.com/

January 27, 2008	#6
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Spatz-dont remember what the lettuce in the photo was. I buy lots of different kinds of cutting lettuces, mainly from Seeds from Italy and SSE. I also grow arugla, spinach, kale, chard, mache, and the like. I kind of buy what sounds good to me, grow it until I run out of seed and then buy other kinds. I especially like tom thumb lettuce and little gem romaine. Really, any nice cutting lettuce or romaine or arugula, etc takes great. I also especially like barba di frati, a cutting lettuce form Italy I got from Seeds from Italy. Very nice variety. __________________ Michael

January 28, 2008	#8
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Dee-nothing like a nice fresh cut salad with home-grown tomatoes! __________________ Michael

January 27, 2008	#5
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	Nice!! I should grow more lettuce. Just like tomatoes it tastes so much better grown at home.

January 28, 2008	#7
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Oooh that's nice!!! Next to tomatoes and peppers, lettuce is my favorite crop. I got seeds from Seeds from Italy for the first time last spring and was really impressed with the varieties and the quantity of seeds in the package. Dee