2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Green salads, including lettuce, were known to the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks as far back as 2,000 years ago. In Europe, they appeared only in the 16th century, but since then their popularity is undeniable. They are a source of many vitamins and valuable for the human body mineral salts and therefore it is good to often be present in our daily menu.
If you have a large enough yard, do not hesitate to be plant and grow lettucebecause it becomes very easy. You only need to know the following rules when planting and growing lettuce, which apply to almost all other types of salads.
- Lettuce it is most often planted in spring or autumn, but because it is a cold-resistant plant, it can also be planted in winter;
- The most common varieties of lettuce that are suitable for growing in Bulgaria are Black lettuce, Yellow cucumber and Yellow Gyumyurjinska lettuce;
- It is good planting lettuce to make beds and immediately after that they should be covered in a polyethylene coating to protect the plants from sudden climatic changes in air temperature;
- The soil in which the lettuce will be planted must be rich in soil organic matter;
- The seeds are planted at a depth of half a cm. Usually the planting of 1.5 to 2 g of seeds per 1 sq.m.;
- When more than half of the seeds germinate, the polyethylene coating can be removed;
- The seedlings are ready after about 35-40 days, which depends a lot on the climatic conditions;
- The soil in which it will be plant lettuce, must be treated and dewormed;
- Planting is done after the seedlings have 3-4 leaves;
- When planting the already prepared seedlings, care is taken not to cover the top of the still fragile plant;
- After planting, the plants are watered regularly and pests are controlled;
- Lettuce do not need a lot of nutrients, so you should not overdo fertilizing;
- Usually lettuce from autumn production reaches its usual size in November, and those from spring production - in March.
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