How To Grow The BEST LETTUCE Of Your Life With 5 EASY Tips!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please "Like" it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Tip #1: Selecting Lettuce Varieties 2:10 Tip #2: Warm Season Lettuces 5:10 Tip #3: Cool Season Lettuces 6:52 Tip #4: Starting Lettuce Seeds 9:32 Tip #5: Using Plant Covers 15:36 Adventures With Dale

[@trulylynn9941]

I check the storms at Tropical Tidbits Atlantic. It really is a good place to see the weather. I wanted you to see the container garden if you want to grow under high tunnels when you move to your new place! I love you channel as well as all of the great information! 👍🌴 Granny in NE Florida.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

@@trulylynn9941 I watch the models on Pivotal Weather and make my own forecasts. If you go to Pivotal Weather, you can watch all the different models. Currently, GFS and GDPS are predicting a hurricane forming in the Gulf on Tuesday and hitting the panhandle/Big Bend area about Wednesday. However, the Euro, ICON and Euro AI have it hitting Louisiana. Keep a watchful eye on the Gulf. Something is going to form. If you watch the models, you can get way ahead of the forecasts: www.pivotalweather.com/model.php

[@Giggiyygoo]

This year I discovered Muir lettuce. Held up and didn't bolt or get bitter in 90+ degree heat. Even hit triple digits and was fine in the shade. Will be a staple from now on.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I haven't heard of it, but there are several heat resistant romaine types. I've grown Jericho and Giant Caesar here, and Giant Caesar does very well. It's always good to try new varieties until you find one that does well.

[@Giggiyygoo]

@@TheMillennialGardener Look it up, that'd be a good video for next season. Plant some in near total shade. It's nice to have tomatoes and lettuce at the same time.

[@TerrainNodes]

Did you grow in full shade or partial shade?

[@Giggiyygoo]

@@TerrainNodes planted in a spot that got a little direct sun early in the morning, then shaded by my house the rest of the day. It'll grow slower that way, but it won't bolt or get bitter for months even in July. Definitely happy I found that variety.

[@ethankaufman8577]

​@@Giggiyygoo there was a study done to see how well different patented lettuce varieties handled hoop house heat in Florida, and up against varieties bred specifically for heat tolerance an performance muir was a regular top performer in slowness to bolting, reduced perceived bitterness, and general growth and performance under high heat stress

[@joefization]

Lettuce is a welcome weed in my garden. I leave a few plants to go to seed every year and they self sow all over the place. I've hardly had to plant any for several years.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's one way of doing it.

[@vanilla3221]

I do the same thing 😊

[@Fake_Floki]

Хоть и живу в Сибири, но с удовольствием вас смотрю:)

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Can you grow lettuce there? I imagine lots of people have greenhouses of some type.

[@Fake_Floki]

@@TheMillennialGardener we have hot summer:) No problem to grow most types of veggies and greens.

[@katiem9644]

Boy did I need this one. I have had no luck with lettuce.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Once you get the hang of it, it gets easier. Hopefully, these tips helped.

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

​@@TheMillennialGardener I am guessing then, just a few minutes into this video..the reason I have such leggy seedlings is because my mini greenhouse is outside with 90+ degree weather? Lettuce has been tough! X 3 yrs😢 Have 1 small leafy variety I am trying to do cut and come again with! And you just mentioned the blood meal I forgot to buy last week! Your videos always come right on time😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

@@HealthyHabitsGrow legginess is usually caused by the soil being too hot with sun being too weak. If I could guess, your seedlings are facing conditions too warm and not getting enough direct sunlight. The way around that would be to stick them in stronger sun or put them in a cooler area. At this time of year, you'll probably have better luck starting lettuce indoors under a strong grow light.

[@sarafeltman]

what is your feeding schedule for growing lettuce/greens? You mentioned blood meal and fish fertilizer but didn't say how much and how often. I check almost daily to see if you have posted a new video and appreciate so much the time that you invest for us.

[@howardfowler2255]

Thanks for reminding us to get growing lotsa fall/ early winter lettuce for the holidays. My favorites are mixed leaf lettuces together with some kale plants and bunching onions as a border. Those lettuce plants shown are gorgeous! Looks like you're gonna have many fall- winter salads to enjoy. Your MG videos are always well done and helpful. Many thanks!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

The leaf lettuces usually don't do well until it's cool out. For me, I can't really plant them til late October. It's romaine season currently for most of us, which is my favorite lettuce type.

[@FarmingDocumentary]

Thank you for all your wonderful videos and helpful tips

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@chinfuzzchet3616]

Buttercrunch is an incredibly easy, productive and great tasting lettuce to grow. I wish I had discovered it years earlier. I germed mine in the shade last month during the insane heat wave and was able to start planting under my shade clothes this week.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We used to grow that in NJ as a winter lettuce. It did pretty well there. I haven't grown it since moving to NC.

[@terrysmallwood7373]

Mr. MI. Please introduce yourself on the beginning of video! Awesome job! Shalom

[@Tygydyk17]

Thanks man, ordered Romaine Giant Ceasar and Variety Pack. I am in 10a, still little to warm but I take your advice and will start them indoors for now and wait till cools off a bit.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I would think by the time the seeds arrive, it’ll be time to start transplants. That’ll have them ready by November 1-15, which is probably right for 10a.

[@Tygydyk17]

@@TheMillennialGardener Will let you know about the results for sure

[@sarathompson6628]

Now I know why I haven’t had luck with romaine - I keep growing it in the coldest part of the year!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That’ll do it! Romaine actually likes warmer temps.

[@SuzanAlbright]

Thank you for all your wonderful videos and helpful tips. We have had our best garden yet, after following your advice,. We understand that your area is receiving abnormal amounts of rain today. I hope and pray that you, your loved ones and your gardens are all safe. God bless.🙏

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's awesome! Glad the videos have been helpful. We got a ton of rain, but the bigger problem has been the mosquitoes. I've never seen anything like this (it started with Debby). You can't even go outside. It's like a plague. That's the real problem. I hope it's going to end soon, but I fear it'll take until frost to kill the problem.

[@ChuckP25.]

Anthony- thanks for the video. We followed your advice and are on our 4th planting of lettuce this growing season here in Iowa. Thumbs up. Hugs to Dale. Sorry I called you Andrew in the last post. My nephew was here. Peace.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Wow. That is impressive. Summers are just too humid here. Glad to hear you can do it!

[@ChuckP25.]

@@TheMillennialGardener Anthony- if you use the insect cloth, how do you make sure the pollinators get into the zucchini and other flowering vegetables, please?

[@groussac]

Also growing lettuce in Iowa, but was foiled by summer heat. Do you use shade cloth? What varieties do you plant?

[@richardroadcap7957]

I always use a row cover over lettuce when it gets to 25 or below. Keeps it going all winter, Zone 7b.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Keeping the frost off makes the most difference. Leaf lettuce will grow into the teens here covered, maybe colder.

[@hiltonhillfarms5995]

So dang glad I watched this before I started planting my Fall crop tomorrow!! I had no idea that certain lettuce varieties should be grown in certain seasons, I thought all lettuce could be grown in Spring, Summer, and Fall!! Thank you for saving me a lot of lettuce heartbreak...Lol!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful.

[@TeeRust15]

I grew Jericho romaine this past spring thru early summer. Very good for hot climates; bred in Israel. I have never grown lettuce before and it did well for me in Mississippi.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I tried that back in 2018. It didn't grow as well as Giant Caesar here, but I've also gotten a lot better at growing lettuce since. I would be open to trying it again.

[@nancyholston6746]

Thank you again for all of the info. Thankful you do the trial and error and save your audience from doing it.😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Make no mistake, this will still take trial and error. Every person will have to experiment with planting times, since when to start seed will vary from place to place. I also recommend everyone try different lettuce varieties. I've found varieties that do well here, but everyone should try several varieties and see which do best.

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

Everytime i look at my shade cloth i hear your voice! Converted! Now i gotta remember to order the blood meal. My shade cloth isnt even above my head, but they are out there! Used some tomato stakes x4... Zone 9A...insect netting bought and in use thanks to you. Not a glamourous looking garden but i am trying to put in the work..milk jugs as greenhouses😅😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Gardens just have to be functional. After the storm we just had today, my garden is far from pretty 💨

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

@@TheMillennialGardener right...I feel like a lot of the focused "professionals" remove the extra stuff for their videos and post "pretty", haha. Functional...that's the word. Let's see what fall brings. Spring, some. Summer nothing. But doing the stuff you say, so...👍😇🧡

[@bonnieweeks7601]

I used blood meal once and didn't bury it deep enough or something. It attracted black bugs I had never seen before. Assumed they were some type of vampire bug. Not sure. They creeped me out.

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

​@@bonnieweeks7601sheesh! Lol! Hope it was one that helped to break down microbes in your soil, or the blood meal itself. Hope the plants flourished and the bugs didn't get to them. I'm playing with Kaolin clay this week but didn't catch AFTER the fact to buy Sorround KC...but it would have been out of budget and this one wasn't specific for cosmetics...#battleofthebugs😅

[@jackiefowler6237]

I needed to know this! May our gracious Lord bless you and give you his perfect peace from Texas ❤🎉

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@vickicharity7916]

Love your videos! No need to respond, just wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge 😀 🌱

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@honeybadgers1996]

Thanks to your channel, I took up on your suggestion to grow cold climate lettuce at end of summer to beginning of fall last year. The red fire did pretty good at 6b until it got down to several days of 0 degrees and lower at night. I will be planting the same variety this fall again. Thunder follows Mr. Dale everywhere. Poor thing.... Hope you guys enjoyed the trip to FL except the thunder that Dale hates. Thanks for the video.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

0F is pretty darn respectable for lettuce. New Red Fire is a winner! I recommend building a hoop house this year. Under cover, I bet it’ll go even longer!

[@anaminke4228]

Try cervanek from harris seeds. They are just beautiful and does not bolt that fast.

[@tayjahrivera7156]

Thank you so much! I grew lettuce in Spring of this year, but I have some seedlings going right now 😁

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent!

[@milliealford8968]

Hope you didn't get too much damage from the storm. I saw your video. Things toppled over. Im central NC. Lots of rain. Some wind but not as bad as you. God bless! I needed this video. Thanks!! 😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

The wind was bad. We got 10 inches of rain today (12 total), but the ground here soaks that up like a sponge. My ground is like a mesh sieve.

[@milliealford8968]

@TheMillennialGardener wish my ground was like that. I had ponding of water all in my yard.

[@daranall4949]

That romaine was amazing! In texas we had unheard of extra rain and mild summer for the beginning as well zone 8b

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It was an amazing romaine spring. It is going to be an amazing romaine fall!

[@KennethByers-w2j]

My neighbor went on vacation and left me with a starting tray full of BIB lettuce sprouts 🌱. I have never planted lettuce and am not sure how high I should let these sprouts 🌱 grow before I transplant to bigger pots and then to my raised beds. He said I probably wouldn’t have enough pots and I dont want these to go to waste. So I plan to donate some to home school mothers my daughter knows of. I want to be successful with this. How high? and When?

[@anthonybacon7073]

I love planting romaine. I get plants already started at Lowe’s or, like this year, I got them from a local farm supply store. I also planted some early jersey cabbage and planted carrots from seed. I also planted some butter lettuce. Everything seems to be coming up and growing nicely so far.

[@anthonybacon7073]

Butter lettuce is also called bib lettuce I think.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Romaine lettuce, transplants and heads at the store, have gotten ridiculous. A single romaine heart costs $1.50 now, and even those 6-pack seed starts are $5, so by the time you water and fertilize them, you're paying over $1/head (if something doesn't eat them 🙁). I really recommend the seeds. You can get a pack of 200 seeds for $5. It's so economical. I can literally plant an entire 4x10' bed for the cost of a bag of romaine hearts.

[@anthonybacon7073]

@@TheMillennialGardener thanks for the info. I will keep that in mind when I open my larger planting area. Working disassembly and reconstruction of a deck I’m moving and the new garden goes where the deck was.

[@geoideas07]

Yyaasss just in time. I’m starting my lettuce today. 🎉

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Awesome!

[@karricompton]

I just planted my lettuces in seed starting cubes. They haven’t germinated yet, but I know they will! My broccoli seedlings started poking out of the soil today!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If it's still mild, they germinate quickly! Mine began germinating in my 77 degree office in only 3 days. After 2 weeks, I have some true leaves already forming.

[@roccoconte2960]

Good video always start lettuce seeds. In a tray then trans plant out side here in Mass.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks! Lettuce makes for excellent transplants.

[@ronaldthoms2147]

I just put up raised beds haven't done any coverings yet but the 90mph straight winds knocked out power an toppled trees not to much defense for that My fault I usually space planting 2 weeks after corn comes up planted most all at once

[@joistannertasidrealtor9334]

I'm in 8b as well, just down the road in Myrtle Beach. Per your recommendations, I started my cool season greens... lettuce, colards, broccoli and turnips in trays a couple of weeks ago. Coming up nicely, about an inch tall. I'm not sure about the lettuce temps as the seeds are ones that I saved from last year, but they are called Buttercrunch. I tend to let one or two plants remain in the ground to bolt, flower, and go to seed (if not hybrid). Do you ever collect seed for future planting?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Buttercrunch is a cooler season lettuce than most romaines. Buttercrunch will do well all winter long in Myrtle Beach. I'm not sure how well they'll do in October if you plant them out in a couple weeks since our Octobers are still pretty warm. I guess the only way to learn is to try. That being said, I recommend you start more seeds now so they'll be ready to go out in November. Stagger your seeds so you're constantly planting them. That way, you'll have small portions of your harvest maturing throughout the winter instead of going from no lettuce to all the lettuce being ready at once, then none again. Succession planting is key. I generally do not save seed and buy almost all my seed.

[@joistannertasidrealtor9334]

@@TheMillennialGardener thanks. Yes I tend to do succession planting on many of my veggies as it's only 2 of us. I only did 6 cells to start of everything except the turnips, I did 12. I will eventually do direct sow when it gets cooler. I put them in morning sun but move to shade for afternoon or inside if day is getting really warm.

[@elizabethmoffett98]

Can I plant basil in fall cause mine is bolting to seeds now in Houston, Texas

[@fishinforfun64]

Thank you! Great info. Question: When you cover your zucchini, how do the pollinators get to them? Do you have to pollinate each female flower???

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm trying a variety that claims to be parthenocarpic and doesn't need pollination. Otherwise, you have to hand pollinate.

[@fishinforfun64]

@@TheMillennialGardener Oh boy! That would be awesome! Please keep us posted! I would LOVE that!

[@Susmitha.Susmitha]

Right on time!! Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@chongli297]

My summers are highly variable. Some days are 68F, some days 90F. Spring and fall are more like 41F-68F however. We never get long stretches of consistent temperatures, unless they're 90F+. I feel like I should just try growing some lettuce indoors. I also got a lot of insect pests despite covering my lettuce with a (admittedly crappy) hoop structure. I wish I had gone with wood raised beds instead of metal

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You can mitigate a lot of that by building a hoop house like I featured in the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmLVmmWPeqeBkMUsi=5_ZWHhqRrnbeffOT Cover in shade cloth during the heat spikes, leave insect netting on when temps are moderate. It makes a gigantic difference. Get yourself a 10x20' shade tarp for $25 and you'll be all set. It works magic and takes the climate flux out of the equation.

[@Tf03]

Great video I learned a lot! Thank you

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MariaInSoFla]

Zone 10b: I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I just can’t seem to nail down the timing, especially on lettuce and broccoli. It’s been 95+ here all week with seedling-drowning rains yet my local extension says Sept is the month to plant these things. How can I not delay my planting? I’m skeptical that shade cloth is going to help. Am I wrong? Can't thank you enough for your hard work in helping all of us learn to be better gardeners. 😎

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Shade cloth will make a dramatic difference. However, if you tried to grow lettuce in July under shade cloth, it probably isn't going to work. It still has to be season appropriate. It's a fantastic tool, but it isn't magic, if that makes sense. I would recommend you start a heat tolerant romaine lettuce, such as Giant Caesar (I linked to seeds in the video description), around October 1 indoors. Get them to transplant size by November 15. Then, plant them under shade cloth. You may be able to remove the shade cloth in late December/January to finish them if temps agree, or you could leave it on all the time. Start a second wave of lettuce November 1 for a December 15th transplant as well. Keep doing it in waves, and use shade cloth as your guide. Just make sure you start the seeds indoors. You have to pretend you live up north and you're growing tomatoes in winter, except you're actually avoiding the heat and making strong transplants while it's still too hot. Eventually, you'll nail the timing down. It may take a few tries. You can also experiment with a few different varieties of lettuce. Giant Caesar isn't the only heat tolerant lettuce. Googling "heat tolerant lettuce" will yield many options maybe worth trying. Grow several, see what you like.

[@MariaInSoFla]

@@TheMillennialGardener Can't thank you enough for your advice. I'm excited to experiment!

[@nanskram1831]

Don’t know if this storm became Helena or not but I hope it didn’t wipe out your lettuce crop! Debby broke my heart over my tomatoes. Lost 19 of my 21 tomatoes when she visited a while back. Hope my lettuce didn’t drown and yours doesn’t either. I do have to reset all my shade cloth since the wind really played havoc. Usually mid-September would be a little early to retire them for the winter! Hope you’ll find that all is well when daylight breaks!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This storm was not named, but it was much worse than Debby. Debby dropped 20 inches of rain, but it was over 3 days and had no wind. This was 12 inches of rain in a fraction of a day with 60mph winds. Really bad. Significant wind damage, and although my area doesn't flood, the river flooding was bad. I picked up what I could, but the mosquitoes are the worst they've ever been since I've lived here by about a factor of 20X, so it makes it hard to do anything outside right now.

[@RedneckMurican]

I think growing lettuce like Iceberg must be hard, I don't see anyone doing it. I imagine homegrown is yummy.

[@user-cy4fs5li5c]

Is there an easy way to know which lettuces are warm weather and which are better suited for cold weather?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You'll need to research them. Romaine types are generally warm-season lettuces. Ruffled leaf lettuces are usually cool-season lettuces. Read the descriptions on the package, as well. Cool season lettuces usually have lower days to maturity.

[@theredboneking]

You’re the best. 👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@msfullroller]

When you succession plant, are you planting the same crop in the same place or rotating in a different place?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Either. It depends on the time of year. I’ll start one more crop of romaine, but then it’ll be replaced with a hardier variety.

[@MovingBlanketStudio]

We need a dreary afternoon in Massachusetts right now.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Be careful what you wish for…soon there will be months of them…

[@MovingBlanketStudio]

@@TheMillennialGardener One can only hope!

[@bigrich6750]

You guys are getting some nice rain right now.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

We don't need rain for 6 months. We have had 41 inches of rain since July 1st. Nothing would be nicer than a long drought.

[@bigrich6750]

@@TheMillennialGardener I hear ya. We had about a month of drought in August, which was very unusual. Normally, the dog days bring afternoon thunderstorms most days in August, but not this year. We just had Hurricane Francine that came ashore just west of New Orleans, but we got the outer bands in Pensacola, and about 5 inches over two days. My garden loved it, but we’ve gotten several inches since then, and now I need my garden to dry out. I’m about to pull my okra and transition to cool weather crops. Loved the recommendation on the romaine lettuce. There’s plenty of warm, but not blistering hot, weather left down here, and If I wasn’t a seed hoarder already, 😁 I’d go find that variety, but I’ve got plenty of other romaines that I’ll go ahead and get in the ground. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to you getting set up in Florida. It’s a whole different world down here in the swamp. 😁

[@IAMGiftbearer]

What about Cimmeron? Can those be Grown now in Georgia outdoors?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've grown red romaine. I haven't grown this variety. There are hundreds of varieties of lettuce, so it's going to be up to each individual to try many and find their favorites.

[@Vincdil]

LETS GOOO

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@CustomCroshae]

So is this an earlier video or did u sow it the day u uploaded

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I took footage back in May and held onto it to make this video. It has been in the works for 4 months.

[@JD-zb4ve]

"no average year" - perfectly said!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Average years do not exist. They're an amalgamation of 30 years of data, but not a single one of them will fit in place. "Mean weather" is such a bad dataset, yet it's used in practically everything weather-related.

[@dimac58]

Hope Dale is safe!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He's ok. We're having terrible storms today, but the storms will be gone this evening.

[@chandlercrews6203]

how do you keep lettuce fresh, for longer after harvest?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

After harvest, all you can do is refrigerate them. The key to a long lettuce harvest is to succession plant. Don't start all your seed at once. Stagger the plantings weekly so you have a portion of your plants being planted weekly. That way, they mature on different dates. For winter lettuces, they will often "stall" and stand still once day length drops below 10-ish hours a day.

[@chandlercrews6203]

@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you for the tips!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

@@chandlercrews6203 you're welcome!

[@tobiesmom]

Do you think Dale is going to like living in Florida?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm not sure. I don't think he will like the temperatures, but he will like the land.

[@beverlyboyce1041]

Hope u didn't have too much damage from storm. Looks like there might be another bad , possibly a hurricane coming ur way

[@ronaldthoms2147]

Just had planted some lettuce in a vego raised bed was doing good now something ate it half way down ,like my sweetcorn was almost ready we had a 90mph down burst all flattened an not much there Kinda bummer year onions were great Guess I have onion breath rest of year 😅😂😂😂😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You can do yourself a big service by building hoops around your raised bed and covering it in insect netting (or shade cloth during the heat wave). It will save your life and fix all that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmLVmmWPeqeBkMUsi=5_ZWHhqRrnbeffOT

[@theastapleton2428]

Which percentage shade cloth you used?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

40%. The shade cloth is linked in the video description.

[@knowledgeandmultiskilled]

Temperatures is not much of a concern, but it can be, for gardeners, or farmers who are not prepared. I think what is a concern is not having enough outdoor sun light all year. I saw people growing their food in different temperatures, and frankly I do not think it matters when to grow lettuce. If you have enough sun light all year round then you should be fine growing lettuce whenever you want outdoors, but I would suggest first to customize your garden. I can see you are trying to prevent a lot of light from hitting your garden, so what you are showing is that you have prepared, for hotter temperatures. The colder temperatures can also be dealt with as well, but it has to be in a different way! Since you have a somewhat of an open based garden then, for sure colder temperatures can become a problem, for you. Growing indoors is 1 option you can use, and then transplant whatever you have grown in better whether conditions, and trying to preserve food as well during better weather, for when the whether becomes not favorable outside is another option, so you, and other people might not have to grow anything, for a certain period throughout the year.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This is why I advocate planting the smaller days to maturity lettuce later as stated in 5:27. Romaine lettuce will not grow well in locations that do not get at least 10 hours of daylight at the winter solstice when the day length is at absolute minimum, but low days to maturity leaf lettuce can still grow.

[@knowledgeandmultiskilled]

@@TheMillennialGardener Growing indoors, and preserving food are 2 completely different options that gardeners, or farmers can take if not enough light is outside to grow food. From what I learned the light that the sun gives is the best lighting that is used to grow food. I germinated lettuce indoors, and outdoors as an experiment, and I was successful at doing both. When I am ready to build my garden then I am going to grow outdoors, and preserve food just in case I do not get enough light sometime throughout the year where I will be residing. I am still working on the legal paper work to buy property.

[@SpiceyKy]

❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@shk2564]

The problem is that you can only eat so much and it doesn’t store so it is a lot of work for a little reward! I have given up on it in zone 7.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's not a problem, because in your zone, the lettuce is going to grow so slowly during late fall/early winter that you can just leave the lettuce outside and harvest it at your leisure. The key is planting it while days are long enough so they get good-sized before the eventual November growth slow-down. Then, they'll just hold in your garden. You just have to get the timing down. Don't give up. Fix your timing and you can use your garden as a big refrigerator that will hold the heads in stasis.

[@shk2564]

@@TheMillennialGardener thanks 🙏

[@user-sv2uw7nz2l]

Old video...waiting for you what you do in September so we can follow you

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This is not an old video. I just filmed it. I took footage of my romaine harvest back in May and held it for 4 months just to make this. The 2-weeks later of my transplants near the end was filmed 2 days ago.

[@user-sv2uw7nz2l]

@@TheMillennialGardener i mean things we can start to do today..sept 17

[@barbkenas5663]

Poor Dale 💦💨💦

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Luckily, now that the big storm is over, it looks dry for a week.

[@eb1684]

I thought you got flooded out---hope you are OK.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It is mostly wind damage. 12 inches of rain doesn’t flood on sugar sand unless a creek or river crests here.

[@trulylynn9941]

Gardening with Leon kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICcYZJ_mtmfqLs is my way of growing lettuce. BTW you have huge storm coming your way son!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's been here for 3 days. I already got 12 inches of rain.

[@trulylynn9941]

@@TheMillennialGardener For the month? We have had 17 inches so far this month here in Orange Park w. of Jacksonville! Insane!