How to Grow Lettuce: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Lettuce
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- How to grow lettuce. We have been planting, growing and harvesting lettuce for many years and this easy step by step guide to growing LOTS of lettuce at home.
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Learn how to grow this lettuce that is Hugely popular for over 150 years, its one of the most tender and delicately flavored leaf lettuces ever bred. This is our Favorite Lettuce and we grow it over and over throughout the year.
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love learning from you and Nancy. All the best!
I really enjoy your format of these videos where you edit all of the progress of the plants you are showing how to grow, from seed starting to transplanting and to the finished harvest, all in one video! I truly appreciate it. I've learned so much from your teaching of growing vegetables from start to finish. God bless you both! 👼🙏❤️🐑🪔👑
Thanks so much for watching! So glad the videos help you❤️👩🦳👨🦳🐶❤️
Hi Hollis and Nancy 👋
What a lovely place you have now. Alot of space to grow things.
Wish you good luck.
We look at your videos on TH-cam 🥰
Helene in Sweden waiting for spring.
Thanks so much
@@HollisNancysHomesteadthank you, hope to be like you guys when we grow up.
I just want to thank you so much for your videos, y’all are so inspiring to a new gardener such as myself and all of your videos have helped me, I primarily do container/planter gardening and your videos are what I run to if I question anything at all.. thank you thank you thank you…. Can’t wait for your next video!!!!
The older I get the more a favor containers
Beautiful lettuce, and I love your excellent video! Really appreciate the links too, Thank you so much 😊
You are very welcome ❤️. Thank you so much for watching
I like your video because you show start to finish. I also enjoy Nancy and Hollis,love yal and love you.
Thank you so much!❤️❤️🐶
oh you are in Florida, prayers for your family and friends
Love that lettuce, I just direct sow it into my grow bags!
You two are so organized and efficient! Those are monster sized lettuce. I grow black seeded Simpson and they don’t get that big. I need to try that potting mix recipe. I really like how you show the entire cycle from seeding to eating. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
My son gave me a huge pack of Black Seeded Simpson for Christmas.
I grew Parris Island lettuce this past spring. Today I'm starting the Black Seeded Simpson seeds in 6 cell trays.
If I have half the luck you did I will be very happy.
Thanks so much for your homestead channel.
I enjoy every episode. Please keep it up.
Thank You,
Fred in Virginia
Fred, I enjoy every episode also! Every single one!!!
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I really enjoy your seed to harvest format. Thank you for taking the time to create such informative videos.
You are Very welcome. Have a peaceful week ❤️❤️🐶
Bless you guys. Love to watch your videos!
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Another great video! I appreciate the format of your videos and you explain everything so simply. Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching!! Enjoy some salad this fall❤️
Thank you for continuing to grow and show us these good ways to grow our own food. I always enjoy watching and seeing new varieties that I haven't known existed. Also, I hope your back is much better than it was earlier in the year. God bless you guys!
So glad you enjoy our videos ❤️. My back is a lot better but still have to be careful with it. Thanks for your concern. My main pain is my knees especially my left knee. I’m afraid knee replacement is in my future 😕
@@HollisNancysHomestead Hollis I don't know if you already watch them but Lawrence from "This farm Wife" on YT just had a knee replacement about a week ago and has plans to have the other knee done. So you might wanna see how it goes with him - so far, he seems to be doing really good.
You both put so much love in your food. I would love to visit you both. I, too, use black cow compost.
You two are an adorable couple and a huge blessing to us all !!!
Love you both ❤️
Oh man I wish I would have watched this video before I started mine that's the same seeds I have going on the homestead and I cut some of them off in there container good thing is I didn't do it with all of them so I.jist going to let them be so when I transplant them I will just do what you did. I will still be growing more all spring and summer. Thanks again for the video. You and Nancy and Bing Bing take good care. God bless
Enjoy your garden this year Vanessa! Sounds like you are all ready to go👍
@@HollisNancysHomestead thank you..I'm working on it.stiill have alot more to start. You enjoy yours also.
Thank you for great instructions,, you are a very good teacher
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Love you end with acknowledgment and thanks to our LORD. Looks like it takes most of our life to learn how to really love, consumate a real marriage, and enjoy the real parts of God supplied Life in Him. God Bless y'all and viewers. Y'all will learn and gain here!
Great timing. I just ordered some of those seeds. Looking forward to trying it.
I love how you show the result from seed to ready. Takes a while to show that much progress in a video. I guess it's like you are growing the video in a sense.nice job
Same lettuce we grew in childhood garden. Yes, taste is great!
all your videos help I enjoy watching you and Nancy.
Love your Channel. So good to see it from start to finish❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️🤣🤣
I love lettuce. I have some Black Seeded Simpson seeds. I hope to start some early next spring. Hoping for sweet, crispy lettuce! Love these progression videos that I know you work so hard to produce! Thank you so much for that! Good health and happiness to you!
You are very welcome ❤️❤️❤️. Have a peaceful weekend
Love you guys!
We love you too❤️👩🦳👨🦳🐶❤️
Wonderful selection of lettuce,Hollis,it's looking great,god meant for u to be a farmer,u grow magnificent vegetable's.👍
I have been having a heck of a time getting my lettuce thru our heat warning summer. Last year, I grew a sturdy oak leaf and romaine strains last year, but we had normal heat. This year... everything other than potatoes in deep shade are frying. Thank you for posting this video. I like the advice about the depth of the starting tray sections! Great tips!
Enjoy your fall garden❤️❤️❤️
Question on your seed starting dirt. What do you do with them at the end of the season? Do you reuse the dirt for next year seeds? What do you do with the dirt?
Mmm mmm G😊😊 D!!! Great teaching y’all, I love the music too!!!
I love your instruction videos! I grow all my lettuce inside in my hydroponic system, but I watched the whole thing anyway. Y’all are just awesome.
Thank you for watching! I love lettuce no matter how you grow it😂
Two weeks of winter remaining in Australia thanks for this video
So glad I found you! We live in south georgia weather is similar. Love your homestead
Always love your videos. Thank you very much. Sending virtual Granny hug's and prayers to you and your loved ones
Just did a Lowes run for black cow. I love that stuff. Your garden is the best 👌🏽 blessings to you both💚
Hey Hollis!!! Love your videos. I have a question about when and how much do you water while they're still in the trays. Do you water every day or only when they seem dry? I can't seem to get the right combination and my seeds seedlings seem to be very small.
Thanks for all the great information, and by the way, I am a retired firefighter and we had great chaplain. Keep up the good work, you are needed.
Another nice video, learning so much how to plant 🪴 vegetables. Thanks again. Have a blessed day
Thank you so much!
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Happy 500,000 viewers , its a great channel , we're blessed to find you , ( and help me sell the girly on container growing for a lot of things ) cheers from the Outback
Thank you so much for watching. I recon y’all are just about to come into Spring. Enjoy your lettuce this spring. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🇦🇺
Thank you both! 😊👍.
Sure is fall in San Francisco now!!! I'm moving up to my new 13 acres in Upstate New YorkGreat video! I'm gonna try n get a greenhouse up soon after getting a little settled in.
Dreaming and prepping for this fall garden
Going to try growing indoors this winter . Fresh greens are needed and knowing what you put into them is worth it. God only knows how bad things are going to get so got to try some new things. God's blessing to you and Nancy.
I agree with you. I like to know what I am feeding my family. 👍
Black Kow is THE BEST! - Excellent info thank you
Thanks for the advice I'm going to build some growing tables. The bugs had a field day with my garden. I'm out in zone 9 working on my growing projects. Thanks again God bless.
Grow tables are the way to go
My lettuce didn’t come up this summer, I’m going to try again this fall. Thanks for sharing the video
It grow better in cool temps
My neither I even tried indoors. I have such a hard time growing lettuce.
Thank you, great video. ❤️👍
Wow... thank you about the tip of packing down the soil... I did not know that. And I make my own starter too and love black cow... I am getting ready to start some lettuce soon. here in central Florida too... love your videos so helpful... new subscriber.
Like grow tables height & convenience.
EXCELLENT video!
Thank you in advance!!!! I have learned a lot from the videos
You are very welcome ❤️❤️❤️
Grew this before the heat and like it as well
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Very well done.
I'm also in central Florida and I like they way you are growing this lettuce. I like to stagger my plantings so that it's not all ready to harvest at the same time. I only have so many friends and nearby family members to share it with.
Yes sir, we succession plant in 3 week intervals
We will be able to plant lettuce here in a couple weeks! I love Black Seeded Simpson too! And I let a few go to seed each year.
Us too ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! My lettuce is actually coming up'
Love your video. The container that you use is a 2 gallon or 3 gallon containers.
I love y'all's video, I try to watch them all but I've had problems with lettuce I'll try this way see how it works , having it off the ground helps , I'm crippled up but it doesn't stop me , I'm blessed thanks
I prefer the containers for all my lettuce for several reasons. Definitely easy for me at my age
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching. Have a peaceful weekend ❤️
Thanks for the video. Do you fertilize them anymore anymore after the bone meal that goes in the beginning thank you
I sure appreciate you
Could you let me know what soil mix you use thank you love your videos
I’m from Australia
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Lovely video Hollis and Nancy!! I can’t wait to try this lettuce. What is the name of the website you got the pots from? Thank you!
Zenhydro.com
Use dim fangers Hollis. This South Georgia boy loves straight talk LOL. I think I’m gonna try me lettuce this fall. Black seeded Simpson at that. God bless buddy
Love me some Georgia. My father’s side of the family were from a farm in Meigs, Georgia.
About an hour from our little farm. I caught a lot of fish on the St. John’s last week....lake George.
Thought of you guys.
That’s very near us👍
Amen
I must be missing where they posted how Hollis mixes up his potting mix?
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How do you use that much lettuce before it goes bad? Nice video, thank you for your wisdom.
Nancy here - This is the most tender and tasty lettuce. We eat as much as we can and also give a lot to Mom. Whatever we have left over we give it to the chickens 🐔 They love it too
Wow! We are still 98-108° here in California. How do store all the lettuce? Do you just eat all of it within a few weeks? Looks delicious. I need to try this black seeded Simpson.
May The Lord bless you
Peace to you and your family 😇
You remind us of our brother as he gardened & his way of gardening. Hlth doesn't allow him to keep gardening.
I’m sorry he can’t garden. I know that must be hard for him. 🙏
Out of curiosity, why do you cut the rest of your lettuce varieties down to one per cell/pot (if grown in a small pot), but not this one? I don't in zone 10b and have great results. I cut for leaf lettuce and dont grow for heads, so maybe that is the issue, but I get a ton of lettuce this way, probably 5 cuttings in the winter and 3 cuttings in the warmer seasons. August....one and done.
Love you guys. So helpful. How do you handle having so much lettuce at once and keep it fresh and ready to eat for weeks after?
I was wondering the same thing lol!
We eat it every day. It will last about a week in the refrigerator in a zip lock bag. We share some with friends and neighbors. If any starts to go bad we feed it to the chickens. We succession plant in 3 week intervals
@@HollisNancysHomestead can you grow it in winter inside with a light potentially?
Yes
@@HollisNancysHomestead Great! Thanks for all y’all do! I’ve learned so much in like a week
can you treat it like cut and come again. or harvest at one time Thanks, looks great,
Either way will work. We usually cut and come again until it starts to get milky. Then we feed it to our chickens. By then the next succession planting is coming into harvest
Do you let all lettuce bunch without thinning or just this type? I have Henderson black seed lettuce that I love to grow as well. It looks similar to this type of lettuce.
I do not thin them. Let them bunch. I don’t thin any of my leaf lettuces. Any lettuces that I thin I will show that on the video for you👍
@@HollisNancysHomestead thank you sir! I’d recommend the Henderson black seed lettuce from Bakers creek and Merlot lettuce, both very good. God bless you both!
Are they supplying to the West Coast?
What time did you put the blood meal?
What do you plan to do with all that lettuce? Just curious to know if you have a way to store it. That would be cool if you could grow it all at once and be able to enjoy on it for a while.
Each container is at least one meal for me and Nancy. We harvest daily for salads. We also harvest 7-10 containers at a time, rinse and store in zip lock bags with a paper towel and send home with Nancy’s mother. That will last her for at least a week. We also share some with neighbors and friends. We can get several harvests before it starts to get milky and go bad. At that point we feed it to our chickens. By the time it goes bad the next succession planting is coming into harvest. We plant in 3 week intervals giving us an endless supply of lettuce on our salad bar for several months. The only months we are not growing lettuce is June, July and August.
Thank you so much. I live in Tampa can you grow that lettuce here? Would I have to shade it. I live in Apt and with increase in rent I am trying to grown my food.
Well I definitely understand the pest pressure living in Florida, I’m in southwest Florida.. I like the idea of growing it up on tables although I don’t have that kind of room, but you have inspired me to try this variety, but on a smaller scale lol. Could probably grow that in the screened in patio. Can you use this as a cut and come again type of lettuce or do you harvest the whole thing at once?
We cut and come again in succession. By the time the lettuce gets old and milky the next succession planting is coming into harvest. We feed the milky lettuce to our chickens. We succession plant on 3 week intervals for continual lettuce on our salad bar.
Yall have a very interesting and informative channel. And a very neat garden, growing tables and structures. But I do have one question - how in the world do you keep the wasp out from under the tables and buildings? Maybe an odd question but I hate wasp and I know how bad they are to build their nest under such structures. 🤷♂👍
I can’t keep them out but I have learned over the years how to watch out for them. I hit them with wasp spray when I find them
@@HollisNancysHomestead That's right. It don't take but a few stings to make us watch out for them. They hide from us and then make a party out of their attacks. Just seems unfair 😉Thanks for your reply.
Paper wasps are a problem here. Usually when the sting me I get several stings at once.
Should the lettuce be fertilized? If so with what?
Nothing more than what I showed in the video
I'm having some trouble with my red Bell peppers, when they're turning red these orange ( looks like big ants) get on the peppers. I have used soapy water spray and peppermint water spray, can you HELP?????? PLEASE and thank you!!!! Love and learn from your videos
We sprinkle Borax around our plants when we encounter an ant problem
What size buckets did you use.
Video 📹 is very good. Learn alot. Were can you get the black kow fertilizer . I can't find or get it at all.
Hi Virginia,
Call Cathy Drake at Black Kow (352)748-0569. She can help you locate the nearest distributor in your area. Cathy is a very nice person and will happy to help you❤️
What are other fall vegetables to plant for the cool weather?
Check out our channel. We have dozens and dozens of videos for fall.
What size is that container?
1 gallon
Hi guys, anyone have the link for the pots in the video. I don't see a link in the description. MANY 🙏
Hollis do you ever use mulch in your containers? If not how do you keep them from drying out? Watering constantly?
I don’t use mulch. Simply watering in the morning will be enough
@@HollisNancysHomesteadthank you! God bless!
I'm having trouble with my red Bell peppers, these orange ( large ant looking) keep getting on them!!!! I've tried soapy water spray and peppermint water spray and can't get rid of them!!!!! HELP PLEASE, live in zone 9
You two are so cute working together.
Now there is no way you two can eat all of that.
What do you do with the excess?
Do you sell at a grower's market or something?????
Over the years we have learned to do everything as a team. As we continue to grow old we must become more of a team on everything we do. No ma’am, we don’t sell anything. We share with friends and family. We also donate to help those in need. Nothing goes to waste. ❤️
I’m in south Alabama and it’s so hot here right now so I am torn on if I should put my seeds outside or keep them in a window. Does it do better in partial shade even if it’s 92 degrees out??
I plan to start my seeds in September
@@HollisNancysHomestead ok sounds good!!! I will too!
Hi I don’t see the link for the soil mix?
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What do you do with the spent soil from the buckets and containers after you harvest ?
It can be saved and amended for reuse
@@HollisNancysHomestead i know you had a box when you lived up north, did you do that for here in fl ?
We did not.
I’m in Florida too, what time of year do you plant them?
September
I am curious, why don’t you just plant directly into the small pots instead of the small trays?
I like to start my seeds in trays then transplant the seedlings into containers so I can add fertilizer directly in the hole with the seedling.
How much sun do your starters get per day?
Full morning sun, 40% shade noon day, 100% shade afternoon
you are using 1gal for that lettuce? is it too early to start then now in august for a early crop or will they bolt?
Too early
@@HollisNancysHomestead ty :)
Why do you always start in pots. When do you ever plant seeds in buckets.
I prefer to start my seeds in seed starting trays and transplant the seedlings to the container. That way I can add fertilizer in the hole with the seedling transplant to kick start the plant. I don’t add any fertilizer when starting my seeds
Why didn't you use the cinnamon on the seeds?
I only use that when I am starting seeds indoors
@@HollisNancysHomestead Thank! Have a Blessed Day!
so, why not iceberg lettuce?
I prefer the different varieties other than iceberg because of the rich taste and more nutrients
I don't see the soil ingredients?
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Looks like peat, cow manure, perlite, potting soil, and a pinch of blood meal.