Methods of growing lettuce seed selection, seedbed, sowing, seedling, planting, planting.

1, selecting seeds

Selecting varieties with strong disease resistance and robust growth, now popular on the market are three varieties of leaf lettuce, glass lettuce, and knotted ball lettuce, which can be planted in a randomly selected one.

2, seedbed

Seeding before the preparation of seedling seedbed, seedbed soil should be loose and fertile organic soil, can also be ordinary loose soil mixed with organic fertilizer, ammonium sulfate blending, the soil will be watered once thoroughly.

3, sowing

Lettuce seeds are very small and light, you need to mix it with sand, and then evenly sprinkled on the seedbed, mulching 0.5-1cm can be.

4, seedling

After sowing, keep the temperature of the seedbed between 12-20 degrees, keep ventilated, avoid exposure to the sun, when the seeds germinate and grow two or three leaves, you can plant.

5, planting

Lettuce root system is weak, so planting seedlings need to be brought up with the soil, planting to maintain row spacing, spacing 4x4cm, planting fertilizer once, and then watered a thorough watering.

6, harvest

Lettuce as long as the fertilizer is sufficient, its growth will be extremely rapid, 1-2 months can be harvested, harvesting should be careful to avoid harming the roots, so that it can not continue to grow.

Lettuce Introduction

It is a genus of lettuce in the family of Asteraceae, an annual or biennial herbaceous crop, also known as leaf lettuce, is a very common edible vegetables.

Lettuce is native to the Mediterranean coast of Europe, imported into China has a long history, the southeastern coast, especially in the suburbs of large cities, the two regions cultivated more. People in China, Japan and other countries tend to cook it and eat it, and in Western culture people tend to put it in salads, hamburgers and other foods to eat it raw.