Not only did this lettuce grow faster, it is milder and better in flavor, and this lettuce is quite clean, where the bed grown lettuce has to be washed several times. I located the box where it is in the shade during the afternoon, but the limited sunlight doesn't seem to slow it down. So I was thinking, next year why plant any lettuce in the beds? I'll get the homemade self-watering container out of storage and alternate lettuce plantings in the two SWC's. That should provide all the lettuce I need.
Next post - suckering tomatoes.
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Wow! The lettuce does look happy in the Earthbox. I made some SWC out of totes several years ago, but I only use two for celery. I should pull the others out of the shed and put them to use growing lettuce in a shady part of the yard. Thanks for the inspiration!
My lettuce has done really well this year too, though it is all in a raised bed, not containers. Our problem is normally insufficient sunshine and too much rain, but this year it seems to have been OK.
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