Lettuce

[sparkles2307]

I got a pic of my lettuce, its the only thing up enough to make it worth taking pics of so far. Good thing it stays warm into October up here or we'd never get anything done!

Any idea why it didnt come up all thru the rows? I know I need to weed...

 

[Natalie]

Mine did that too. I figured I just didn't do a very good job laying the seed. Picked my first salad last night, yum!

 

[patandchickens]

I suck at direct-sowing, and tend to have the same problem with almost anything I sow (not entirely random patchiness of rows). I attribute it mostly to unevenness of soil conditions -- some parts being more compacted, or less effectively covered to keep the sprouting seeds from drying out, or that sort of thing. I dunno if this is *right*, but, it's what I believe <g>

If it bugs you, you can sow an additional small area between rows that can serve as a transplant source. You can just step over it for the first few weeks, then 'mine' it for transplants, then it goes back to being between-row pathway cuz no plants left in it anymore

Good luck, have fun, nice lettuce,

Pat, whose garden has been so flooded for so much of the spring that virtually all the lettuce I have is in 6 windowbox containers, sigh.

 

[me&thegals]

I have this problem, too This year, I transplanted lettuce from thick patches into the thinner or nonexistent areas and it's doing quite well!