Lettuce seeds

[Barbee]

Update:
I planted my SWC with leaf lettuce and spinach. I planted a large pot with swiss chard. We have really enjoyed the fresh greens this fall and I hope to be able to continue to plant and grow them all thru the winter in my little greenhouse.

[Medbury Gardens]

I leave a few to go to seed so the following season theres always lettuces popping up on there own,its just a matter of hoeing out the ones that grow in the wrong places

[huntsman]

Originally Posted by b54red

When you mix fine seed with something that keeps the seeds evenly dispersed it makes it easier to sow them without getting too many seed in one location. I used to spend hours thinning carrots and lettuce because they would be too thick in the row. I still sometimes have to thin them a little but generally get a good even distribution.
I pour out the approximate number of seed I want to plant and add one or two tablespoons of used coffee grounds and shake them up in a small jar. I then pour them in an envelope with a crease in it and shake them out by tapping the envelope as I move it down the row holding it about an inch above the soil. I can see the seed as they fall out mixed with the coffee grounds and usually can control the spacing pretty well.

Aha! OK, thanks -

I was just sliding some out of the packet into the palm of my hand, and then using surgical tongs to lift two or three at a time. This works perfectly for a small operation, but I certainly see the value of the mix if you plant a lot more...

Oh, BTW -

Are lettuce best planted in full or partial sun?

TNX

[Marko]

Full sun is better, but will tolerate some shade.

[huntsman]

Much appreciated, Marko. :-)

[b54red]

Originally Posted by huntsman

Aha! OK, thanks -

I was just sliding some out of the packet into the palm of my hand, and then using surgical tongs to lift two or three at a time. This works perfectly for a small operation, but I certainly see the value of the mix if you plant a lot more...

Oh, BTW -

Are lettuce best planted in full or partial sun?

TNX

I used to use tweezers; but my arthritis has made that impossible.
Just went into the greenhouse today and found almost all of my lettuce seedlings cropped off by my friendly neighborhood squirrels. They left me several pecans in payment. Those little furry tailed rats no longer seem cute anymore. They have given me fits this year. They have thinned my carrots almost to extinction, cut some of my young brocoli and cropped my lettuce like a weed whacker and they seem to have developed a taste for blushing tomatoes.

[huntsman]

Yep, the conservationist in you vs the gardener, eh?!

Hard call...!

[b54red]

Not a hard call anymore. I used to live and let live when their destruction of my garden was manageable but the little #%$%$#$%^s have pushed me to far. They are now an endangered species in my yard.

[huntsman]

*Huge grin*...!

[ContainerTed]

b54red - Here at the Bucket Farm, we call it "Thinning the Herd".

Ted