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    Leggy lettuce

    Just a quick one. I planted too early an have leggy lettuce. Any advice as to how I can make this less ..... Well ..... Leggy?


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    They need more light.

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    • #3
      Deffo more light as RL says...........can you get them any deeper or under some grow lights.
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      • #4
        Thanks. I'll try. Could risk them in the GH?


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        • #5
          If you have a greenhouse you can have salad leaves all year round. There are plenty of winter hardy types. Start them off indoors but once they germinate get them out into the greenhouse ASAP so you don't need to harden them off. Try again.
          Trick is to sow quite a lot in late summer to give you plants for over the winter.

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          • #6
            Ok great. Thank you. That's good advice


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            • #7
              You could try cutting them down to the surface level and they may well re grow as stronger plants, as the daylight hours increase. Or those weak leaves may well die off anyway and new shoots take over.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Bill HH View Post
                You could try cutting them down to the surface level and they may well re grow as stronger plants, as the daylight hours increase. Or those weak leaves may well die off anyway and new shoots take over.
                If you cut them to surface level they will just die as they won't have anything to create energy to enable them to growth. You always get loads of lettuce seeds. I'd be inclined to bin and sow again in early March when there is better light.


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                • #9
                  I'd be tempted to prick them out & plant them deep up to the leaves then pop them in the greenhouse.
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                  • #10
                    I'd give it a bash. I sowed a tray of modules over a week ago. They've been up 3 or 4 days now. They're in the GH during the days and I bring them in at night. They're not getting leggy at all. They are Lidl mixed salad leaves.

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                    • #11
                      I'd pot on deeper and resow.


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                      • #12
                        I'd re-pot those that look like they'd make it, but the straggly ones would go on a sandwich.
                        Location....East Midlands.

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