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    Transplanting Lettuce Seedlings

    I usually transplant my lettuce seedlings from the seed tray to individual modules. But, I'm thinking of skipping this stage and just transplanting them straight into the bed.

    I have created a very fine tilth and can keep the area moist.

    Is this likely to succeed or fail?

    They are two types of iceberg lettuce.

    Ta.
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    Mine (oak leaf) worked just fine like that. They're in the middle of the sweetcorn... it's nowhere near shading them out.

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    • #3
      It depends if the slugs get them you could try using a few organic pellets.
      Location....East Midlands.

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      • #4
        The sluggy things didn't get my direct-sown lettuce/salad.......I'm gonna give it a go and be damned!

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        • #5
          Congratulations on getting away with the slug damage! What's your secret?
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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          • #6
            Motion-sensor flame thrower. Bit vicious, but it works.

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            • #7
              Probably as vicious as my scissors. They don't scream though do they?
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                It doesn't work for me cos of the slugs and I'm not at the lottie every day to water which they seem to need if they're started in trays. I prefer mine to get a reasonable size for those reasons but if you can avoid that then you'll be fine.

                Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                • #9
                  If you let them grow big enough it's fine.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                    If you let them grow big enough it's fine.
                    I think that's what she normally does but wanted to skip the growing on stage.

                    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                      If you let them grow big enough it's fine.
                      Corrected to

                      If you let them grow big enough in the seed tray without bothering with the transplant then it's fine.

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