Salad all year round, is it possible?

Beverley Smith 266 · May 2020

Hi all,

I love salad however i just can't keep on top of the slugs, (lack of time, too many slugs, trying to be organic). I do have limited success on my windowsill and have managed to do pea shoots and quick grow lettuce, seem to get two cuttings then they seem to die off.

Any tips for expanding the windowsill effort, salad all year or most of the year - would a potting she help or is there a way you grow that's easy and space conscious ?

Many thanks All

Beverley Smith 266 · May 2020

hi Phillipa, currently thinking of getting a potting shed with those big windows but hadn't thought of plastic one - live in the south west

Dovefromabove · May 2020

I grow watercress on the windowsill https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wellbeing/news/a582/how-to-grow-watercress-health-trend/ You don’t need bottled water ... I use ordinary tap water and an occasional stop of Baby Bio.

GemmaJF · May 2020

Perhaps consider a large propagator like a Vitapod with lights? It's easy to grow micro veg in the winter in one.

I have mine set up in the garage at the moment, best results I've ever had, temperatures in the potting shed are generally too cold in winter, too hot in summer.

Article on the type I have here:

https://www.allotment-garden.org/garden-diary/5213/what-is-even-better-than-a-vitopod/

They are a significant investment, but then so is a potting shed.

I've never tried to grow stuff in the potting shed. I use it for the process of potting up and sowing seeds. They need somewhere else to germinate and grow.

Salad all year round, is it possible?

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