A couple of questions for the lettuce growing experts please! Once the seeds have germinated in an unheated propagator, is it best to leave the cover in place, and if so, for how long, or remove it during the day and replace it at night, or leave it off completely? Also is it better to wipe off any condensation which accumulates inside the cover? I'm hoping the answers will guide others too!
@Plantminded, I personally wouldn't use a propagator at all. Lettuce prefer cooler temps and will happily germinate at cool room temperature. Mine are in a unheated greenhouse, if the sun comes out I move them outside during the day. Hope that helps.
I don't use one either @scroggin. I sow in pots and use a little plastic lid if I do any seed a this time of year. Those plants will be for inside use anyway. My kitchen isn't terribly warm, as I said on the other page. Lid's off as soon as anything appears. The later ones would just be sown in pots, in the house or growhouse, depending on the weather, and outside when it's suitable for them, like you say.
Slugs are the biggest problem for putting lettuce outside here. I used a trough up on a pot, and set in a shallow tray of water last year, which worked well.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good stuff @Sheps Just let them get on with it now. When they're bigger, you can just split them into clumps and pot them up rather than pricking them all out separately. Then you can do a few more pots, or anther tray, for later use. Some I sowed last week have just germinated, sown in the way I described with the little lid. I doubt the kitchen has ever been above 16 or 17 at most, in that time, as there's been very little sun to warm it up. They'll be around the size of yours in a few days.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The later ones would just be sown in pots, in the house or growhouse, depending on the weather, and outside when it's suitable for them, like you say.
Slugs are the biggest problem for putting lettuce outside here. I used a trough up on a pot, and set in a shallow tray of water last year, which worked well.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Now all I have to do is keep them alive.
Just let them get on with it now. When they're bigger, you can just split them into clumps and pot them up rather than pricking them all out separately. Then you can do a few more pots, or anther tray, for later use.
Some I sowed last week have just germinated, sown in the way I described with the little lid. I doubt the kitchen has ever been above 16 or 17 at most, in that time, as there's been very little sun to warm it up.
They'll be around the size of yours in a few days.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I watered them from underneath yesterday for about 20min, so 5 days after sowing, should I continue doing the same?