How to grow your own lettuce at home without seeds by planting the end of the salad head in water
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himHow to grow your own lettuce at home without seeds by planting the end of the salad head in water
Don't throw away the end of the lettuce head, but plant it! This way you can grow your salad indefinitely starting from what are usually considered waste and thrown away.
Cultivate the lettuce starting from the seeds it is quite simple, but it is equally so if we try to plant the final part of the salad head: the propagation of the lettuce can take place, in fact, also by cuttings. Seeing is believing! (READ also: How to Store Your Salad: 2 Tricks to Have Fresh Lettuce Longer)
How to reproduce lettuce from scraps
- First of all, remove the outermost and largest leaves from your lettuce head. Then, using a knife, remove the lower part of the lettuce head by making a clean cut about 3 centimeters away from the bottom.
- You will have thus obtained the base of your head of lettuce. Set the leaves aside to prepare a good salad and get ready to get the new fresh lettuce right from the final part of the head, without having to resort to sowing.
- At this point you just have to get yourself a bowl, a glass or one bowl that is able to fully contain the base of the lettuce.
- Pour the necessary amount of water into the container to allow the bottom of the head to remain immersed for about one centimeter.
- Put the base of the head of lettuce in the bowl with the water, which you would normally have considered a waste part.
- Place the container near a window, inside the house. You will then be exposed to light but not to direct sunlight.
- Label the glass or bowl with the date of the start of the "experiment" and remember to change the water once a day.
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When and how to transfer lettuce in pots or in the ground
When 15 days have passed, you can already observe a good development of the head. The first roots and especially the first leaves of the central heart of the lettuce will have formed
You will need to remove the outermost leaves without damaging the roots. Then you will be ready to transplant the lettuce into a regular one round vase, which you will fill with a mix of hummus e bag. Bury to a depth of about two fingers and fill the pot well with soil.
Immediately after transfer to the vase, water abundantly your lettuce. If you have it available, enrich the soil with a natural liquid fertilizer. Expose the lettuce to the sun and it will grow gradually. It will be very easy to grow it in pots on the balcony and even involve the children in the experiment.
When you have harvested your first new head of lettuce, you can restart the experiment from the beginning. You will save on the purchase of seeds and will always have fresh lettuce available.
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