Three Ways To Grow Lettuce. Growing Lettuce In Cold Climates | Gardening in Canada

This gardening in Canada video looks at three ways to grow lettuce. Growing lettuce in Canada is a great starter crop for any gardener. Growing lettuce can be done inside containers, in the ground or in a raised bed. They key is knowing what texture and flavour your are aiming for with your lettuce. This will ultimately effect how and where you grow your lettuce. When you grow in containers you can achieve both heads and micro greens. When growing lettuce it’s all about spacing. for growing heads of lettuce large spaces between plants is key. For microgreens you will want to pack things in as closely as possible

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Intro 0:00
Starting Lettuce Indoors 1:00
First Lettuce Growing Method - Thinning Vs Not Thinning Lettuce - 2:00
Second Lettuce Growing Method - Growing Lettuce Heads In Containers - 3:50
Third Lettuce Growing Method - Growing In Heat - 6:00
Bolting Lettuce 6:45

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Leave a comment and let me know where your are gardening. And let me know what videos you would like to see in the future!

Ashley is an agronomist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
 At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science. 
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up and coming gardeners. 

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[krisyallowega]

I love sowing my mixed leafy greens in those blue recycling bins that we used to use. Bushels if greens every week. Nothing better than a lettuce sandwich.

[Syndrome]

Found your channel through the Nepenthes video, love your content, and god damn those tomato plants behind you in the beginning!

[gbltheolechurchacrehomestead]

Hi Ashley! Thanks for the great video on Lettuce! AWESOME SHARE!

[GraftingTactick]

Yes I did hit that subbed button cos you know what you talking about when it comes to gardening 🌿🌱🌴☘🍀🌲

[lindam]

Great info I will use next year, my lettuce seedlings were a total bust here in too-hot BC Interior.

[MeAndMyShadow]

zone 5 b in Nova scotia... my go to for lettuce is Grand Rapids lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and Buttercrunch lettuce. I like to daily raid the garden for items for a salad, thickly sow for cut and come again crop. I plant in a area that the hottest part of the day the lettuce is in the shade... and knock on wood i get throu the hot streak of summer without bolting... During dry spells I water daily to make sure the shallow roots have water to access... Instead of major staggering of planting I use the 3 varieties as one is hitting its lifetime growth the next one is in full swing... As the weather has been changing thinking another planting may be needed to be added as lettuce is pretty much done now and we are still seeing weather that we would see early September but at mid October. Yes i still have tomatoes and celery in the garden Today is Oct 13th... normally I would be throu frosts anytime late sept if this was few years ago...last year and this year has been mild fall it was muddy last Christmas frost never set in the ground fully till mid January. 10 years ago I would be into my fall or winter jacket by now... today outside no jacket at all ...Tomatoes get planted 2nd week of june in the garden normally 3 mos then cooler temps... seeing around 9c at the night 17c days right now

[michaelmarchione]

Oh Ashley, we did notice last fall the lettuce was sweeter than grown in the spring/summer. It was a lot more tender too. I think the cooler weather may have helped. Take care!

[michaelmarchione]

We never had a fall garden and I don't know of anybody around us who do. But late last summer (2020) I planted two short rows of Romaine lettuce. I didn't thin them, it was just an experiment to see how late we could harvest leafy greens. I built a 3-sided box out of 2x2s and plastic, top was plastic covered. The open end faced south. It actually got sun in the morning to early afternoon. We harvested the leaves up until the first week of December. We did get snow, an inch to 3 inches at times. It would melt. When it cools down I'm going all out for a fall garden. Except for winter squash everything is in a raised bed. I think we might have an earlier frost this fall...time will tell. We are in the foothills of the northern Adirondack Mountains of New York State zone 4a. Is that like the Canadian zone 3? Enjoyed the video, take care!

[derekcox]

😂🤣 all my lettuce just bolted so fast this season! It has been so hot in southern Alberta this year! I love black seed Simpson and I never try to grow “heads” of lettuce in my area, it just seems to take more time than we have. Although I’m sure many people with more experience than I, could certainly do so. I love the loose leaf types and this season have also grown little gem, which was a star, although short lived in this heat. My fall garden is seeded now and I’m very excited to see how it goes! Great episode 👍👍👍👍 love watching your channel. Your content is always quite unique and interesting in its perspective!

[angelikaszabo]

Can you do a video on cold climate vegetables, that can be direct sowed in early spring and won't die if hit with a bit of frost? I know a few of them but would like to do more if there are more. The ones I know is peas, radish, and lettuce, are these correct? Are there any others?

[DragonflyenAmber]

I love leafy greens and young spinach, this year we went from a chilly spring to sudden heat and everything bolted. I might try to grow it indoors over winter just to have fresh stuff.

[cubanguy]

I really liked this video, thank you 😁

[dymondwillow]

Raspberry patch this year has had a lot of bugs. Not as many berries as last year. All I did was water sparingly this year. Now that the season is done, gonna transplant those rogue canes. Cover ground with mulch. When to cut canes?

[thomasswainston]

I mostly just let a few go to seed and then transplant some seedlings as it suits me when they pop up. Seems to take care of itself in Victoria, the one in Australia that is.

[DavidMFChapman]

I grow Romaine and Lolla Rosa. I started them from single plants years ago and I always let one plant each go to seed. I collect the seeds and start them indoors in the spring. I grow them in a shady bed. I collect single leaves, not heads. Eventually it bolts, just about the time the beans start producing. We stop eating leafy green salad then. Then the cucumbers and cherry tomatoes start coming. Basically, we just eat what’s cropping.

I also grow arugula, mizuna, endive, tatsoi, mustard, bekana. These get an early start in the cold frame and start cropping in May. Radish as well.

[Lochness]

How many degree days do you need for lettuce?

[joplumridge]

My poor gardens have been decimated by bugs, mostly little black beetles. I've gotten almost none of my lettuces or kale, which are favorite crops. I have decided to start again with Trounce, and since it is a raised garden, a netting. When it gets cold I will hoop it to hopefully extend it. The amount of damage is so discouraging, and insecticidal soap just took away their competitors. This is the first year I have ever had to use anything at all, I don't mind sharing a little, and the heat has not helped. I am in 5b and the temps have been all over. Do you have any tips to deal with these voracious little beasts?

[dymondwillow]

This video is about lettuce so my comments should be about that. No shade in my back yard so they probably would not do well outside. I will tinker with lettuce and other leafy green seeds .... tomorrow.

[dymondwillow]

Just found some seeds I purchased at Peavey Mart in a bag in my car. It has been a brutally hot summer so I am going to conclude those seeds are cooked and will not give me any plants?

[thetheoryprincess]

I love leafy lettuce particularly, butter lettuce, but i'll eat any lettuce. Last week, my container of Outrageous red that was growing beautifully, was ravaged over night!!!! Chewed down to the stem. We were shocked! Took out the lettuce and fluffed up the soil to try a different variety and lo and behold, I found 3 green caterpillars. They were not skinny! I combed through the soil to find more, but couldn't see any (they could still be in there though). I replanted a different variety, so we'll see what happens. OUr poor radishes are getting it as well. So frustrating!