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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: tricia on April 14, 2012, 12:20:14

Title: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: tricia on April 14, 2012, 12:20:14: For 99p I have 20 small groups of salad planted outside under a fleece cloche. They will give me (and my friends!) salad through till July when I'll need the space for other veggies.

I'm currently 'disabled' with a painful left elbow so it was a team effort - I separated the pack into 20 'portions', used my long handled dibber to make the holes and my wonderful friend and helper, Rebecca, firmed them into their respective holes. Job done.

This is my third year using this method to grow cut and come again salad and have - maybe oddly - never had any problems with slugs and snails munching them.

Tricia
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: ed dibbles on April 14, 2012, 13:23:18: I did this a couple of years ago and it worked a treat. They establish right away with huge numbers of salad leaves keeping going from april to july.
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: shirlton on April 14, 2012, 13:40:25: We do it too. Usually as a stop gap but then it goes on for ages
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: Sparkly on April 14, 2012, 13:54:56: Great tip. I will have to get some now!
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: grannyjanny on April 14, 2012, 14:07:08: I got mine from Booths. I don't know if they are the same as Lidl's. Mine are green & red lettuce. If they are different it would be a good excuse to call at Lidls ;D.
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: *Joanne* on April 14, 2012, 14:19:23: We also do this we like the sainsburys on as it has curly lettuce and rocket in it
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: shirlton on April 14, 2012, 14:26:40: Quote from: grannyjanny on April 14, 2012, 14:07:08
I got mine from Booths. I don't know if they are the same as Lidl's. Mine are green & red lettuce. If they are different it would be a good excuse to call at Lidls ;D.
Lidls is the same
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: grannyjanny on April 14, 2012, 14:41:29: Thanks Shirl. Perhaps a trip to Sainsbury's then if they have a different mix.
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: pigeonseed on April 14, 2012, 19:59:20: That's a good idea - I saw some on special offer in our co op, 75p, they looked healthy enough, but I just didn't want to eat them at the time, I never thought of planting them ::)
Next time!
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: manicscousers on April 15, 2012, 16:11:15: We're eating ours, Sainsbury had them last month ;D
Title: Re: Lidl living salad - a bargain!
Post by: glensman on April 17, 2012, 17:35:50: Thanks for the tip,folks. Picked up 79pence worth of living salad today and have transplanted into troughs. :)