LETTUCE

[Rohaise]

I was wondering can I sow lettuce seed in between the onion sets I have planted ....I,m already running out of space ! or should they have their own bed .  I am going to sow "Little Gem"....are there any other types good for sowing now ....I really want to grow a good supply of mixed leaves for salads .         Thankyou     Rohaise    

[Rohaise]

[manicscousers]

we've got little gem, lollo rosso, parella red and lots of chinese leaves, pak choi, red mustard, wong bok etc, growing in cells at the moment, they will be planted into spaces wherever we have them, plus radish and spring onons, hope that helps  :)

[calendula]

I grow much of my salads, all year round, in cheap window boxes or any other container that will take them - not only does this not take up precious ground space but i keep them away from slugs and things like that

[Suzanne]

I grow my lettuce between anything as long as there is enough space - even between the asparagus for my early crops. They are shallow rooting and not too hungry so don't interefere with much if the soil is fertile. Intercropping is a really good use of the space in your garden or plot.

[euronerd]

It says here that you can, http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html#ONIONS: if you have room between the onions that is. I'm no expert but onions compete badly with weeds, so can an onion tell the difference between a weed and your lettuce? Some sort of additional feed might not go amiss. Good idea to plant a compact variety such as L gem though. Like calendula, I also grow leaves in a container, shoved anywhere it will fit.

Geoff.

[Rohaise]

 Oh! you are a wonderful lot ! Thankyou so much for all your replies and ideas .  I will begin sowing these tomorrow..I have some plant troughs lying around somewhere too...thats a great idea !  Thanks all !  Rohaise    :D

[paulinems]

i grew parsnips inbetween asparagus  3 years ago ,neveragain it took over and seeds every year we have a lot off asparagus 1and 1/2 acres so thought we would be useing wasted space we put it inbetween rows ,the parsnips  set seed and we couldnt get them all out!.they seem to regrow every year since
Pauline

I grow my lettuce between anything as long as there is enough space - even between the asparagus

[Rohaise]

 O.K. I wont do that then!    ::)  How wonderful to have all that lovely Asparagus though..any time now I guess too ....mmmm.    Thanks again ....off to bed now ...sweet dreams all !    Rohaise