How to grow lettuce at home for the freshest, tastiest greens for your salads. Kelsey Hansen / Food Styling by Lauren McAnelly / Prop Styling by Joseph Wanek I moved from New York City to rural ...

Use the 2–3 Rule As a general rule of thumb, plant seeds 2 to 3 times as deep as they are wide. So if a seed is 1/8 inch thick, plant it about 1/4 to 3/8 inch deep.

Iceberg head lettuce takes the longest to mature, and I don’t think it would be worth growing inside. Head lettuce takes about two-and-a-half months to mature in a nice, sunny, warm garden location.

If you grow romaine lettuce, there are ways to harvest the crop so that it keeps growing - meaning you can get multiple harvests. Whether you pick individual leaves as-and-when required or cut the ...

Technically, growing micro-greens and lettuce under indoor grow lights is ideal, but if saving on expenses try growing them near a sunny window (not too close to chill the seeds).

Kids are busy growing and harvesting vegetables. 10th-grader Karissa Lindley is showing us how to plant lettuce seeds, using sheets of metal with grids of holes in them.