How to Grow Lettuce in Containers - Complete Growing Guide

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In this new series we cover how to grow specific plants in containers. We will be covering how to grow them, fertilizer requirements, soil requirements, sunlight requirments, watering, as well as pot / container size. Get ready to take your container garden to a whole new level! .99 Heirloom Vegetable Seeds: http:www.migardener.com/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIgardener Website http://www.MIgardener.com Join the fun on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/MIgardener +1 me on Google+ @ http://www.google.com/+MIgardener Pin us on Pinterest @ http://www.pinterest.com/MIgardenerYT Follow the fun on twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/MI_Gardener Come tumble with us @ www.MIgardener.tumblr.com

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I'm starting some lettuce transplants and I planted it very recently and I am not sure the light is efficient. It gets about 8 hours of indirect sunlight, but I am not sure that the spot is bright enough and I have no other place to put it either inside my house. I am worried that they will get leggy. Do I keep it in the spot?

I grew lettuce in garden and in containers last year. Loved it! I am dying to grow lettuce again. The stuff at the stores right now is terrible! Limp and gross. Is it spring yet?

What are the temperature requirements of the surrounding for growing lettuce in pots?

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I put 4 zucchini seeds last summer, I'd never grown a container garden before. I have grown a lot of stuff in 20'
long beds. I did know about cherry tomatoes. I put just one plant in a very big clay pot. Wow! We had a million tomatoes and almost the same of zucchini We picked the last tomato at the end of Nov.

Next year I am going to try potatoes in a bag. What else would be good for a newby. I only have 6'by10'. of room on my deck which is on the 2nd floor? We liven in the western suburbs of Chicago.

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Do you water it as soon as u plant it? My lettuces growing from seeds are always too thin. They often fell down. How can i avoid that?

my mesclun does not grow well. it is wilted not crispy. what am I doing wrong?

You & Elliot Coleman have inspired me to try and grow some greens in repurposed coffee containers. We are four days in and the Astro Arugula has really taken off, followed closely by the Red Russian Kale, with the Freckles Lettuce & Pirat Butterhead Lettuce just starting to break the soil. I am in Zone 6b immediately next door to Wichita, KS. Oh, enjoyed your seed kickoff party and anxiously await the arrival of some seeds!

I AM GROWING TOMATO PLANTS IN KENTANERS.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Awesome!!! Can you do the same with spinach?

Great video Luke :) Lots of great tips there :)

Awesome video, this year my whole garden was in containers, 3 gallon ice cream buckets. We have 30 tomato plants, 6 peppers, 1 basel, 2 mint and 1 sage. Everything grow amazing except the peppers.

Thanks a lot! Loved your presentation and spirits!! going to plant my lettuce right now!

Yay!! I'm super excited to watch this series!

Would you recommend growing lettuce in containers over a raised bed, or are the benefits pretty comparable?

if i live in the midwest, whats the earliest in the year that i can start growing lettuce??

Great video, Luke! I have a problem with my lettuce...I planted a lot in a starter pot (oops) I'm new at this lol They grew leggy, but I want to know if I can transplant them into a bigger pot and bury some of the leggy stem and be ok?

thanks i will try that it looks great

Wanted to purchase sorrel lettuce From your website but could not I have been looking all over for these seed please help me