It’s the second day of lettuce planting — you’d think I would have an acre of lettuce, but it’s just about 15 square feet. Yesterday, I planted European Mesclun Salad. Today it is another mix from Baker Creek Farms – Rocky Top Lettuce Salad.
Rocky Top is probably the least descriptive seed I’ve bought. From Baker Creek:
Our improved blend is now better than ever! With more brightly colored and unique lettuces, it makes a flavorful and brilliant salad. People love the rich, old-fashioned taste.
Unfortunately, no listing of exactly what makes up Rocky Top. Sadly, I picked it this year after my usual salad mix – Summer of Salads Mix – was discontinued. Summer of Salads provided many, many pickings of 20 different varieties of salads throughout last summer. This mix specifically I planted about every 2 to 3 weeks during the summer months. While salads grow great all year long, it is important that they don’t get too much sun. The lettuce plot is strategically located near the garage so that it gets only a bit of morning sun.
Yesterday I mentioned how I was lazy when it comes to lettuce, opting to plant directly in the ground versus transplanting. Lettuce seeds shouldn’t be planted too deeply. In fact, if you were growing them indoors, you would want to lay them on top of the dirt instead of in the dirt. Outside, giving the windy Chicago springs, the seeds would blow away and I’d be staring at the ground for days wondering why my lettuce isn’t growing. A little bit of dirt and lots of water generally keeps the seeds right where I left them.
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