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    Home » Gardening

    Grow Your Own Lettuce Bowl With Cut-and-Come-Again Greens

    May 3, 2020 by Patti Estep 4 Comments

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    Learn how to grow your own lettuce bowl by sowing mesclun green seeds for a cut-and-come-again easy salad garden.

    Lettuce grown in a container

    If you like salads, consider growing your own salad bowl with a mesclun mix, that you can enjoy from a container in about a month. The term “mesclun” originated in France where they often use a “mix” of tender young greens in their salads, which may include lettuces, arugula, endive, chervil, or mustard greens.

    You can often find these kinds of greens in the grocery store labeled “spring mix.” However, they are very easy to grow and there are many varieties to choose from.

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    Growing Lettuce in a Container

    Mesclun lettuce is commonly called “cut-and-come-again” greens. You will love the fact that once they grow tall enough, all you have to do is cut them, leaving about one to two inches behind.

    They will then grow back for an encore performance making them the perfect salad bowl lettuce seeds.

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    When to Grow Lettuce in Container

    These greens grow best in cool weather. That means early spring for my neck of the woods and they also grow well in the fall. When it gets too hot, the plants will bolt and try to flower, making for a bitter-tasting green. 

    To avoid bolting, put your container in a place that has some shade during the hot afternoon sun. Also, the great benefit of growing lettuce in a container is that it can be moved with the sun, as the days get longer, and the trees leaf out.

    Spraying soil for lettuce garden in container

    Mesclun seeds come in a range of mixes and can be found just about anywhere. Some are spicy and some are sweet. I like to plant one of each for a tasty mix.

    Some people use succession planting where they sow (plant) additional containers every couple of weeks. That way there's always a crop available to enjoy.

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    Toss your greens with a classic vinaigrette, which can be as simple as 1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil, with a little mustard to combine the two. I like to use balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil with Dijon mustard. Then I might add some garlic and dried spices like thyme and basil.

    Growing lettuce in a container is something you must try. It’s fresh, it’s easy and so good for your health.

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    How to Grow a Lettuce Bowl

    Enjoy growing a lettuce bowl with cut-and-come-again greens that you can enjoy over and over again.
    Active Time1 hour hr
    Total Time1 hour hr
    Course: Container Gardening
    Yield: 1
    Author: Patti Estep
    Cost: $20

    Equipment

    • Spray bottle

    Materials

    • Large low bowl with drainage holes
    • Potting Soil
    • Mesclun seed packet

    Instructions

    • Fill a large low planter with good potting soil that you have pre-wet.
    • Sprinkle some of the mesclun seeds all over the top.
    • Add a little bit more of soil just to cover.
    • Spray the seeds with a spray bottle filled with water.
    • Place in a spot that gets full-sun but is a little shaded in peak afternoon heat hours.
    • Harvest by cutting individual leaves with scissors, leaving about 1 inch in the soil.
    • The leaves will then re-grow and you can cut more to eat again.
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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Jill

      April 24, 2014 at 7:34 pm

      What a fun idea! How hot is considered too hot? We will start to be in the mid 80's here during the day, but we will still have cool nights? Did I miss the window?

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        April 24, 2014 at 8:25 pm

        I'm not sure. I bet if you place the pot somewhere with afternoon shade it would be fine. Here's one source which sells heat tolerant mesclun seeds. http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/mesclun/mesclun-cook-s-mild-mix-prod000349.html?catId=2030&trail=
        Let me know how it turns out.

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