More Lettuce Plants

I planted more lettuce today. Lets hope they live! In case you aren't able to read the label in the picture, I have put a caption under each photo that tells you  what the label in the photo says. I planted 4 different types of lettuce, two pots of each, in each pot there are 4 seeds (of the same variety) so that it doesn't matter if some don't sprout, and if there is more than one, then I will just pull the smaller/weaker/half eaten by a slug/snail one. I have put these pots beside the front door where they will get plenty of sunlight and hopefully won't be forgotten about. When they are big enough, I am going to transplant them into our front garden.

May Queen Butter Head

Saladin Crisp Leaf

Lollo Rossa Loose Leaf

Suzan Butter Head

I'll keep you updated (well, I'll try anyway)

(Very Late) Update On My Lettuce Plants

They all died I am sorry to say. They were up on the third floor, where they would get the most sunshine, and I kinda kept forgetting about them, as I don't go up there very often. They went all wilted and close to death, and I watered them and stopped forgetting about them (for a few days), and then they sort of died again, and I stopped them dying, and then they sort of died again, and that was just to many times to sort of die, and so they actually died, and I couldn't save them that time. So they no longer exist. well, they are in the compost, so they can now help any other plants that I grow.

My Lettuce Plants

I planted some lettuce seeds for our front garden today. Soon I will also plant some herbs and flowers along with some more vegetables.

Sowing Lettuce Seeds In Trays

Dad and I went to the allotments today and we sowed lettuce seeds in seed trays, there are 150 cells in each tray, we planted 6 different varieties, one per tray. There will be around 900 lettuce plants. They are for our community farm. Here are some pictures of the different varieties:

Suzan Butter Head Lettuce
Merveille Des Quatre Saisons (Marvel of Four Seasons) Butter Head Lettuce

Lollo Rossa Loose Leaf Lettuce

Little Gem Cos Lettuce

May Queen Butter Head Lettuce

We sowed another variety called Till Loose Leaf but we could not find an image of it. It is like a dense rosette with arrow head shaped leaves.

Planting Onions At The Allotments

Today we went to the polytunnel by the allotments and planted onion seeds in small pots. When they are big enough they will be transplanted to the community farm and the allotments. We planted seven different types of onions in fourteen pots. There are between 100 and 150 seeds per pot.