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Hey folks,
Sowed some lettuce on 8/6 and was hoping to have transplanted it by now but it seems to have barely got past growing it first true leaves. I seem to remember this happening a few years back with no obvious explanations.
All the usual variances – compost, watering, light etc have been the same as my first succession but I guess there has been a lot of heat (praise it praise it!!)….would that cause lettuce seedlings to struggle?Interested in all opinions!
StewThis is odd Stew. For example I sowed my second batch on 10th June and am picking its first leaves this week, after planting three weeks ago.
They germinated, that can be difficult in summer. I have to suspect the compost and I would plant them now, if you can move them with roots: are there some good roots in the (?modules), despite the lack of leaf? Are they growing in woody, green waste compost?
My first succession just starting to bolt, just picking the first leaves off the second would be perfect…ho hum…
I have been away for three weeks and left others to look after things and perhaps if I had been around perhaps we could have been on it a bit earlier…that’s the way with experience I guess, we see things earlier.
I’ve had a better look at the various seedlings and now I can only conclude that it must be the compost running out of nutrients….which is interesting…
Our local shop is Tuckers and they have stocked this GroChar compost (http://www.carbongold.com/) at vast cost and I thought oh what the hell lets see what its up to, if it does the job maybe its worth it. Well, this evidence would say not up to the job! Looks lovely compost though, rather than New Horizon which is woody to say the least. Anyone else used?
I’ll try planting out, maybe too late, but a few leaves will be had i’m sure
I found that Grochar has less nutrients than West Riding for example, my French beans went yellow quickly, after germinating well. So yes, you need to plant them fast, they should grow.
New Horizon is usually good if you can cope with the woody bits.
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