Lettuce in Winter

Hello all! I singly own and operate "Wild Bill's Organic Gardens" in this S.E. WA. State town. My specialty is lettuce, and at peak season I'll have over 40 different varieties growing. Currently, I'm growing lettuce in a greenhouse, but it's slow going because of the short daylight hours. I'm new to Dave's Gardens and really looking forward to sharing knowledge and experiences with other gardeners.

Welcome to Dave's Lettuce man. 40 kinds of lettuce! Yum

Hello there, how big is your greenhouse? Sounds like a lot of work and a lot of good eats--fresh lettuce in the winter, how nice.
Welcome to Dave's
Sandra

Howdy Lettuceman...and a hearty WELCOME TO DG!

Hope to see you around the site! (By the way, be sure to check out the Market Growers Forum also. )

Again, Welcome!

Lettuceman - Welcome!!!

You are going to love Dave's Garden. There are many Forums that you will especially like Market Growers, Greenhouses, Garden Talk, etc.

You might want to introduce yourself on the Welcome Mat Forum also. Just a copy and paste of the above posting would be wonderful.

Again Welcome to Dave's

Judy

Hello, neighbor! I'll be right over... lol

Welcome to DG! :)
Donna

A big Thank You to all of you for the warm welcome!

Welcome to DG! All those varieties of lettuce are making me yearn for a fresh salad! Yum yum yum y um! I love lettuce...can't think of a single kind I've tried and don't like. Yummy yummy yummy! Wish I lived close enough to sample your goods....on a regular basis! :-)

-Julie

The man with the "KMOWLEDGE" great, cause for some reason lettuce is my nemisis. Growing in the winter would be nice under growlights. Any experience or advice there with lighting/soil...??

This is the first Winter that I have tried to grow lettuce in a greenhouse. I'm finding that it will grow under low-light, and short day lengths, but not very fast. The seedlings I planted there on the first of October are now about 4 inches high. I have another group of seedlings in another section of the greenhouse that I planted two weeks ago and they are thriving under 25 watt shop lights.
Lettuce is a heavy nitrogen feeder, so your soil needs to be really rich for the best results.
My lettuce gets copious amounts of water. In fact, I don't believe it's possible to over-water lettuce!