Here's when to plant salads for a year-round harvest!

Do you want to enjoy delicious salads from your vegetable garden all year round? Good news, salad can be grown and harvested from spring to winter. Here's when to plant them and other tips for harvesting beautiful lettuce, chicory and other lamb's lettuce.

When to sow or plant salads and enjoy them all year round?

The secret to being able to enjoy your garden salads all year round is to stagger your plantings. Spring salads are planted between mid-January and the end of March. For summer salads, planting is done between the end of April and mid-July while winter salads are planted between mid-September and the end of December. Use to help you!

Tips for successful sowing and planting

By following a few simple rules, you will very easily succeed in growing your salads. If you're a beginner, start with lettuce, which is a very easy salad to grow. It only needs a little space and is so easy that you can even have wild ones in your garden without knowing it. I recently discovered that my vegetable garden was almost invaded.

One of the first things to worry about before sowing or planting is soil. Yes, the seeds and the plants will grow in soil and you must first ensure that they will feel good there. Luckily, lettuce is not demanding from this point of view and ordinary soil suits it very well. Take into account that a salad grows best in a cool climate and place them in a sunny area, or even partial shade. Lettuce reaches a height of 20 to 30 cm and is harvested 6 weeks after being sown.

Plant plants that have several leaves. You will find them in buckets in garden centers. Make sure not to bury the base of the plant and allow the lower leaves to emerge above the ground. Lettuces appreciate nitrogen fertilizer, which helps them regrow. Regular watering helps keep lettuces soft. Personally, I prefer when they have a little more flavor and strength, but that's a matter of taste. Think that they will grow so space them about thirty centimeters apart.

Do the purchased plants hardly inspire you? Rest assured, salad seedlings are just as easy to succeed. One of the possible methods is to sow in a row in a shallow furrow, approximately 1 cm. Place the seeds approximately every 25 cm for large salads and approximately 15 cm for others. Another method consists of broadcast sowing on a plot that you have previously cleared of as much grass and stones as possible.

How to maintain your salads to obtain good harvests?

If you want to harvest continuously, do staggered sowing. You can also plant plants purchased in a garden center at the same time as the seedlings for an abundant and regular harvest.
Water your plants once a week, taking care not to wet the leaves. To keep the soil cool, mulch around the feet in case of extreme heat. It is better to avoid giving fertilizer during cultivation and remember to hoe between two waterings. As nature abhors a vacuum, put your salads alongside other vegetables, this will protect them from pests, such as slugs and snails.