Iceberg salad can be grown in the country house both in the greenhouse and in the open ground. And in the winter it is cultivated even on the home window sills. Agrotechnics at it absolutely uncomplicated, so that if some recommendations are observed it is quite possible to grow a good harvest of useful greens.
How to grow an iceberg salad in the garden?
If you want to know how to grow an iceberg salad in a country house in the open ground, you can use for this purpose both seeds and seedlings. When pre-growing seedlings, you need to sow seeds in peat tablets - 2-3 seeds per each.
The finished tablets are placed in a container and put into a room with a temperature of +18 ° C. Usually the seeds germinate on the 5th day. After that, you can continue to grow an iceberg at home by placing a tray on a window sill or balcony.
In the open ground they can be planted when there are 4-5 leaves and the height of the seedling will reach 8-10 cm. This usually occurs about 8-9 weeks later. It is necessary to plant it when it is not hot outside, that is, in the early spring, when the earth has only thawed.
Before transferring the seedlings to the soil, it is necessary to temper it, that is, take the container with it to fresh air for a couple of days. The preparation of a bed consists in its good digging and application of humus and fertilizers.
How to plant an iceberg salad?
The scheme for planting the iceberg lettuce looks like 30x40 or 40x40 cm. At the same time, it is not necessary to deepen the seedlings together with the tablet. After that, for the first time, it is better to cover with non-woven material.
How to grow an iceberg salad from seeds?
If you want to immediately sow the seeds on the beds, you need to wait for an average daily temperature of below + 4 ° C. Before landing, carefully dig up the earth, apply humus and mineral fertilizers, reduce acidity if necessary.
On the garden there should be no large earth lumps, stones, weeds. The distance between the holes must be at least 30x30 cm, and the depth of the seed laying is 1 cm. The landing site is carefully covered with agrofiber until germination with periodic airing.
Further care in both seedling and seed method is the timely irrigation, loosening and weeding.