Lettuce, Little Gem
 

Hi,

I have tried to grow some Little Gems (out of season in a window tray with chives and basil). I'm in UK...
Both chives and basil grow very well. My chives grow best when used and cut back.

The lettuce grew very fast, 2 inch stem with a few small leaves now looks very sad. It appears to have grown too quickly too early. Have I sown my seeds too shallow??

Regards
Brian

Lettuce, Little Gem
 

I think you got it right first time. They are probably too early and
have been drawn by lack of light.
Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, S Yorkshire

Lettuce, Little Gem
 

tvrchimaera wrote:
Hi,

I have tried to grow some Little Gems (out of season in a window tray
with chives and basil). I'm in UK...
Both chives and basil grow very well. My chives grow best when used
and cut back.

The lettuce grew very fast, 2 inch stem with a few small leaves now
looks very sad. It appears to have grown too quickly too early. Have
I sown my seeds too shallow??

No, I don't think you can grow them like that at all. The depth of
sowing would have no effect, as long as it was suitable for germination.
Indoor conditions would be all wrong: wrong light, wrong temperature,
maybe too dry an atmosphere (even if you watered them right at root
level). I'd assume your lettuce plants knew it was a hopeless struggle,
and were trying to run to seed in the hope of salvaging something from
the disaster. There may be a lettuce variety which will grow in winter
on a windowsill, but I haven't heard of it yet.

--
Mike.