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- Reap cutting salad - can something go wrong here?
- The question of when
- What is the answer to the question of how?
- Tips & Tricks
Reap cutting salad - can something go wrong here?
Unlike lettuce, cut salad has the advantage that it can be harvested several times. Provided that the harvest is done in a certain way. If done incorrectly, the long-term harvest success remains ...
The question of when
Depending on which variety was chosen and when the cut lettuce was seeded or grown, may be expected in May with the first harvest of fresh young leaves.
From spring to autumn, cut lettuce leaves can be harvested at regular intervals. As a rule, the first leaves wait six weeks after sowing for the harvest. The plants can be harvested three to four times. After that, hardly any supply will be provided.
Furthermore, the following should be observed during the harvest:
What is the answer to the question of how?
It is not only the timing that determines whether the cut salad harvest is successful. In addition, the how in the harvest is very significant. Basically, it is not necessary to completely extract the cut lettuce from the ground, but - quite true to the name - to cut off isolated leaves with a sharp knife.
Sliced lettuce is cut 3 to 4 cm above the ground. This prevents the plant from entering. On the other hand, she is encouraged to form new leaves. The result: a long harvest period over several weeks.
First, the outer leaves are cut off. Subsequently, the other leaves come to the middle in the crop selection. Only at the end, when the plant is to be completely removed, their heart leaves can be cut off.
Tips & Tricks
Dress salad can not only be harvested in the garden bed. It is also possible to sow the plant in boxes and to harvest in the summer, for example, on the balcony.