Growing lettuce is quick and easy and the crop is ideally suited to growing in pots. Utilizing containers to grow delicious leaves offers many benefits, including protection against pests and the ...

In fact, growing lettuce in pots has the added benefit of protecting your green leaves from slugs and other pesky garden ...

Growing lettuce in containers in the spring allows you to prevent weeds and infestations more easily than when it is grown in the ground, where it can be more easily attacked by insects.

I plant a lot of lettuce in pots because it's useful and pretty. Most cool season annuals fade when it gets hot. They'll need to be replaced at some point, although sweet alyssum is heat tolerant.

Lettuce prefers part-shade in Sydney summers, but right now it wants a good five hours of full sun a day. Lettuce is not a deep-rooted plant so pots are just as good as garden beds.

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