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Raised beds and vegetable gardens

Lettuce: best soil mix and feeding guide

Lettuce is in Living Soil's Raised beds and vegetable gardens group. Filling a bed, and keeping it good year after year. Its guide gathers what published references say about soil pH, feeding, spotting problems, leaf tests, cautions and mixes, with a mix that suit it.

What the lettuce guide covers

Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.

  • Soil pH7
  • Feeding14
  • Spotting problems7
  • Leaf tests10
  • Cautions11
  • Mixes1

The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.

Mixes that suit lettuce

One mix is made just for lettuce, inside its guide.

Feeds made for it

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Each mix comes with the reference behind every figure, measured for your batch, pots or bed.

Good to know

  • pH: the references give 6 to 6.5 for raised beds and vegetable gardens in general. The lettuce guide adds its own pH notes.
  • The mistake to avoid: Amending and feeding without a soil test.
  • Also known as: salad greens, romaine, cos, butterhead, iceberg, leaf lettuce, mesclun, arugula, asparagus lettuce, batavian lettuce, bibb lettuce, boston lettuce, celtuce, corn salad, crisphead lettuce, lamb's lettuce, lambs lettuce, looseleaf lettuce, mache, oakleaf lettuce, rocket, roquette, spring mix, stem lettuce, summer crisp lettuce and wild arugula

Questions

What is the best soil for lettuce?

Living Soil lists 1 mix that suit lettuce, each from a published reference. One is made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

What pH does lettuce need?

The references give pH 6 to 6.5 for raised beds and vegetable gardens in general. The lettuce guide adds its own pH notes.

Is the lettuce guide free?

Its overview is free: what the guide covers and which mixes suit it. Opening the full guide takes credits, and the app shows the price before you confirm. Credits never expire.

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