My original plan for the garden was to plant it out in lettuce in the early spring. I had this grand plan to succession plant a bed every 2 weeks in order to harvest lettuce for sale up until I put the tomato plants in the ground after Derby weekend (that's the sweet spot out here in Kentucky when most are confident of no more frosts).
Turns out plans can be altered even if you don't want them to. I transplanted my first bed of romaine at the end of March and seeded a second bed that same week. Then I forgot to start a new tray of lettuce every week (might have had something to do with the 300 tomato plants I was starting from seed at home). The transplanted Romaine grew beautifully and I sold my first harvest of heads last week. Side note- I am selling my produce through Louisville Grows' Urban Growers Cooperative we just started this year. The seeded bed of Romaine was spotty (mostly due to clumpy soil) with only about 30% germination and I ended up selling some 'baby' romaine heads but am not sure what my plan is for the rest that has grown past baby stage but is too close together to become heads. Good news is I am selling the rest of the Romaine this week (to Wiltshire Bakery, Farm to Fork Catering, and Harvest Restaurant).
(Gotta love the foggy lens on the iPhone pic, whoops)
Turns out plans can be altered even if you don't want them to. I transplanted my first bed of romaine at the end of March and seeded a second bed that same week. Then I forgot to start a new tray of lettuce every week (might have had something to do with the 300 tomato plants I was starting from seed at home). The transplanted Romaine grew beautifully and I sold my first harvest of heads last week. Side note- I am selling my produce through Louisville Grows' Urban Growers Cooperative we just started this year. The seeded bed of Romaine was spotty (mostly due to clumpy soil) with only about 30% germination and I ended up selling some 'baby' romaine heads but am not sure what my plan is for the rest that has grown past baby stage but is too close together to become heads. Good news is I am selling the rest of the Romaine this week (to Wiltshire Bakery, Farm to Fork Catering, and Harvest Restaurant).
