I’m sure you have seen those videos online that show people growing their own fruits and veggies out of stems or seeds on the veggies you’ve already grown or bought. I know, that was all a bit of a mouthful, but hopefully you can picture what I mean. Some of them feel extreme, like digging the teeny tiny little seeds out of strawberries, drying them, and planting them. I can’t be bothered 😬 But, for interest’s sake, I decided to give the lettuce one a try, because it was the easiest! Lol!
Aaaaall I did was take the cutoffs from two lettuce hearts (taco night) and put them in water. I found a bowl that was tall enough, and I added water out of my rain barrel to it. So it began on a Wednesday.
Wednesday/Thursday
Friday/Saturday. That was a CRAZY overnight change!
Sunday/Monday
Tuesday/Wednesday
Isn’t it CRAZY how fast that happened?!?! One week later, it outgrew the space I had for its picture 😆 In all fairness, it would take a pretty long time to be able to keep up to our family, but I was totally surprised at how fast it grew!
As you know if you read yesterday’s post, I was visiting Cher Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. While I was away, Brady added another lettuce heart to the bowl. That was Tuesday night. Today, Thursday morning, we have this.
I am SO impressed with how fast this grows!! It starts up SO FAST! I admit, I had a moment where I wanted to rehome all of my succulents and just have planters of lettuce on my windowsill 🥬 Buuuuut I can’t see it happening, haha! Even if it’s just a fun experiment, I suggest you give it a try! I couldn’t believe how easily it happened!
The garden may not be thriving, but my bowl of lettuce is growing!!