Hey there!
Well this week, I decided it was time for me to start tasting the fruits of my labour! Most of my lettuce and herbs are still a bit small to harvest, but I’ve had my eyes on this one big bunch of lettuce for the past couple days now!
So I found this PDF resource posted by Tennessee Urban Farm which said I could harvest lettuces around 45 days after planting (or whenever they are big enough for your needs). They described two harvest methods, either plucking individual leaves and letting the lettuce regrow, or pulling up the entire plant. My plants are too far along for the plucking method, so I’ll be taking the whole head. I liked the document, but wanted more info before I ripped anything out of the tower, so I looked up this video on YouTube that was on the Tower Garden channel. It had great visuals and voiced over instructions, which is exactly what I want our of my instructions!
I pulled out the whole plant by the net-pot and snipped the roots away from the net-pot to allow for easy removal of the lettuce head. It looked great and smells so fresh! I thought it was really cool seeing how long to roots got too. Can’t wait for this in some salad tonight!
Cheers!
Jerome
Hi Jerome!
Wow!!! That lettuce looks amazing—so green!! I just think this is such a neat project to be doing. My son made us an aero garden with his 3D printer. We are just waiting for the rest of the materials he couldn’t print to arrive so we can start growing our own indoor garden. I will definitely be reading through the rest of your blogs for some great tips and resources to check out.
That’s really cool that you’re son was able to 3d print one! I do 3D printing too and would love to try and make another tower.
Oh that is awesome! I know that I was so excited for my lettuce harvest this year and then it ended up being less than I expected which was sad, but at least I got a bit. But here is the main question- how was it?
It tasted really fresh, but I was expecting it to be extra flavourful for whatever reason, and it actually tasted really mild. I’m looking forward to trying the spotted lettuce kind I planted to compare!
Hi Jerome, Thanks for sharing your project.
You’re welcome!
Hi Jerome, your plants are looking awesome man! As someone who lives with a partner who also loves growing plants inside I know it is not always easy but you are doing great it seems so far. Honestly I was not even sure that you could grow things like lettuce inside but you learn something new every day.
Thanks Carlos! I think people think taking care of plants isn’t easy because they see it as another chore to do, but its a lot of fun for me. I think like anything it gets easier the more you do it and get dialed in.
Hi Jerome! The lettuce looks so fresh and delicious! How was your salad?
All these photos and videos are making me curious about buying my own Tower Garden!
Thanks! The salad was good! It tasted really fresh, but I was expecting the lettuce to have a bunch of extract flavour for some reason, but it was actually really mild.
Hi Jerome,
I also enjoy growing things in the garden! What salad with lettuce is your favourite? Fabulous pictures and posts!
~Kade Aseltine
Thanks Kade! I planted a spotted lettuce variety that is one of my favourites to grow. Its tasty and has a cool look in a salad.
Nicely done – that lettuce looks so green & delicious!
Thanks!
I love the taste of fresh lettuce and other fresh veggies! Being able to grow vegetables like this is so cool. The only other time I have seen this is in the High School I went to, and it took a year or two for teachers to figure out how exactly to use it. I hope that salad tasted great!