Instructions For Growing Lettuce - Green Thumb Sunday
I created the How To Grow Lettuce growing card in collaboration with TopVeg because I needed a set of instructions which I could use with my school gardening club.
Click on the image to enlarge and if you wish to print off this growing card, right click on the enlarged image and then click print picture to print out a copy.
If you would like this document as a pdf, just contact farmingfriends and I will email you the document.
I intend to print off copies and then laminate the sheet so that I can use the growing card with my school gardening club in the future.
Teachers, children, vegetable growers and anyone interested in growing lettuce are welcome to print off this growing card for their own use.
Other growing cards we have already created;
If you have any other growing cards that you would like Farming Friends & TopVeg to create then please leave a comment and we will be happy to create it for you.
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We haven’t had to purchase lettuce since April. I grow “Mesclun Mixes.”
Comment by BoggyWoggy — July 8, 2007 @ 3:10 am
Hi BoggyWoggy,
These mixes look great - can you get them in the UK?
Thanks for your comment as always. Enjoy your lettuce.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 7:08 am
Sara, those growing cards are a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing the lettuce one with us this morning — very cool.
Comment by Genie — July 8, 2007 @ 11:33 am
Hi Genie,
I’m so pleased that you like the growing card. Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 11:59 am
That is a great Idea. Thank you for sharing!
Comment by Curtis — July 8, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Hi Curtis,
I am glad that you like the card and I hope you find it useful.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
I love your “how to” cards and will be printing them off to use with my students at school. Wonderful work and thanks for sharing them. I would love to see one about growing beans, as they grow quickly and the kids are always amazed when watching them. The sooner we get the kids interested in growing things, especially things we can eat, the better off we will be.
Comment by Crafty Gardener — July 8, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Hi Crafty Gardener,
I am so pleased that you want to print off my cards. I will do one on beans this week and let you know - thanks for the suggestion. I am very enthusiastic about my gardening club and showing children how to grow their own veg. The joy of watching the Year 3 children dig up the potatoes at my school was brilliant.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
Your growing cards are wonderful, Sara. Great idea!
Comment by Christa — July 8, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
Hi Christa,
Thank you so much for the compliment I am so glad that you like them.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
What a brilliant idea! I’ll tell Manda to mention them to the woman who oversees their school garden. Happy GTS
Comment by ruth — July 8, 2007 @ 8:40 pm
Hi Ruth,
I’m glad you like the cards and think that they are worthy of a mention. Watch this space for more growing cards. Thanks for visiting.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 8, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
Thanks for the info and for stopping by to see us.
Comment by Chris & Laurie — July 8, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
Hi Chris & Laurie,
Glad you like the info and thanks for visiting me.
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — July 9, 2007 @ 4:43 am
Hi there
I live in thailand and am planning a vegetable patch at my kids school. Do you have any advice about planting in hot climates, or grow cards for tomotoes, broccoli, courgettes.
I look forward to your response
Alexandra Donald
Comment by Alex Donald — February 28, 2008 @ 8:52 am
Would really apreciate a card on growing Basil!
many thanks, JC
Comment by John Cunnington — May 26, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Hi John,
Thanks for visiting my website and requesting a basil growing card. I have sent you an email with it attached.
I hope you find it useful. Let me know how you get on and if there are anymore growing cards you would like then just let me know.
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriends
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — May 27, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Hi Alexandra,
I have just found your comment and must apologise for not replying until now.
Great things to plant with children are potatoes, lettuce, radish, mint, broad beans and for a hot climate peppers, tomatoes, courgettes and melons are good to grow.
I have growing cards for tomatoes, lettuce, radish, mint, broad beans, courgettes which I will send you in an email.
I am sorry that I have taken so long to reply to your original comment and I hope that you find the growing cards useful.
I would be interested to hear how you are getting on with the school veg garden.
I was a teacher until recently and had a gardening club at school. We grew lettuce and then did a taste comparison with shop bought lewttuce. They children enjoyed the school grown lettuce best. we also did a league of lettuce abit like a football league and did a taste test on different types of lettuce which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
Kind regards
Sara
Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — May 27, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
thank you for your lovely grow cards - it helped me with my homework and i loved the way it was set out.
Comment by rosie nichols — July 10, 2008 @ 6:01 pm