For lettuce and other salad greens, choose a planting location with either full sun or partial shade. If you plan to grow these crops through the hot days of summer, plant bolt-resistant varieties in an area with some shade. Now turn your efforts to promoting rapid and uninterrupted growth. Keep the soil moist, especially while the seeds are germinating and making their early growth. Weed and thin to reduce competition among the plants.
Slugs appreciate lettuce.
If they're plentiful in your area, you'll have to discourage them. Chris Smith lives in Port Orchard and is retired from the WSU Cooperative Extension. His columns appear in the P-I garden pages on Thursday. Send questions to P.O. Box 4426, South Colby, WA 98384-0426. Sponsored Links FanFire Pop Music's Hottest Merchandise.