I have probably said this before, but the sun is brutal down here in south Texas.  BRUTAL.  So I do some of my gardening indoors.   The easiest vegetable to grow indoors, in my opinion, is lettuce.  Growing lettuce in a container takes very little work, very little space, and it grows very quickly.

Here’s how I grow my lettuce in a container indoors:

I use a shallow container (it’s a plastic dishpan, actually), and I filled it with potting soil.  I planted eight little lettuce seeds (two per quadrant).  When the pairs of seeds started to grow, I pinched off (plucked) the weaker of the two seedlings in each quadrant, so that I was left with four strong little plants.   I basically just kept the soil most, and exposed the container to sunlight through the window of my kitchen.  Within a couple of weeks, we had enough lettuce to make a small salad.  Now, we are able to pick and eat enough lettuce to make a large-ish salad once a week.

After discussing the topic with other container gardeners, I have compiled a short list of the other easiest vegetables to grow in an indoor garden:

• Tomatoes (using an Aero Garden)
• Radishes
• Spinach
• Lettuces
• Carrots (short hybrid)

Originally posted 2009-07-21 21:24:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter