[val3147]

Hi,

I have planted lettuce from seed in a bath, they are now about 4 inches high and have done really well.  I have been thinning them out and eating them as salad leaves but now they have started to get brown bits on the them.  Any ideas why?

Thanks

Val

[Aidy]

Well you asked. Generally its being attacked by a fungal spore, the browning is a self defense mechanism. This time of the year its getting damp (very damp in some places) and fungal infection is rife. Once they start turning brown its compost I am affraid.

[gobs]

Especially if they are closely sown for cut and come  as your post suggests, and then the slugs move in big way, once there is some decay.