[Lardman]

Don't laugh !

Im putting together a Moles order, and I'd like to add some of that green stuff other people put on their sandwiches - I think they call it salad 

I'll be growing it in a few cat litter trays that I can keep out of the reach of next doors moggy.

Lettuce
Im guessing "baby leaf - mixed" is the right stuff - 5g enough ?

Cress
The stuff wot goes with egg. Is that "plain or common" cress ?

Spring onion
Ramrod ok? I've failed with spring onions 3 years running 

Anything else worth adding?

[DD.]

Don't laugh !

Im putting together a Moles order, and I'd like to add some of that green stuff other people put on their sandwiches - I think they call it salad 

I'll be growing it in a few cat litter trays that I can keep out of the reach of next doors moggy.

Lettuce
Im guessing "baby leaf - mixed" is the right stuff - 5g enough ?

Cress
The stuff wot goes with egg. Is that "plain or common" cress ?

Spring onion
Ramrod ok? I've failed with spring onions 3 years running 

Anything else worth adding?

Lettuce - at  95- seed to the gram, you'll have nearly 5,000 - that should keep you going.

Cress - What you generally buy in the supermarkets is not actually cress, but oil seed rape. We grow a lot of cress at home - generally "Curly" cress.

Spring Onion - never had a problem with White Lisbon, never grown any other, so can't comment.

Start the seed in greenhouse or cold frame. Small pinch in modules. Plant out as clumps.

[purplebean]

Lettuce - at  950 seed to the gram, you'll have nearly 5,000 - that should keep you going.

Either there is a 0 missing or a problem with your maths  

[DD.]

D'oh.

Finger problem. Hit the key next to the zero!

[Lardman]

Spring Onion - never had a problem with White Lisbon, never grown any other, so can't comment.

Tried those last year never managed more than grass like stalks.

Start the seed in greenhouse or cold frame. Small pinch in modules. Plant out as clumps.

Salad / herbs have to be grown in tubs or pots I can hide away from the cats, if they're not leaving little presents next to them they spray up them... 

Would I do better to sow onions in deeper pots rather than trays ?

[DD.]

It would be easier to do consecutive sowings in pots.

I've never pot grown them, so only guessing, apart frome the first lot module sown to give them a good start, mine go straight in the soil.

[JayG]

Rocket is nice if you like your salad greens a bit peppery; a pot would probably suit better than something shallow.

I also grew White Lisbon spring onions sown straight into the soil last year (in fact, come to think of it they're all still there and looking perfectly happy!)

[RosieMay]

I've been growing/harvesting cut and come salad leaves since last spring.   Some are on the kitchen window sill and some are in the greenhouse (unheated) and they have both done really well.  I've got a friend who works in a greengrocers and she got me some wooden fruit boxes which I lined, filled with compost and seeds and they have been absolutely brilliant!  I even did some for Christmas presents and tied coloured raffia bows around them!

My white lisbon spring onions have been really nice too.

Got cress permanently on the go in various pots and jars in the kitchen.

Also alfalfa and mung beans in sprouting jars.

Can hardly see out my kitchen windows now but cuts down on expense for lunch boxes!

[solway cropper]

I grow clumps of spring onions in pots throughout the year. The advantage is you can bring them into the greenhouse when the weather gets really bad and pick them when the ground is frozen solid. I also have mustard, cress and salad rape on the go and some lollo rossa and AYR lettuce in the greenhouse.  It's just so nice to be able to pick something fresh at this time of year, even if it is only a lettuce leaf or a few sprouted seeds.

[purplebean]

I have some lollo rosso in the porch right now, I really should check what it is doing. We never use that door but I can see through the glass and it is clearly still alive

[Mark-S]

I have some lollo rosso in the porch right now, I really should check what it is doing. We never use that door but I can see through the glass and it is clearly still alive

you grow lettuce in your sports car?
WOW!

[andy135]

I have some lollo rosso in the porch right now, I really should check what it is doing. We never use that door but I can see through the glass and it is clearly still alive

you grow lettuce in your sports car?
WOW!

Must be a quick growing variety..............