Thin out mesclun greens and leaf lettuce (Starting a vegetable garden from scratch) – Growing veg

How to set up a vegetable garden. (setting up a vegetable garden in winter.) Last time, we replanted seeds and applied additional fertilizer. (In winter gardening, germination rates can be low, so there’s a need to sow seeds again.)

The method for this round of building a vegetable garden is thinning. First, let’s check how much each vegetable has grown.

Thinning (How to create a vegetable garden)

Let’s take a look at the bed where spinach seeds were sown initially.

The spinach bed

It’s growing well. We’ll leave it as is this time and won’t thin it out.

Spinach growing well

After confirming the growth of the plants, put back the non-woven fabric and grow tunnel. (Place the non-woven fabric loosely to avoid hindering the growth of the plants.)

Place the non-woven fabric loosely
Put back the grow tunnel

Let’s take a look at the bed where we sowed the baby leaf greens (mesclun greens) seeds.

The baby leaf greens (mesclun greens) bed

This bed is also growing nicely, with the sprouts extending well.

Baby leaf greens (mesclun greens) are also growing

We will thin out the crowded area of the plants.

Thin out the crowded area

This is the bed where we replanted leaf lettuce seeds.

The leaf lettuce bed
Baby bok choy and leaf lettuce

This bed had a slightly low germination rate, so I replanted with a larger amount of seeds. Or rather, I sowed too much.

I oversowed the seeds

I thin out the leaf lettuce so that there are about 4 plants per hole in the mulch.

Thin out the leaf lettuce

Thinning work is now complete. With this thinning, better air circulation is expected, and the plants should grow larger.

Thinned vegetables

Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.

Thin out mesclun greens and leaf lettuce (Starting a vegetable garden from scratch) – Growing veg – YouTube