How to Plant Lettuce & Spinach in Seattle

Lettuce

• 1

  Prepare the soil for planting. Lettuce grows best in a cooler area of the garden that does not receive direct sunlight. The soil itself should be quite rich, with a pH level of 6.5 for optimal growth.

• 2

  Sprinkle the seeds into 13-millimeter-deep holes, 30 centimeters apart. Lettuce plants do not like being moved, so make sure you plant them exactly where you want them to grow.

• 3

  Cover the seeds with soil and then water them. The seeds should germinate in about six to 12 days. Water the plants about twice a week depending on the amount of rainfall. Once they grow, trim them down slightly to prevent overcrowding.

Spinach

• 4

  Prepare the soil for planting. Like lettuce, spinach requires a rich soil with a relatively neutral pH of about 6.5. Unlike lettuce, however, spinach grows best in an area of the garden that has direct sunlight or at least partial sunlight.

• 5

  Sprinkle the seeds into 1-centimeter-deep holes that are in rows 30 centimeters apart. As a general rule of thumb, you should plant about 10 seeds per 30 centimeters.

• 6

  Cover the seeds with soil and water them. Spinach requires watering about twice a week if there is no rainfall. Spinach likes to be sprayed with a gentle overhead mist to keep it cool on hot days.