subject: 9 Hydroponic Lettuce Advantages [print this page] If you're thinking of growing hydroponic lettuce then you've chosen almost certainly the simplest vegetable to grow hydroponically! Hydroponic lettuce is also scrumptious and you could make some genuine money.
Beneath are various reasons why you should grow hydroponic lettuce at home.
1. You will relate to what i'm speaking about here, you ever noticed that awful soil taste on lettuce? It seems to be consistent on every lettuce you ever taste! Well you obviously haven't tasted a soil less hydroponic lettuce.
2. A giant problem for many gardeners is the soil borne sickness that gets passed on to their plants. Well this doesn't occur hydroponically.
3. Have you noticed that slugs forever tend to go for the lettuce before anything else? Well as there's no soil, they will not have a chance to get anywhere close to your hydroponic lettuce. So you won't need to purchase any high-priced pesticides either.
4. Once everything is set up, running costs are about 20% lower with hydroponic lettuce!
5. Weeding is unnecessary due to the lack of soil, watering them is useless also. As a result, your upkeep time is reduced to practically zero! All you'll actually really need to do is pick the lettuce when its ready and perhaps sell them if you desire.
6. For hydroponic lettuce, the growth time is typically four weeks! So if you place your preliminary seeds once a week for 4 weeks, you will have permanent lettuce yields.
7. Anywhere you can think of, you can grow hydroponic lettuce; on your roof, garden, living room, corridor, cellar, attic or greenhouse.
8. Since you'll be fixing the growing circumstances to be just how lettuce loves it, your lettuce will be around 40% larger than all their land born brothers. Think of the price you could charge for them!
9. Hydroponic lettuce as well grows quicker than other lettuce. This is partially owing to the plant roots not having to grow larger to look for nutrition in the soil. One more big benefit which means cash in the bank for you!
