9 Reasons To Grow Hydroponic Lettuce

Posted under environment by Damian Jackson

So you’re thinking of growing your own hydroponic lettuce? You should because it is delicious and you can make money too! Lettuce is probably the easiest vegetable to grow hydroponically too!

Below are some reasons why you should grow your own hydroponic lettuce.

1. As you won’t be growing your lettuce in the soil, you won’t have that awful soil taste that is just so hard to wash off. I’m sure you know what I mean!

2. No soil borne diseases will be passed on to hydroponic lettuce, which is a real problem for many gardeners.

3. You will have no need to eliminate any soil loving pests so you won’t need to invest in any expensive pesticides. As a result your lettuce will remain organic. We all know how slugs always seem to head straight for the lettuce dont we!

4. Once everything is set up, running costs are around 20% lower with hydroponic lettuce!

5. Maintenance time is reduced! You don’t need to water hydroponic lettuce as all the nutrients are already there and weeding doesn’t exist with hydroponic gardening. In fact all you’ll need to do is pick the lettuce once it’s ready.

6. If you plant the initial seeds once a week for 4 weeks, you’ll have permanent lettuce yields as the growth time in hydroponic environments are around 4 weeks.

7. You can grow hydroponic lettuce anywhere; rooftop, garden, window ledge, garage, conservatory or bedroom.

8. Your hydroponic lettuce will be around 40% larger than there soil born brothers! This is because you will have manipulated the growing conditions to be their optimum for lettuce and they will have access to all the nutrients they need.

9. Hydroponic lettuce also grows faster than other lettuce! This is mainly due to the roots not have to spread out in search of nutrients in the soil. This is another great benefit which means money in the bank.

Hydroponic Lettuce is delicious and a fun past time if you want to grow your very own. You really should consider learning how to grow your own Hydroponic Lettuce , we can show you how to do it! Then you should just sit back, watch it grow and enjoy!

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