Hydroponic Lettuce – 9 Advantages

If you’re thinking about growing your own hydroponic lettuce then you’ve probably chosen the easiest of all vegetables to grow hydroponically! They are also delicious and you can make money too!

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

1. As you’re not growing your lettuce in the soil, you’re not going to have that soil taste that is just so hard to wash out. I’m sure you know what Im talking about!

2. You will not be passing on any soil borne diseases to your lettuce which is a real problem for many gardeners.

3. There will be no soil loving pests! So you won’t need to buy any expensive pesticides, your lettuce will remain organic as a result. Also, slugs always seem to go for the lettuce first dont they!

4. Running costs will be approximately 20% lower with hydroponic lettuce once the initial costs and set up have been taken care of.

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. You will have permanent lettuce yields if you space out your initial seeds by a period of 1 week for the first 4 weeks. This is due to the hydroponic growing phase being 4 weeks for lettuce.

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

8. Hydroponic lettuce will be on average 40% larger than their poor soil born counterparts. This is because you will have manipulated the growing conditions to be optimum for lettuce and they will have access to all the nutrients they need.

9. Hydroponic lettuce also grows much faster than other lettuce. This is mainly because the roots don’t need to grow and spread out to find nutrients in the soil. This means money in the bank for you!