CROP INFORMATION
Commercial Hydroponic Lettuce Growing: Hearting Varieties
Bench Specifications
Growth from seedling to maturity, local climate will effect this, but generally 4-6 weeks in summer and 6-8 weeks in winter.
Plant Specifications
Running CostsEach hearting lettuce will cost approximately 40c each to produce. This includes all farm inputs from seed to market. Market AverageThe market average can vary greatly however, it would be safe to budget on a market value of .75c each. Other crops suitedOther crops suited to this system will include all lettuce varieties, also all herb varieties and chinese vegetables e.g. Fancy Lettuce (mignonette, coral, butter etc)
Commercial Hydroponic Lettuce Growing: Fancy Lettuce
Plant Requirements
Running CostsEach fancy lettuce will cost between 30-40 cents to produce. This includes all farm input from seed to market.
Market AverageMarket average is approximately . 70c per head.
Other Crops SuitedAll small or fancy lettuce varieties and most short term herbs.Hydroponic Salad VegetablesPerhaps some of the most versatile and easy to grow plants in hydroponic systems are lettuce and the huge range of salad greens we have available these days... read the full article at Maximum Yield. For information about Chives, see Maximum Yield
For information about Garlic, see Maximum Yield.
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