I’ve tried quite a few different lettuces using the Kratky Method, growing them in individual containers, and Gaviota is by far my favorite. Not only does it grow well in the nutrient solution, but it grows fast. The leaves are perfect for salads. If you just rip the end off of it, it breaks down…
I’m not one to harvest lettuce seed for reuse, as I like to try out new varieties but I have been curious about how the flowers look, and how the seeds develop so I let some go to seed. It took weeks before I caught some flowers actually open. Most of the day the flowers…
I have grown hydroponic lettuce successfully and really enjoyed it, but that was all indoors, and while I found the lettuce acceptable, it was a not as crisp as I would like from not having the normal stresses of outdoor life to toughen the leaves up. I had a fan blowing over them once an…
I am really happy I started growing lettuce with the Kratky method. ย I really like good, clean lettuce. You just can’t get it from a store anymore. What you can get from a store is “triple washed”, bruised, sad ย looking, sometimes decaying leaves. No matter how hard I examine a bag or container in the…
Three months ago I first posted about doing Kratky on a small scale of one container per plant. A short time afterwards I got a whitefly infestation in my indoor garden, and had to cut everything down. It was a shame, since the lettuce plants were just starting to get big. It’s been six weeks…
I tried to grow lettuce in soil in my indoor garden once, and failed miserably. I haven’t tried again since. It seemed a waste to dedicate a full pot for such little return, and it was easier to buy. Bulkier greens like Swiss Chard are an exception as they are great for continuous harvest, and…