May 15, 2024

VIDEO: Lettuce Experiment: Hydroponics Vs. Soil, which is Better?


I wanted to see which would produce better results, growing lettuce hydroponically, or growing it in soil. I prefer hydroponics, its cleaner and much more forgiving, and I don’t have to remember to water the plants. We can go away for a week or two and the hydroponic lettuce does just fine without us (so does the basil!).
If you need a refresher on growing lettuce using hydroponics, please watch my video on the Kratky method:
https://youtu.be/2ezeP1VAEoc
Below are links from Amazon for some of the products you might need to start growing. Good luck, and most of all, have fun!
Grow Lights: https://amzn.to/2syY5r5
Mason Jars: https://amzn.to/2OZozvh
Net Cups: https://amzn.to/2QiDWPA
Clay Pebbles: https://amzn.to/2QjXnaS
Rockwool: https://amzn.to/2P0F4XU
Hydroponic Solutions: https://amzn.to/2YwJpqe
Growing Trays: https://amzn.to/2QRSyXn

29 thoughts on “VIDEO: Lettuce Experiment: Hydroponics Vs. Soil, which is Better?

  1. It would be interesting to try different fertilizers. Say a 15-15-15 or other variations, depending on what plants you are growing, to get the taste and texture you want. The soil nutrients will vary too.

  2. The roots in the hydrophobic were air prunce and did not grow well initially. If initial water level is higher, hydrophobic will out grow all the time.

  3. At 6 weeks the soil ones looked much better to me. The leaves were much wider and fuller on the soil ones. The hydroponic ones were greener but were all stringy with narrow leaves. They looked like weeds not lettuce.

  4. 2021, ive recently started hydroponics experiments. The romaine lettuce in kratky nutrients is larger than the same lettuce i grew in soil. Looks healthy and happy. Thanks for videos, very informative. Today i started experiment, grow paris carrots on loofas cut up. I had to try, i saw that you grew great radishes on them.take care.

  5. You're over paying for your nutrients. Foxfarm caters to people growing weed so they jack up the price. For lettuce you can just use the cheap stuff like miracle gro or whatever is all the same stuff.

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