winter lettuce production
“Amino acids are intermediate chelators,
improving the availability of calcium and
other important cations to plants.”
Why Hydroponic
Winter Lettuce?
When a complete nutrition
program is followed for lettuce production, including
both mineral and organic
components, it is possible to
produce a consistently superior
product. Color, texture and
flavor can be enhanced, with
the added benefit of improved
vitamin and mineral content.
An objective measurement of
how well your plants are taking
up water and minerals can
be obtained by using a brix
refractometer—an instrument
that measures the sugars and
dissolved solids in the sap. But
many experienced chefs and
produce buyers can detect
superior quality simply by looking at it. For example, the best
romaines have a thin ribbon of
gold on the edge of the leaves,
and they should have complex
flavors including sweet, bitter
and peppery overtones.
Once your nutrient solution
management program is
developed and fine-tuned,
a foundation can be laid
for a continual harvest of
gourmet-quality produce.
Happy harvesting!
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Maximum Yield USA | January 2015