How to Plant Lettuce Hydroponics

If every home has good plants ornamental plants and vegetables would be very good for the environment. Yes, because this plant can be a source of oxygen and carbon dioxide absorber that may be produced by household activities such as kitchen smoke.

But unfortunately not all homes have enough land to plant this tanama. For those of you who experience this problem, no need to worry anymore because now there is a planting tmetode that does not require planting media in the form of nutrients or soil.

The method is hydroponic cultivation method. That is the method of planting that uses the main planting media in the form of water element.

In addition does not require a large place, the type of plants that can be cultivated using this method is also very diverse, such as lettuce vegetables. How to grow this hydroponic lettuce is very simple, so you should try it.

For more details, here's a clearer breakdown on how to grow hydroponic lettuce:

Get Started
Before starting the way to put hydroponic lettuce, first prepare the media and lettuce seeds first. Media in need include tray, charcoal husk, sponge, plastic pot, water pipe and nutrients for lettuce plants.

Seeding
Seeds are still in the form of granules and then in the seedlings on the media seedlings in the form of charcoal husk (dry rice is burned). How to sow this lettuce is to sprinkle lettuce seeds on the charcoal husk that has been placed and in smooth on the tray.

After the seedlings are sprinkled, then the seeding media is covered using plastic for 2 days. In these 2 days usually lettuce seeds will turn into sprouts.

Although already in the form of sprouts, lettuce seeds are not directly on the move on the planting medium but should be placed on a place that has enough sunlight intake for 2 weeks, and wait for lettuce seeds high enough.

Planting
How to plant the next hydroponic lettuce is to move the lettuce seeds on the planting medium. But to move the seeds of lettuce to the planting medium do not by in the pull, but with dipped into a basin of water together with the media of seeding then the basin in the shake-rock to separate the seeds from the media.

If it is separated and no seedlings are clothed, then flops the lettuce using a sponge. And after that insert the sponge with the lettuce on the pot.

Pot that has become the media to plant lettuce leaves then placed on a water pipe that has contained nutrients AB mix. Keep the lettuce roots drooped in the water nutrient solution, because the mixed mixture is the only nutrient that will be given.

Care
For lettuce treatment alone is quite easy, you just need to pay attention to the intensity of the adequacy of nutrient solution. Then note also the growth of lettuce leaves.

And most important keep the lettuce leaves to avoid the various pests and weeds. By planting the easy hydroponic lettuce, there seems to be no reason for you not to try it.