How To Grow Lettuce In Trays
First, How To Grow Lettuce In Trays walks through a simple month-long lettuce experiment comparing three tray methods using the same organic lettuce seed mix and coconut coir. Next, you’ll see which tray style grew best, how yields compared, and why tray depth and spacing made a difference.
What you’ll learn in How To Grow Lettuce In Trays
First, you’ll see three ways to grow tray lettuce using the same seed mix and growing medium: a shallow 10×20 tray, a deep 10×20 tray, and a 50-cell starter cube tray. Next, you’ll follow the crop from sowing through germination, nutrient watering, true leaves, harvest weights, and the final salad.
- First, how to seed and saturate lettuce trays using coconut coir and humidity domes.
- Next, when to remove domes, switch from misting to bottom watering, and begin nutrient water.
- Additionally, how shallow, deep, and starter-cube trays compare in density, leaf size, and total harvest.
- Finally, why the deep tray produced the heaviest harvest while the starter cube tray produced larger leaves.
Chapters & Timestamps
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What’s Used & Key Takeaways
First, here’s a simple summary of the materials and tray methods used in How To Grow Lettuce In Trays. Next, use the results section below to decide which tray style fits your own goals best.
Materials Mentioned In The Video+
- Organic lettuce seed mix
- Coconut coir
- 10×20 shallow tray
- 10×20 deep 3-inch tray
- 10×20 starter cube tray with 50 spaces
- Tray with holes + tray without holes for drainage
- Humidity domes
- Nutrient water for bottom watering
Results From The Experiment+
- Shallow tray harvest: 1.7 oz
- Deep tray harvest: over 2.5 oz
- Starter cube tray harvest: 2.1 oz
- Deep tray produced the heaviest harvest.
- Starter cube tray produced larger, thicker leaves because each plant had more individual space.
- All three methods worked well in less than 30 days.
