Growing Lettuce in a Hydroponic System Part One

This video is part one in a series about growing lettuce in a hydroponic system. In this video, Bob Hochmuth, UF/IFAS NFREC-SV Assistant Director and Regional Specialized Agent - Vegetables, gives an overview of the immerging enterprises project that is in partnership with Dr. German Sandoya, UF/IFAS Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences.
Then Wanda Laughlin, UF/IFAS NFREC-SV Greenhouse Manager, walks you through growing lettuce in a Nutrient Film Technique (NFT). She discusses the pros and cons of growing in an NFT and how the project is going. We then fast forward 2 weeks to show you what the lettuce looks near harvest time and update you on the progress.
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[@lorrainepersaud9058]

Can you share your proportion of fertilizers used?

[@eslamosama6567]

hello sir, it's my pleasure to write to you. I am currently working on building a machine-learning model to control environmental parameters which by adjusting it, we can enhance the experience of growing plants in hydroponic systems. Currently, I am seeking some datasets that contain air temperature, humidity, solution temperature, solution PH, and EC for lettuce as a starter. can you please help me look for a kind of database to build the desired model? thank you so much for your interest in reading my message.

[@defaultname01]

The water level seems rather deep to be NFT?

[@UFIFASNFRECSuwanneeValley]

Hello! We turned this system off to film, so it appears to have more water than necessary. However, the plants are happy, so we are happy.

[@wiztwas]

I note they are not selecting based on flavour.

[@UFIFASNFRECSuwanneeValley]

Hi Bruce! Flavor is part of the selection process.