HYDROPONIC LETTUCE | How Does it Grow?
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- Go inside the most technologically advanced greenhouse in the U.S. to see how lettuce grows without being touched by any human hands.
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I started hydroponic planting in 2021 and it's now become my backyard business. My greenhouse grows 150 heads of lettuce each cycle. I am so happy about what I do.
Amazing!!
what system are you using? i'm planning to get into microgreens
What kind of lettuce seeds are you using?
@@TheSateef I use both NFT and kratky method.
@@lukealiciouss I tried romaine, lalique, green span, kristine, grand rapids, also tried arugula, pechay, mustard, basil, and strawberry. So far, so good. They sell out quickly.
Nicole, I appreciate the way you “let us “ see the “lettuce” grown in this way.
Nice one, Ben! ;)
That is farming on a massive scale, now all they need to do is find more eco-friendy products to use for packaging the lettuce instead of all of those plastic containers.
Hydroponic lettuce is where it's at. My take on this subject is every home should have a hydroponic lettuce machine like it has an oven and stove. It's great for kids to learn agriculture and experimentation. You don't have to get your hands in dirt. You do have to deal with algae. My system got algae right away which I rectified by closing off the light from windows. One of my favorite things is my hydroponics lettuce grower.
And they’re pretty easy to make too! I have a video on the one I made.
God made dirt, dirt don’t hurt. ;)
@@crespoopserc unfortunately all my dirt is frozen 6 months out of the year.
@@lukealiciouss haha nice one. I’m the same. Chicago
I made one recently using vinyl fence post jackets. Lettuce is great because it is easy to grow and it is fast so you quickly see results and can enjoy it.
Your videos are always well-written and very professional. I would love to see more of these "industrial" production facilities for other types of crops.
Hi Nicole, can you do an episode on food forests? Would be nice to see a comparison between hydroponics and more biodiverse production systems.
Thanks for the recommendation, Rishi! Do you have any recommendations for fully functioning food forests?
Green Leaf lettuce, as shown here, is amazing. It is crunchy, clean, and mildly sweet. I also appreciate how long it lasts. I didn't know. One day I "found" a clamshell in the back of my produce drawer (it had been subbed online) and ate it, before I saw that is was 9 days past the "sell by" date. It's not much more money than bags, or whole heads, with a lot less waste. So glad to have it in Boston, MA. Thanks for the video, and for the lettuce.
Oh man, I love drinking coffee and hearing your voice in the morning
We are always learning with with you Nicole ..thanks for this amazing episode of how's does it grow.. blessings from Costa Rica
Thanks, Alexander! So glad you enjoyed it!
All winter long, in my basement, under just led lamps, I grow enough spinach, lettuce and greens in about 30’ of plastic gutters in a NFT setup to supply all my families needs. Simple, inexpensive and have been doing it for at least 10 years.
Sounds amazing!!
I love it when you talk to yourself. Makes me feel sane 🤪🤣 Love and God Bless. 🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘
Fascinating! Thanks for another great video. Farming is going super high tech for sure.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We want more of theses videos pls 🥺🥺 it's so fun to watch I know it takes time to plan, shoot and properly execute these video ideas but we would love to watch them.. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes, it takes a tremendous amount of work. Thank you for your patience!
I love when you talk to yourself.
What a great way to grow plants!
Thanks for the video! I am a farmer and appreciate this kind of content. I would say you can grow lettuce out in the field without e-coli problems by not using fertigation with manure or using land that has not been previously used by livestock. Also you can still get a 3 week shelf life with washed lettuce in you dry you lettuce off and keep it cool after harvest. Thanks again for the video!
The irony of people buying organic to be "healthy" and then getting E-coli.
There are some things that conventional lettuce growers can't control--the cattle farmer next door and the rain that washes ecoli from his ranching operation to your lettuce growing operation.
@@jay_321 definitely possible but really not that likely as there are setbacks for vegetable farming near cattle. Most lettuce beds are above the waterline so runoff usually isn’t a problem unless your well is tainted by over using the land near the lettuce site. In our situation we have no livestock within a mile at least and we use highly filter water that is tested regularly from a spring.
Lettuce is like the worst crop to grow in soil as a consumer. You get lettuce home and it’s full of sand and grit, as compared to say tomatoes grown in the ground which are way off the ground
But with lettuce it makes much more sense to grow it hydroponically just to keep it clean and soil and dirt free
@@tinderella2386 Yep. I've given up on eating lettuce as I've been poisoned from it a couple times. I like lettuce, but not cooked, and it's too risky IMO to eat raw. This hydroponic lettuce I might try though.
I've missed these videos. In an ideal world there would be places like this near every major city. The farming industry would become more robust and tolerant of climate events in certain areas. Good to see you back and making quality content.
Great point, Han! It's a likely future. I know Little Leaf themselves are building additional greenhouses in other regions in an effort to supply more cities/areas.
I live in Massachusetts and this is some of the best lettuce I've ever eaten and it stays fresh a very long time!
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Very interesting technology and a well done documentary. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Wow! Futuristic farming! Incredible!
That’s last scene of the lettuce passing you on the conveyer, great shot!
There is something so natural in every videos you make. Continue on making videos. So inspiring.
A fan from the Philippines.
Could you do something on original wheats? As there's original wheats where those with gluten intolerance are said to tolerate this. As those with lactose intolerance are said to tolerate raw milk from Jersey Cows, goats and especially sheep. Which there is an organic farmer on Wadmalaw Island, SC, who produces Raw Jersey Milk and Eggs. I think grows peanuts or used to an other things which would make a good show. Celeste Albers.,. I forgot the name of the business, maybe Sea something.
Upstate SC, others are growing dairy sheep. Which I'm leaning vegan, but Sheep's milk gas been described as per thick and good, good for gi tract too.
Thank you Nicole for this wholesome video, I loved every minute when I don't watch long videos anymore :) you seem lovely and spontaneous, great quality to create content!
You are so special Miss Nicole! You are such a scientist! Is there a nutrient density measure of greens grown this way? "Nutrient density is the vitamin or mineral content of a food per unit of energy." I love what they are doing here...I believe I heard you say that Heritage seeds yield better flavour and nutrition but I believe this process has a place in the market as a whole.
Cloning Technology has finally paid off 🙂 Edit: Referring to Nicole
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Good show (and good to see you again). That process looks very promising - I just hope the business model takes off.
Hey lovely you. Lots of love.. I've never missed an episode since first.
The mirror entry @ 0:27 was awesome.
Hi, Nicole. I hope you are/will be alright. Best wishes for your health.
Thanks , Robert!
Stay fresh and clean
This is so cool Nicole! I wish we had Little Leaf near us in PA because I’d buy their lettuce all the time. By the way, have you looked at TowerGarden’s home hydroponic system? It works incredibly well. And the produce actually tastes markedly fresher, crisper, etc.
Word on the street is that Little Leaf is coming to PA! TowerGarden: no, I havent checked it out myself. Sounds great!
Hi Nicole,
Very interesting thanks for sharing!!
Hey, Michael! Thanks for watching, always!
@@TrueFoodTV you bet.
Amazing and informative, thanks
You should visit the tower garden farm they have products for commercial use aswell as for home gardeners
hydroponics is amazing, and it's easy to do at home.
so informative!
Haha, that opening!: "When you need to interact with someone else on camera, and none of your friends want to help."
She’s in a state of the art greenhouse and of course there’s a Dutch guy… and his last name is even Slaman (Lettuce man) 😅
Ok, Nicole 2 was pretty funny. Is the world ready for two? I say yes! lol
Hey, John! Yeah, that pesky Nicole 2 shows up now and again. Poke back through some older episodes for her pranks. Olive oil tips comes to mind. She was in a sourdough video too, though I can't remember which one right now!
I always love to watch your videos because lot of information to learn.. Also you are very creative.. 🥰 👌🏻
Wow that was super interesting
Love your videos...Its been a long time I'm seeing your videos...Please make a video about "Grapes,how does it grow".That will be great
I really want to do a system like these for seedling production, in fact my undergraduate work is about an indoor system in my country (Colombia) but with an ebb a flow irrigation. These information is so usefull to me because I didn`t know that it was possible to irrigate substrate with a NFT system. I mean I don't understand how does it distribute all over the line of substrate without flooding and therefore creating an enviroment with a lack of oxygen. But knowing that it's possible I'll research on it. Thanks.
Good video as always !
Where do they source the peat moss from? Peat harvesting is very very unsustainable - is the used peat recycled for the next crop of plants or is it discarded?
I was told that the peat comes from Canada and is composted by a third-party.
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Awesome episode!
What is the brix value on the lettuce? That's one way to tell if it's nutrient-dense. Thanks for all your videos.
This is really neat!!!!
After the intro I was like, That's not that special. we have a lot of those types in the Netherlands. Few minutes later she brings out the dutchman, and i was like "makes sense haha"
goodluck po and Godbless
Nice thorough video, well done. Although this has many advantages and so much potential, i still can't quite fully trust hydroponics to provide all the nutritional needs, there are so many components in soil like trace elements that may not be present in a hydroponic growing solution.
I use Little Leaf every day!
woohoo!! 🙌
As always a good episode 🌹👍👏🏼🤩
I loved hydroponics.
Let's get some hydroponic spinach, tatsoi, mizuna, kale, arugula, and frisee for s well balanced mix. Perhaps. Some beet greens, Sorel, or dandelion greens to make it interesting.
Little Leaf grows arugula (I think you see it in the video). And they were testing a bunch of other things. But not all things grow successfully in greenhouse/NFT environments. It's a matter of finding the right varieties.
@@TrueFoodTV greenhouses and vertical farms already grow much of the.ssmaller fresh produce for cities. There are quite a few of these in and around New York City, which already grow many of the More expensive seasonal vegetables used in salads and cooking. There has been a lot of money put into this and new techniques are being developed to grow a wider range of vegetables and fruits.
My favorite lettuce on the planet Earth‼️
I 💞 my hydraphonic machine. Lettuce grows so fast. Next is spinach and lettuce
Amazing stuff.
Another great video 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
Finally, some NFT's I'd be willing to spend money on! LOL.
haha!
Yay new video!!!!!
Hi nice one keep rocking
6:05 lettuce seeds need light to germinate just not full and direct sunlight. They still germinate with those indoor lights.
No, not all seeds need light to germinate. However, they do need a certain degree of heat.
Great knowledge, but you didn't add operation process.
An amazing facility. I see something like this being done if we ever colonize the Moon, or Mars! Fresh salad on other planets!
Wow what a great vedio 🤗
Thanks 🤗
Hi, Nicole, what do you think could be the weakness of this system?
Imagine if every home, business, school, restaurant, etc all had an appropriately sized, automated, shipping container based, solar powered organic garden.
#PlantFoodEverywhere
Wowww!!! It farm is just like heavy industry, very big and complicated machine, how much it cost from growing to harvesting?? Is it can cover the maintenance cost annually such electric and equipment? I wonder... P
Tim cunniff looks like Tim cook 🥬🍏
Great video. What I didn’t like was the use of peat moss. Bogs are one of the best depositories for carbon and we need to protect them, not dig them up. Is there no alternative?
I live in The Hague, The Netherlands. I am assuming this was shot in The Netherlands. Yes these robot operated green houses are very efficient at producing veggies. These green houses have optimised look and feel of the veggies but it is tasteless. Take tomatoes available in Dutch supermarkets for instance, they look very photogenic (round, red and firm) but they are tasteless. Another side effect of these greenhouses is Light pollution. Everyday the night sky from my window has orange hue, and that's not sunset effect. That's orange light from all of these greenhouses in South Holland area getting reflected on clouds and making night sky orange. Makes it impossible to see any star at all. 😔
Hello! No, this was filmed in the US, and I assure you that this lettuce is very tasty!
Watch the video dude... And yes, the tomatoes are worse, but that has more to do with the types and with the fact that tomatoes are berries, and commercial tomato growers pick them way to early. If you pick tomatoes when they are best, you can't really transport or store them anymore. Do hydroponics at home you can still grow flavourful tomatoes. Second the Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the west. The islands are literally the only places you can photograph stars. That is not just because of the greenhouses.
Hydroponics is definitely quite fascinating and as a vegan this is the kind of future i see for plant based agriculture as current outdoor monocrop methods are exhausting the soil leaving it in a worse condition(even though most of the crops are fed to livestock, which in itself is extremely wasteful, instead of eating it all our selves, which would require far less land as a result).
With ever growing population, humanity will have to resort to hydroponics at some point. I'm just glad foods grown this way are equal in nutrition, as nutritional density is the most important thing, calories are secondary.
I always like getting 2 Nicole’s for the price of one!!!
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Love your work and it is a great concept.
Organic grown plants are more nutrient dense, packed with enzymes needed for our bodies. Sprouts on the other hand is super food.
Would love to see an episode on growing sprouts.
It's all great except for the last part which is the clam shell. I wish that part of the production could find a replacement for the plastic.
LMAO
cool!
Awesome
l want to know the price estimate for that entire setup, and the company that specializes in it.
I guess those guys have never heard of the relationship between soil microbiome and human health and take the quick bucks instead of long term responsibility. Sure if you compare it to the shit we do in farming outdoors - it's not that much different...
Yes a lot more then you do you amateur
When will we see the ORGANIC lettuce indoor farm video??? will require FISH thats for sure!
It is amazing they can do this however it is far from perfect. It only hold the nutritions they put into it grown on fast yield. It is more like green leafs and water. Better get it from permacuture farmers locally with a full spectrum of nutrition and better for the environment and minimum transport polution.
No that's impossible inorder for it to be green like that it needs to have a correct balance of nitrogen phosphorus and potassium you can also get micro and macro nutrients also sciences has also proven that hydroponic grown vegetables can be just as if not more nutritional and permaculture isn't productively viable on a commercial scale maybe good for backyard gardeners
Hydroponics is getting known here in the Philippines
The plastic container for your lettuce is insane. I use that much plastic in three days.
Could we get a video or a note about the impact of extracting and using peat in this operation, and what alternatives could be used instead? Here in the UK, we're phasing out peat for home gardeners by 2024 and commercial operations over the coming decade. Peat bogs are important ecosystems for rare species, they protect against flooding they store huge amounts of carbon!
Hey, Jocelyn! You bring up a very important point. This peat is coming from Canada and it's my understanding that Canada has some strict regulations on peat. But I promise to look into this more and do a video on peat in the future. As a home gardener, I start my seeds using coconut coir and vermiculite.
All commercial hydroponic operations should be forced to phase out things like peat, but also rock wool in it’s not biodegradable or renewable. Coco coir is both and just on its own is a fantastic hydroponic medium.
Love you
what happens to the peat moss after use? i assume its reused?
Thanks for the recommendation, David!
It would be great to use a different substrate than peat moss. Harvesting peat moss not only destroys humid habitats, but is releases carbon in the atmosphere which contribute to climate change as bogs are a great carbon sequesters.
So true! I know that at the time of filming they were experimenting with other substrates.
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I SALUTE THAT this system is amazing. JUST A THOUGHT........... If a living thing had to endure difficulties, wind, rain, sun, soil, basic challenges, and we as the same biological creatures eat this then we become stronger faster robust because of what we have eaten, just a thought. An elephant eats tough robust trees plants, a bear eats tough robust berries and strong salmon. A lion devours beasts that have devoured things that have endured the savanna. Maybe NATURE IS BETTER? Just a thought.
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Nicole play make a video about mango and coconut
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Nice video, but unfortunately not completely accurate on several levels. Hydroponic and other indoor farming operations have their fair share of challenges and are not exempt from recalls and outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. I'd be happy to educate you (or even show your) the realities of large-scale salad farming & processing.
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I know for a fact that some of the water use for irrigation comes from local water treatment plant. Ask a truck driver.
Show your proof
better to grow in natural soil then controlling nutrients with synthetic fertilizer which is just as bad as pesticide
3 weeks from seed to harvest? Really? What variety of lettuce family they are growing?
Watched the video several times but it is not mentioned.