If you’re thinking about growing your own hydroponic lettuce then you’ve probably chosen the easiest of all vegetables to grow hydroponically! They are also delicious and you can make money too!

Below are some reasons why you should grow hydroponic lettuce.

1. As you won’t be growing your lettuce in the soil, you won’t have that awful soil taste that is just so hard to wash off. I’m sure you know what I mean!

2. No soil borne diseases will be passed on to hydroponic lettuce, which is a real problem for many gardeners.

3. There will be no need to eliminate any soil loving pests, so you will save money on pesticides! As a result your lettuce will remain organic! We all know how slugs love to go for the lettuce first don’t we!

4. Running costs will be approximately 20% lower with hydroponic lettuce once the initial costs and set up have been taken care of.

5. Maintenance time is greatly reduced! You don’t need to water hydroponic lettuce as all the nutrients are already there and weeding does not exist with hydroponic gardening. All you really need to do is pick your lettuce once it’s ready.

6. You will have permanent lettuce yields if you space out your initial seeds by a period of 1 week for the first 4 weeks. This is due to the hydroponic growing phase being 4 weeks for lettuce.

7. You can grow hydroponic lettuce anywhere; bedroom, garage, conservatory, garden, window ledge, rooftop or greenhouse.

8. Your hydroponic lettuce will be around 40% larger than there soil born brothers! This is because you will have manipulated the growing conditions to be their optimum for lettuce and they will have access to all the nutrients they need.

9. Hydroponic lettuce also grows faster than other lettuce. This is partly due to the plant roots not having to grow larger to search for nutrients in the soil. Another big benefit which means money in the bank for you!