red leaf lettuce (plastic bottle Hydroponics)

Home garden recommendation (★★★)

Chrysanthemum subjects Akinonokeshi
(Place of origin: Mediterranean coast, West Asia)

Suitable temperature for germination 15 ~ 20 ℃ (photophilic seed)

Sunlight conditions Sufficient sunlight is required

Suitable temperature for growth 15-20 ° C (avoid direct sunlight in summer)

Consecutive failure

Watering Gives the soil not to dry (soil cultivation)

Additional fertilization time When a lot of leaves are attached, additional fertilization (soil cultivation)

Days from sowing to harvesting 46 days (no hydroponic air pump)

Crop yield 13 (one seedling) (no hydroponic air pump)

Growth considerations

Seeds are less likely to germinate at temperatures above 25 ° C (
In such a case, place the seeds on wet kitchen paper and let them germinate in a refrigerator for 1-2 days)
・ Let's seeds can be taken by ants if they are sowed directly.
・ Tow stand when the temperature is high and the sunshine is long.
・ You can harvest one by one as much as you use, but
If you put it too much, the leaves will become hard, so when the diameter reaches 20 to 25 mm, harvest the whole stock.
-Planting seeds and seedlings deeply makes it easier to get sick.
・ Neglecting nitrogen before harvesting makes it less delicious and delicious. (Hydroculture)

What you want to try in the future.

I would like to compare the difference between growing in the shade and in the sun to harvest soft leaves
I would like to compare whether there is a difference in the number of harvest days in hydroponic cultivation with an air pump.

（※Japanese is translated into English by translation software. I am sorry if it is strange English.）

I want a salad every breakfast!

I think

, is that? No more lettuce in the refrigerator? !
What is the daily routine in my home.
So this time I will try to grow red leaf lettuce. (^ ◇ ^)

First, again from information gathering ('ω') ノ

As a result of investigation, if red leaf lettuce takes care of germination and temperature,

It was surprisingly easy to grow.
However, if the fertilizer is insufficient, the leaves will not grow.
Therefore, hydroponics has a method to remove the nitrogen from the harvest before harvesting, so
I would like to grow red leaf lettuce by hydroponics. (^ ◇ ^)

Let's try sowing seeds.

As usual, buy two red leaf lettuce seeds for 100 yen at Daiso (One Dollar shop) (/・ω・)/

Red leaf lettuce has a germination temperature of 15 ℃ ~ 20 ℃, and beyond that, germination is difficult.

It seems that ants sometimes take seeds when they come directly, so this time I will try to grow them after germination.

First, spread the kitchen paper in the tapper,

Sprinkle red leaf lettuce seeds on top of it, moisten the whole with a spray bottle, cover it, and place it in a place where it can be exposed to light.

( * If it is above 20 ℃ and the temperature is high, it will germinate if put in the refrigerator for 1-2 days.)

It germinated after 3 days. (^ ◇ ^)

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Put 5 of these in a plastic bottle hydroponic container and lightly sprinkle with palm peat.

( Since planting too deeply makes it easier to get sick, so planted shallower )

Cultivation of red leaf lettuce started on May 17, 2016.

The average temperature in May was 20 ° C in Tokyo.
(The optimum temperature for germination of red leaf lettuce is 15 ~ 20 ℃)

Plastic bottle hydroponic device (> > Click here for details on how to make it )

4 days after germination

It seems that it has been well established.

Good (*^▽^*)

After 12 days,

There are variations in growth.|дﾟ)

Because there are now 4 true leaves, other species have been thinned out,

18 days later

Redness has come out on the leaves. (^ ◇ ^) ( It seems that redness is difficult to appear when there is insufficient light )

Oh something red leaf lettuce is coming!

25 days later

Growing up smoothly.

But the temperature has suddenly increased in the last few days.

Are you okay ... (;^ω^)

red leaf lettuce

About fertilizer

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