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    How to predict when lettuce are ready for harvest

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: November 1, 2014|Last Updated: November 1, 2014|Categories: Lettuce|Tags: Light, Physiology, Temperature|

    Lets face it, lettuce is one of the fastest growing crops from transplanting to maturity. What makes it even more crucial is that the whole plant is harvested, unlike parsley or tomatoes where the harvest period can be extended. The great advantage is that more than one crop can be harvested per year, so staggering [...]

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    Tipburn in lettuce

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: July 27, 2014|Last Updated: November 1, 2014|Categories: Lettuce, Physiological disorders|Tags: Tipburn|

    Tipburn in lettuce has been a problem since the first farmer planted lettuce. Any grower will at some stage have the problem occur to some extent on his farm during warmer periods. The classic tipburn symptom is necrosis of the tips of rapidly growing young leaves.  Tipburn is visible externally on butterhead and cos types, [...]

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    How to get good iceberg lettuce head development

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: July 26, 2014|Last Updated: October 31, 2014|Categories: Lettuce|Tags: Quality|

    An iceberg lettuce head that is solid will always sell. Just watch people buying lettuce, they always feel the compactness of the heads first and then look at the size.  Compactness first then size.  Getting a good iceberg lettuce with good head formation starts with a variety first for the specific climate it is planted [...]

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    Lettuce deficiency and toxicity symptoms of macro and micro elements

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: July 19, 2014|Last Updated: December 24, 2024|Categories: Lettuce, Macro nutrients, Micro nutrients, Physiological disorders|Tags: Deficiency, Toxicity|

    It is often quite difficult to identify a deficiency or toxicity symptom in the field because they never really occur as a single element deficiency or toxicity. Each of the elements are inter dependent and they influence each other within certain ratio’s. One would find for instance that phosphorus toxicity, is expressed as either a [...]

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    NFT is ideal for hydroponic lettuce production

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: July 19, 2014|Last Updated: October 31, 2014|Categories: Lettuce|Tags: closed systems, NFT|

    Lettuce was cultivated in 4500 B.C. in the Mediterranean basin. Only in 1543 was the first know head lettuce produced in Europe. Lettuce was first cultivated for the edible oils that the leaves produce. Only later, in Egypt, was lettuce leaves eaten raw. There are four lettuce types cultivated for the fresh market, these are: [...]

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    Planting density of various vegetable crops in hydroponic systems

    By Antonius Lecuona|Published On: July 28, 2013|Last Updated: December 30, 2020|Categories: Crops, Green beans, Lettuce, Sweet peppers, Tomatoes|Tags: Planting density|

    Planting density in bag culture systems Pepper & tomato planting density influences yields, diseases and quality of the end product. Get it right the first time. Peppers are planted in the same density as tomatoes in hydroponic bag culture systems. Each plant should be 40 cm apart in the double rows, the double rows should [...]

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