So, in other words, it takes 5ish weeks to get up to size, then trim one to make a salad, wait 2 weeks, trim again; estimated 6 harvests. So if you do 7 plants one week, another 7 the next week, another 7 the next week - by week 5 you have fresh salad every day from batch 1; week 6, from batch 2, week 7 from batch 3, week 8 from batch 1, week 9 from batch 2, week 10 from batch 3, ... week 20, last of batch 1; week 21, last of batch 2; week 22, last of batch 3.
Wow this is good info. I realized watching this, that if I start one each day for 7 or 8 days I will have enough fresh lettuce for a salad every day. Thank you , very cool.
Been doing this, along with microgreens for about 3 years continuously now. Pretty sure that yours was one of the first videos I found on this subject. I had grown starters under shop lights before and many of those ended up growing to decent size if they overstayed. Since the advent of more efficient LED, it's been much more practical to do. Great videos.
Hey Khang, I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video and today, I planted my first lettuce in Solo cups. I did 7 starts because that's what came out of the seed tray from my microgreens starts. I didn't want to waste them. I'll let you know how it turns out. I appreciate the way you do follow-ups inside your videos. You're a great teacher. Thanks!
+elliemae4525 I totally agree. I love the updates within the same video. That is SO HELPFUL and thoughtful of Khang. LOVE IT! Thank you, Khang. New subscriber here. :)
Mr. Starr, I have watched about 15 different YT videos on growing lettuce indoors, and by far, yours is the very best. With it getting difficult to buy romaine lettuce, your video is without a doubt the go-to for people that want to invest minimally and quickly get going. I am going out this morning to begin this process. About the only change I will make is using vermiculite instead of rock wool for the seed starting, because I have a bunch leftover from last Spring. 1,000 thank yous for a super video.
I just use a homemade grow bag that is about 8" across and maybe 6" deep. Its filled with soil, the seeds go on top (I usually use a salad mix variety with lots of color), and then I water with a spray bottle at first until those roots are going. Soon, that bag is crowded with greens.
I’m so amazed at the resourcefulness of everyday people. This is just awesome. Reminds me of when I was a little kid and so needing to grow that I just grew grass in Dixie cups.
quick tip: after you transplant your young plant into the pre-watered soil cup, put an inverted clear cup on top of the soil to prevent water loss, and you won't have to worry about watering, until the plant outgrows the inverted cup.
Thank you for sharing. I'm going to seriously do this. Not having to worry about contaminated lettuce it's a great feeling and I bet it's even more delicious!
Grow Lettuce indoor. Great information. I live in a small apartment and have 2 large Sunny Windows. Buying my material tomorrow to.start my first indoor garden. Thanks.
Just wanted to stop by and say thanks as I have watched many of your videos over the years and they have been very helpful. I got started and never looked back. I graduated to a 7x42 grow room that I grow all our produce in all year round. Peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, kale, red vein sorrel, chard, microgreens and a host of others. You have been an inspiration, you have a soothing voice with a can do attitude that makes your videos easy to listen too. Thanks again. 😀
Wow! not only is this video extremely helpful, you do a fantastic job presenting the information! I watch a lot of DIY videos, and since you obviously took your time and care to provide us with great info I felt I should take a moment to share back--why I thought your video was especially terrific. I appreciate that you quickly got into the content matter. You clearly presented the information-I could listen to you talk and talk and talk. So relaxing!Really great you did not use obnoxious music in the background--you rock all by yourself! Thank you! I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
A lot of us love how informative your videos are. As I learn from you (and others) I am attempting to see what it takes to feed a family of four (4) one fresh salad every day. My salad includes lettuce, spinach, garlic, tomato, onion, and cucumber, plus a healthy dressing for taste. So far I have failed at timing. A work worth doing just the same. Stay strong, stay healthy, and stay happy my good man.
I really want to thank you for the videos! I've learned so much from these and tried growing lettuce indoors for the first time. Adding the hydroponic fertilizer to the lettuce every day helped so much with the growth. Thank you again for all that you do!
cvicena ... I'm NEW to all of this as well ~ Where do you buy the Hydroponic Fertilizer (ie) posible Name ? & does it say for Lettuce (specifically?) or just buy one for general vegeatbles etc ? Thanks !! : )
Cindy Glass I bought “General Hydroponics Maxigro’ off of EBay. It’s a powder you mix with water. I did mine at half strength. He does a few videos with the type he uses. I choose the maxigro because it was around $20. I didn’t want to invest a bunch to start out with. I’m very happy with it.
Wonderful inspiration! For newbies however, I would recommend snipping the extra seedlings away rather than tearing them apart. That way the keeper's roots are not disturbed during transplanting. You'll have much better survival rate.
Ok, in Coronavirus time here, no chance of getting the other feed ingredients, might have to use tomato feed and hope for the best. Have a big slug problem in the garden, so will try this, thank you! 😃
If you have a fishtank you can use the fishtank water. It has all the needed nutrients. You can also use a gallon of water and a tablespoon of molasses. It will provide some food aswell.
I have been growing lettuce indoors for close to two years now. I have used both T-5 fluorescents and LED lights. I prefer the T-5s for anything green but I'm limited for space in that closet so the lettuce is under a 300W LED light in a front closet that is 2'x44". That little closet has lettuce, snap peas, bush beens, cilantro, basil, baby bok choy and a Habenero pepper plant. I put the lights on for 16 hours a day, 8 hours off. I also have a desk fan in the closet to get some air flow. I made a grow bag that is about 8" across and maybe 6" deep. I sprinkle seeds on top of the soil, water with a mister for the first week or so till the roots really dig in and then water normally after that. In about three weeks, that little bag will start giving out lettuce to eat and after that, I get more lettuce than I want.
@@kellyperez2543 You can get them to grow a bit with window light - but the glass blocks a lot of what the plant needs. Because of that, they will be tall and spindly, but still edible, if that is all you have available. You could just grow the to baby greens stage (baby plants a few weeks old) and eat them that way. Then the light isn't quite as critical since you're not trying to get a lush mature plant. If you could even put your plants outside of the window for a couple hours a day, that would help a lot. Grow lights, of course, work well indoors. If indoor window light is all you can get - then use the absolute sunniest window you have. (No trees blocking the light - good south facing window if you're in the northern hemisphere.) Hope that helps. You can usually eat your failures - so give it a try with what you have.
Rock wool cubes , grow lights,and nutrients are very expensive- try sowing 3seeds in each cup directly on soil- spray tap water using a mister until they sprout - after roots appear from bottom of cup is when I start using nutrients - take plants outside or put in window for sun if possible
Exactly. I don't bother with the wool. I sow the seeds in good soil, and when each group of plants is a few weeks old, I'll carefully snip the smaller weaker plants off at the base. After another week or so (to be sure the plant I saved survives) I'll transplant to my hydroponic system.
Question: why must we grow seeds in a different medium first (like you did with rock wool). Why can't we just place seed in cup of potting soil and let grow from there? Thanks! Love ALL your videos. Truly you need to be making money from this, you're amazing!
To save money it would be good to use a solar panel of a day to hook up to the grow lights. At the very least do that of a day time, I guess you may have to plug it in at night time since I think most people leave the lights on all the time as plants don't technically need night time or sleep etc. Even if it's just 6 times, 6 times from one little seed is pretty good. You could grow like 7-8 of these plants at the same time in larger containers (so they don't have to be topped up as much), and then you could literally get a serving of lettuce every day. Then towards their 4th harvest cycle get a new batch setup and ready to start growing, so by the time you have done the 6th harvest you can replace them all with the new batch. I really like my lettuce on my burgers, burgers really aren't the same without lettuce. Chicken Cesar salad is good also. Of course with lettuce you don't need a lot of room, it would be nice to own a shed that is about 6 meters x 9 meters and it would be large enough to grow tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, blueberries etc. And being inside removes the vast majority of pest insects. To set it up all you would need is a 200w solar panel and a charge controller and a $60 battery and a good grow light. Then just set it and forget it, no need to connect it to mains power. Would be nice, to just go get awesome food like that for free quite frequently, it would lower your grocery bills quite a bit. Plus it's rather healthy food also.
Great idea...but burn hole with low temp instead of cutting? ....otherwise you may be leaching ingredients in plastics from raw edges into the water and into the plant. Thanks for info.
Gosh! I love all your videos.... I'm a newby at planting... and my baby lettuce just started to push through the dirt with 2 little leaves... can't wait to start eating what I grow... thank you!
Thank you for sharing your video, I'm going to try this, and see how it goes. Thank you for your time and insights. Hope to see more. God bless you, and your garden🙏🙏🙏
You should do a video about growing ingredients. Like if you want a blt sandwich then you show step by step growing lettuce them tomatoe from germination to beautiful sandwich
I know you posted this three years ago, but for anyone that wants to know, hydroponic nutrients typically consist of: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), and often Calcium (Ca) are the "core" nutrients that are used in the largest quantities. Magnesium (Mg) and Sulfur (S) are also important and are used in larger quantities. Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Molybdenum (Mo), Boron (B), and Chlorine (Cl) are used in much smaller quantities (often they're referred to as micro-nutrients), but it's important that they are all accounted for. Hydrogen (H), Carbon (C), and Oxygen (O), which are extremely important but supplied through the air and water. It's important that plants get all of these nutrients in order to survive and grow.
This is so amazing!! Thank you Khang for teaching this for all to learn. I am going to try this on Butter Lettuce that already comes with the root. If I split the root in thirds or maybe fourths will it harvest?
I thank you for this video I am starting my out doors salad bowl like this. I'm using different materials small 2oz condiments cups for starting seedlings. We been having crazy weather in Nebraska so indoors for startingis working since we are have a lot of rain for this time of year.
@@christinearmington I store my sees dry in a dry paper towel in a sandwich bag and just put in some water when I want to start another batch. Couple days they sprout and need to be transplanted to soil after so they can get some sun. I also have great luck with just tossing old veggies past their prime from the fridge in a bucket of soil and watering and the seeds that are left sprout. Tomatoes peppers. Stuff like that. Slice a half of tomato and forget about the rest for a couple weeks, instead of throwing it out, toss it in a bucket of soil and just cover it a bit and water. Got 40 tomato plants this way with almost no effort.
@@sparkyjones560 I thought the store bought stuff now was not the kind that would create new plants from seed? Self terminating or something? I put some green onions in water after cutting off what I needed, now they keep sending up new shoots, and new roots. Pretty cool. Now I'm eyeing the sweet potato I have, trying to figure out which end the leaves would come out of. Going to try that next, cut off top inch or two and plant it. Eat the rest.
@@recoveringsoul755 not really stores buy whatever produce is available. With tomatoes though it's hit or miss. If they were picked green from the fields and gassed to ripen them up the seeds likely won't be viable. However if it was vine ripened they will be viable mature seeds. Green pepper won't be viable because they ripen to yellow orange or red. But if you get ripe sweet peppers seeds will be viable. Same goes for jalapeños. Usually sold green, but full ripe ones are full red. A lot of fruits and veggies at the stores aren't sold mature for transportation and shelf life purposes, those seeds won't be viable in high numbers but even then it's still a possibility. I'm sure somebody put a video of sweet potato cultivation on youtube. Look around a bit it might clarify things for you.
Great video!! Few questions.. 1. What type of soil is in the solo cup? 2. Did you use a grow light? How long was it on per day? 3. Did you ever totally dump the water from the drainage or left it be? Thank you!
I love that I said an apartment and I would like to do a mini garden but I don't have any seeds or anything so I have to figure out something about that too ..
Linda Casey: I heard that you can mix a measure of urine, 10 measure of water, 1 measure of tea from a rot banana peel and a pinch of sea salt. (To get the idea about the amount of salt, for a liter is a Teaspoon)
Awesome video! Thank you so much for the inspiration. I normally buy 6 packs of lettuce starts & plant them in window boxes on my patio. Can’t get starts now, so just seeded the window boxes but it’s still cold out there so it will take quite awhile. this is a much faster method! Thanks!
Awesome video. Just what I was looking for. Where should I place them in my home? Do they need direct sunlight? I'm a newbie but very excited to grow my own lettuce. I'd like to grow arugula, too.
@@m.santos1520 - Yes, you can. I used to use rockwool for a couple of years. Once they root, the whole thing goes right into the soil. Just make sure you actually get the rockwool into the dirt all the way and don't leave any showing on top. But there is no need for the rockwool. Just put the seeds directly into the ground.
Thanks for letting-uce see beautiful lettuce. I'm a new grower....mine are young but I think a weaker mix of the hydroponic solution will help give them a boost.
Thank you for a super fast reply. I really love this video. Keep watching it over again and again. I love home grown green.. I m new on this home grown green stuffs, but will start soon. Thanks for your knowledge. Have a wonderful evening!
I have learned a lot from your excellent videos. More people need to learn how to grow some of their own food. Keep up your good work! This is highly instructive and a great way for parents and teachers to get their youngsters interested in gardening.
Your videos are AMAZING! You have sparked a fire in my wife and me! We had been growing fenugreek, mung, lentil sprouts in mason jars. But now we are going to expand into your kind of growing! One question, do you use ambient light or do you use some sort of grow lighting system? THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR!
I'm thinking... make a hole in the bottom of the top cup & insert a plastic straw. Then syringe your grow fluid into the straw. You can keep count of how many CC's you add. And you can leave the cups alone.
Khang Starr, your salads look so great! so I am trying to not get discouraged with my issues. I have salads, chards, and spinach that I managed to sprout indoors and I planted some out on the balcony for a fall crop. I kept salads and chard indoors but eventually the salads that I kept indoors all grew more tall, not very sturdy and pale and one began to bolt!! I had gotten shoplights and keep them on for at least 8 hours, and had them on longer when the plants were seedlings. All is growing nearby south facing windows. I am using organic soil and fertiliser. Now that its colder, my apartment is heated by radiators and is so dry that I had to get a humidifier, but the bolting occured before the radiators came on. I do have to use tapwater and I don't know if filtered water will make a difference. I haven't tried a fan but I have the windows open a tiny bit for airflow. I am wondering if the place that I got the seeds from are not so hardy or are just not suitable for my conditions and I will eventually try getting seeds from another place. I figure this since I ended up with issues with all the produce from that farm. Also I am wondering if anyone managed to grow greens in apts with radiators close by or is that just not manageable.
I just got into gardening and growing some of the stuff we eat. I also just came across your channel and I wish I knew about it earlier! Your videos are awesome. I like the straight forward demo and talk through. I'm going to try it with some lettuce I'm growing in a jar and has produced root. The follow ups are helpful too. Thanks!
I have been following your posts. Good stuff, really impressed. A suggestion regarding the amount of water required is to prune the lettuce more often. Another fellow hydroponic fan harvests daily and cuts 3-4 leaves per plant and uses less water. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting
Great info-thanks for this. I've started lettuce and it's the first year I've tried it. I was going to put it in an outdoor pot and now I'm thinking I'll put it in a pot that I can do bottom watering/feedings!
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You deserve a lot more credit for these videos
they are simply fantastic and I truly appreciate the effort and dedication it took to make these
+Jangez Khan Thank you very much for your kind words! This really motivate me to make more =)
+Khang Starr I agree! Your videos are great and I've learned a lot! Thanks friend!✌🏻️
Hatty Hashbrowns Thank you!
You are a great teacher.
Radha Singh nice to see
I need to do this. Buying lettuce that wilts and rots before I can eat it is pointless.
Absolutely!!!
Amen.
So, in other words, it takes 5ish weeks to get up to size, then trim one to make a salad, wait 2 weeks, trim again; estimated 6 harvests.
So if you do 7 plants one week, another 7 the next week, another 7 the next week - by week 5 you have fresh salad every day from batch 1; week 6, from batch 2, week 7 from batch 3, week 8 from batch 1, week 9 from batch 2, week 10 from batch 3, ... week 20, last of batch 1; week 21, last of batch 2; week 22, last of batch 3.
Unending lettuce supply from 3 weeks of planting! Wow.
UK I just love people like u who do the math for me . I was going to do this calculation but I guess u saved my time so i love you girl❤
Then start 2 new plants every week.lol
Yes I was thinking the same thing, common sense, not really math lol
You are a great mathematician, Liz!
Bud you are what makes RUclips worth watching ! 👍 Thanks again for your insight and knowledge.
Wow this is good info. I realized watching this, that if I start one each day for 7 or 8 days I will have enough fresh lettuce for a salad every day. Thank you , very cool.
Been doing this, along with microgreens for about 3 years continuously now. Pretty sure that yours was one of the first videos I found on this subject. I had grown starters under shop lights before and many of those ended up growing to decent size if they overstayed. Since the advent of more efficient LED, it's been much more practical to do. Great videos.
One of the best videos on growing. Appreciate the time you took to film the different stages. It's benefited me greatly. Thank you.
Hey Khang, I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video and today, I planted my first lettuce in Solo cups. I did 7 starts because that's what came out of the seed tray from my microgreens starts. I didn't want to waste them. I'll let you know how it turns out. I appreciate the way you do follow-ups inside your videos. You're a great teacher. Thanks!
+elliemae4525 I totally agree. I love the updates within the same video. That is SO HELPFUL and thoughtful of Khang. LOVE IT! Thank you, Khang. New subscriber here. :)
how was it?
Mr. Starr, I have watched about 15 different YT videos on growing lettuce indoors, and by far, yours is the very best. With it getting difficult to buy romaine lettuce, your video is without a doubt the go-to for people that want to invest minimally and quickly get going. I am going out this morning to begin this process. About the only change I will make is using vermiculite instead of rock wool for the seed starting, because I have a bunch leftover from last Spring. 1,000 thank yous for a super video.
wi54725 I just start it in the cup. Less effort and cost. Same end result.
I started in an egg carton first, just in case not all seeds germinate.
I just use a homemade grow bag that is about 8" across and maybe 6" deep. Its filled with soil, the seeds go on top (I usually use a salad mix variety with lots of color), and then I water with a spray bottle at first until those roots are going. Soon, that bag is crowded with greens.
I’m so amazed at the resourcefulness of everyday people. This is just awesome. Reminds me of when I was a little kid and so needing to grow that I just grew grass in Dixie cups.
quick tip: after you transplant your young plant into the pre-watered soil cup, put an inverted clear cup on top of the soil to prevent water loss, and you won't have to worry about watering, until the plant outgrows the inverted cup.
P N ::: Wouldn’t covering the plants at soil line deprive it of air flow? I would think it would eventually be a breeding ground for fungus....no?
Put a hole in the inverted cup.
I could listen to you read the ingredients on a box of cereal all day l8ng,,you have such a soothing voice~!! Thanks for the tips~!!🌱🌱🥬🥬💚
Thank you for sharing. I'm going to seriously do this. Not having to worry about contaminated lettuce it's a great feeling and I bet it's even more delicious!
Then plastic isn't the way to go, just saying it is not the nest yo plant in
@@sarahwells6898 Hi, I am NEW to all of this, what would be better, I can afford more than plastic cups : )
How did it go Gladys?
Every person needs to watch this !!!!!!!!
Grow Lettuce indoor. Great information. I live in a small apartment and have 2 large
Sunny Windows. Buying my material tomorrow to.start my first indoor garden. Thanks.
I'm in the same boat how did it turn out for you. Hope you get this message
Just wanted to stop by and say thanks as I have watched many of your videos over the years and they have been very helpful. I got started and never looked back. I graduated to a 7x42 grow room that I grow all our produce in all year round. Peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, kale, red vein sorrel, chard, microgreens and a host of others. You have been an inspiration, you have a soothing voice with a can do attitude that makes your videos easy to listen too. Thanks again. 😀
Thank you so much for your comment!
Wow! not only is this video extremely helpful, you do a fantastic job presenting the information! I watch a lot of DIY videos, and since you obviously took your time and care to provide us with great info I felt I should take a moment to share back--why I thought your video was especially terrific. I appreciate that you quickly got into the content matter. You clearly presented the information-I could listen to you talk and talk and talk. So relaxing!Really great you did not use obnoxious music in the background--you rock all by yourself! Thank you! I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
Most informational video about growing lettuce I’ve found
That's great. I'd have to have 30 cups for the amount of greens I eat.
A lot of us love how informative your videos are. As I learn from you (and others) I am attempting to see what it takes to feed a family of four (4) one fresh salad every day. My salad includes lettuce, spinach, garlic, tomato, onion, and cucumber, plus a healthy dressing for taste. So far I have failed at timing. A work worth doing just the same. Stay strong, stay healthy, and stay happy my good man.
You should do a video showing out to grow the bacon and tomato as well
Tomatoes are easy but it's really hard to find bacon seeds.
I want to grow a Porsche and a Tessa, how is your bacon seeds growing.
Never Feed the Roaches I want to grow a mansion and trillion dollars how's the porsche seeds
Lone Surviver I want to grow my bank account, how are those dollar tree seeds doing?
I really want to thank you for the videos! I've learned so much from these and tried growing lettuce indoors for the first time. Adding the hydroponic fertilizer to the lettuce every day helped so much with the growth. Thank you again for all that you do!
cvicena ... I'm NEW to all of this as well ~ Where do you buy the Hydroponic Fertilizer (ie) posible Name ? & does it say for Lettuce (specifically?) or just buy one for general vegeatbles etc ? Thanks !! : )
Cindy Glass I bought “General Hydroponics Maxigro’ off of EBay. It’s a powder you mix with water. I did mine at half strength. He does a few videos with the type he uses. I choose the maxigro because it was around $20. I didn’t want to invest a bunch to start out with. I’m very happy with it.
Great video! What is the room temperature where you keep it? What goes into your hydroponic water?
That's amazing. I'LL try it,and just two plants.Thankyou for showing this to me.I live alone,and not always able to go to the store.
Thank you for this video!!
I am a beginning gardener!!
I am definitely following your suggestive video instructions
Wow endless supply of lettuce owe some, I will definitely try it out
Wonderful inspiration! For newbies however, I would recommend snipping the extra seedlings away rather than tearing them apart. That way the keeper's roots are not disturbed during transplanting. You'll have much better survival rate.
All I can mouth is WOW! OMG, so intriguing and creative. Thank you!
I just poured some lettuce seeds in a pot with some garden soil and they are growing like weeds
Whitnye Raquel do you grow it inside and place it near a window to get sun
Tinks I just grow it outside I a pot
Very good info. Thank you RUclips for allowing my man to share his genius to the world. Now for me to go start my indoor lettuce cup farm.
nice videos, try putting the rock-wool into the cup of soil instead of breaking open, the roots will grow straight through, less chance of damage
I need the others for my hydroponic setup.
@@KhangStarr so rockwool can be used over and over again? Do i have to wash clay pebbles before using it?
I start my seeds in vermiculite. The seedlings can be lifted out and transplanted without damaging the roots.
Ok, in Coronavirus time here, no chance of getting the other feed ingredients, might have to use tomato feed and hope for the best. Have a big slug problem in the garden, so will try this, thank you! 😃
you can make fertilizer out of banana peels /eggshels/ potato peels/ in water. use only the water
me too
If you have a fishtank you can use the fishtank water. It has all the needed nutrients. You can also use a gallon of water and a tablespoon of molasses. It will provide some food aswell.
One thing I've noticed that if you put a fan on the lettuce for a while each week. It will be crispier from the air flow.
OK, the medium & starting is explained fairly well, but what about the lighting, photoperiod? etc...?
I agree
I have been growing lettuce indoors for close to two years now. I have used both T-5 fluorescents and LED lights. I prefer the T-5s for anything green but I'm limited for space in that closet so the lettuce is under a 300W LED light in a front closet that is 2'x44". That little closet has lettuce, snap peas, bush beens, cilantro, basil, baby bok choy and a Habenero pepper plant.
I put the lights on for 16 hours a day, 8 hours off. I also have a desk fan in the closet to get some air flow. I made a grow bag that is about 8" across and maybe 6" deep. I sprinkle seeds on top of the soil, water with a mister for the first week or so till the roots really dig in and then water normally after that. In about three weeks, that little bag will start giving out lettuce to eat and after that, I get more lettuce than I want.
The sun goes up, the sun goes down. Can't explain it.
Can I just grow them by Windows?
@@kellyperez2543 You can get them to grow a bit with window light - but the glass blocks a lot of what the plant needs. Because of that, they will be tall and spindly, but still edible, if that is all you have available. You could just grow the to baby greens stage (baby plants a few weeks old) and eat them that way. Then the light isn't quite as critical since you're not trying to get a lush mature plant. If you could even put your plants outside of the window for a couple hours a day, that would help a lot. Grow lights, of course, work well indoors. If indoor window light is all you can get - then use the absolute sunniest window you have. (No trees blocking the light - good south facing window if you're in the northern hemisphere.) Hope that helps. You can usually eat your failures - so give it a try with what you have.
Rock wool cubes , grow lights,and nutrients are very expensive- try sowing 3seeds in each cup directly on soil- spray tap water using a mister until they sprout - after roots appear from bottom of cup is when I start using nutrients - take plants outside or put in window for sun if possible
Exactly. I don't bother with the wool. I sow the seeds in good soil, and when each group of plants is a few weeks old, I'll carefully snip the smaller weaker plants off at the base. After another week or so (to be sure the plant I saved survives) I'll transplant to my hydroponic system.
Question: why must we grow seeds in a different medium first (like you did with rock wool).
Why can't we just place seed in cup of potting soil and let grow from there?
Thanks! Love ALL your videos. Truly you need to be making money from this, you're amazing!
I mentioned it in the video. I started the plants for my hydroponic system and took extra out for this video. 0:55
Awesome! Starting this method out tomorrow to fill in the gaps of what I’m growing on my larger aeroponic garden. The kids are going to love it!
Very inspiring video, your lettuce plants looked beautiful.
This method worked well for us, but only with a grow small grow light. We just used potting mix, thanks for your video inspiration!
To save money it would be good to use a solar panel of a day to hook up to the grow lights. At the very least do that of a day time, I guess you may have to plug it in at night time since I think most people leave the lights on all the time as plants don't technically need night time or sleep etc.
Even if it's just 6 times, 6 times from one little seed is pretty good. You could grow like 7-8 of these plants at the same time in larger containers (so they don't have to be topped up as much), and then you could literally get a serving of lettuce every day.
Then towards their 4th harvest cycle get a new batch setup and ready to start growing, so by the time you have done the 6th harvest you can replace them all with the new batch.
I really like my lettuce on my burgers, burgers really aren't the same without lettuce. Chicken Cesar salad is good also.
Of course with lettuce you don't need a lot of room, it would be nice to own a shed that is about 6 meters x 9 meters and it would be large enough to grow tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, blueberries etc. And being inside removes the vast majority of pest insects.
To set it up all you would need is a 200w solar panel and a charge controller and a $60 battery and a good grow light. Then just set it and forget it, no need to connect it to mains power.
Would be nice, to just go get awesome food like that for free quite frequently, it would lower your grocery bills quite a bit. Plus it's rather healthy food also.
Can I make my own hydrophonic nutrient like a compost tea, would that work?
Great video! Do you put the solo cups by the sunny window or grow light?
Great idea...but burn hole with low temp instead of cutting? ....otherwise you may be leaching ingredients in plastics from raw edges into the water and into the plant. Thanks for info.
A lighter would work.
Gosh! I love all your videos.... I'm a newby at planting... and my baby lettuce just started to push through the dirt with 2 little leaves... can't wait to start eating what I grow... thank you!
Such an awesome video.
Thank you for sharing your video, I'm going to try this, and see how it goes. Thank you for your time and insights. Hope to see more. God bless you, and your garden🙏🙏🙏
Great video! I am going to give it a try. Question. Where do you store it? Do I need to put it under a grow light? Thank you!
yea
Thank for sharing this informative information about how to grow lettuce
You should do a video about growing ingredients. Like if you want a blt sandwich then you show step by step growing lettuce them tomatoe from germination to beautiful sandwich
B dog man and he can plant the pig and grow pig fruit remove seeds and make bacon spouts
John P hahahahahaha 😂😂😂
Don't forget the B too! Gotta do that from scratch also. Heeeeere piggy piggy!
Awesomeness in a cup👍
what do the hydroponic nutrients consist of?
I know you posted this three years ago, but for anyone that wants to know, hydroponic nutrients typically consist of:
Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), and often Calcium (Ca) are the "core" nutrients that are used in the largest quantities.
Magnesium (Mg) and Sulfur (S) are also important and are used in larger quantities.
Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Molybdenum (Mo), Boron (B), and Chlorine (Cl) are used in much smaller quantities (often they're referred to as micro-nutrients), but it's important that they are all accounted for.
Hydrogen (H), Carbon (C), and Oxygen (O), which are extremely important but supplied through the air and water.
It's important that plants get all of these nutrients in order to survive and grow.
Blake Shumaker : Thank you. I was wondering...
Ok thanks,
So what is it in liquir and products? Water, salt? Milk?
Thank you for providing these videos. Great way to recycle those solo cups and feed ourselves!
This is so amazing!! Thank you Khang for teaching this for all to learn. I am going to try this on Butter Lettuce that already comes with the root. If I split the root in thirds or maybe fourths will it harvest?
I thank you for this video I am starting my out doors salad bowl like this. I'm using different materials small 2oz condiments cups for starting seedlings. We been having crazy weather in Nebraska so indoors for startingis working since we are have a lot of rain for this time of year.
Good video but why bother with the troublesome wool if you have seed starting mix?
JabberCT I saw someone rooting seeds in moist paper towels in a plastic bag.
Pretty sure he's a hydroponic guy so I think he does rock wool as his normal process of no soil.
Likely it's habit.
@@christinearmington I store my sees dry in a dry paper towel in a sandwich bag and just put in some water when I want to start another batch. Couple days they sprout and need to be transplanted to soil after so they can get some sun.
I also have great luck with just tossing old veggies past their prime from the fridge in a bucket of soil and watering and the seeds that are left sprout. Tomatoes peppers. Stuff like that.
Slice a half of tomato and forget about the rest for a couple weeks, instead of throwing it out, toss it in a bucket of soil and just cover it a bit and water. Got 40 tomato plants this way with almost no effort.
@@sparkyjones560 I thought the store bought stuff now was not the kind that would create new plants from seed? Self terminating or something? I put some green onions in water after cutting off what I needed, now they keep sending up new shoots, and new roots. Pretty cool.
Now I'm eyeing the sweet potato I have, trying to figure out which end the leaves would come out of. Going to try that next, cut off top inch or two and plant it. Eat the rest.
@@recoveringsoul755 not really stores buy whatever produce is available. With tomatoes though it's hit or miss. If they were picked green from the fields and gassed to ripen them up the seeds likely won't be viable. However if it was vine ripened they will be viable mature seeds. Green pepper won't be viable because they ripen to yellow orange or red. But if you get ripe sweet peppers seeds will be viable. Same goes for jalapeños. Usually sold green, but full ripe ones are full red.
A lot of fruits and veggies at the stores aren't sold mature for transportation and shelf life purposes, those seeds won't be viable in high numbers but even then it's still a possibility.
I'm sure somebody put a video of sweet potato cultivation on youtube. Look around a bit it might clarify things for you.
My favorite channel because u always show updates.
Boy, that really grew well! Maybe I missed it, but what did you do for light?
Check " Descriptions " :)
Yea he doesn't mention that in video!
its beautiful to see lettuce grow at home
how do you make your solution that you feed them. And is thier a reason why you can only harvest around 4 times?
Mixing instructions is under the description. You may be able to do it more than 4 times. The plant will eventually exhausted itself.
Isaiah Rice
Great video!! Few questions..
1. What type of soil is in the solo cup?
2. Did you use a grow light? How long was it on per day?
3. Did you ever totally dump the water from the drainage or left it be?
Thank you!
I have those same questions. 🤷♂️
what kind of lettuce are you growing?
Hunter Giant Caesar
Not devil's lettuce lol
I love that I said an apartment and I would like to do a mini garden but I don't have any seeds or anything so I have to figure out something about that too ..
Couldn't you use scissors to cut the plant out of the bedding and use all of the seedlings? Also, could you use urine/water as a source of nitrogen?
Yes, you can if you don't damage the roots. As for urine, I have no idea.
Linda Casey: I heard that you can mix a measure of urine, 10 measure of water, 1 measure of tea from a rot banana peel and a pinch of sea salt. (To get the idea about the amount of salt, for a liter is a Teaspoon)
Thank you to share this VDO with us. It is the easiest way to grow the lettuce for me. I watch many VDO and this is the best for me.
what is in the "Hydroponic Nutrients"? and can i use other cups that are the same size? Styrofoam?
read details in description of this video
Awesome video! Thank you so much for the inspiration. I normally buy 6 packs of lettuce starts & plant them in window boxes on my patio. Can’t get starts now, so just seeded the window boxes but it’s still cold out there so it will take quite awhile. this is a much faster method! Thanks!
How do you store your mixed hydroponic nutrients? Do you put it in your refrigerator? Do you mix only the amount that is needed?
I mix a few bottles of 1 gallon and leave them at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. I Just shake them up and test pH before using.
Why 'up to 2 weeks'? Does the nutrient solution start degrading after that?
I'm sorry . Can i know what is hydroponic nutrients?.
Awesome video. Just what I was looking for. Where should I place them in my home? Do they need direct sunlight? I'm a newbie but very excited to grow my own lettuce. I'd like to grow arugula, too.
What is the spongy material you put the seeds in to grow?
rockwool
Can I just place the entire rockwool with the plant into the soil?
@@m.santos1520 should be able to ive done the same with sponges
@@m.santos1520 : My question as well.
@@m.santos1520 - Yes, you can. I used to use rockwool for a couple of years. Once they root, the whole thing goes right into the soil. Just make sure you actually get the rockwool into the dirt all the way and don't leave any showing on top. But there is no need for the rockwool. Just put the seeds directly into the ground.
Thanks for letting-uce see beautiful lettuce. I'm a new grower....mine are young but I think a weaker mix of the hydroponic solution will help give them a boost.
just put the seed in the dirt, wasting time, effort and money using that wool
He said he was using the other seedlings for his hydroponic systems. So its not wasted. Its just making sure you can use all of the successful seeds.
Very nice gardening, thanks for sharing your video
Try to stay in frame, please.
Cool idea. Endless supply of lettuce. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this!!!!! I have a deck and I grow some vegetables out on it in large pots but I want to try this in my kitchen!!! 👍👍👍
This is simply so inspiring!! It's worth a try considering the price of lettuce in stores. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome video. Going to get on this tomorrow. Thanks
Another classic Khang Starr video. If you keep giving me such good ideas I'm going to run out of room!! Love the vids, love the channel.
+Sean Gilroy hahah Thanks!
Thank you for a super fast reply. I really love this video. Keep watching it over again and again. I love home grown green.. I m new on this home grown green stuffs, but will start soon. Thanks for your knowledge. Have a wonderful evening!
Wonderful nutrients, self made, it is amazing, how patiently was,,excelent, so we can follow simple gardening for our salad
Learned so much from this video !!
I love this technique, i will do this at home.. New Subscriber here 👍👍👍
I have learned a lot from your excellent videos. More people need to learn how to grow some of their own food. Keep up your good work! This is highly instructive and a great way for parents and teachers to get their youngsters interested in gardening.
Hi Mister Khang may l know where to to buy the Hhigh drophonic nutrient?thankyou
Your videos are AMAZING! You have sparked a fire in my wife and me! We had been growing fenugreek, mung, lentil sprouts in mason jars. But now we are going to expand into your kind of growing!
One question, do you use ambient light or do you use some sort of grow lighting system?
THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR!
+Phil Alfred Here is my setup plus.google.com/118382364204627409312/posts/5Cr9CWGsoDG
Beautiful , wow ! Amazing ! Organic lettuce !
Thank you so much. I can't wait to try this.😯👍
Very cheap way....I love it
I'm thinking... make a hole in the bottom of the top cup & insert a plastic straw. Then syringe your grow fluid into the straw. You can keep count of how many CC's you add. And you can leave the cups alone.
Khang Starr, your salads look so great! so I am trying to not get discouraged with my issues. I have salads, chards, and spinach that I managed to sprout indoors and I planted some out on the balcony for a fall crop. I kept salads and chard indoors but eventually the salads that I kept indoors all grew more tall, not very sturdy and pale and one began to bolt!! I had gotten shoplights and keep them on for at least 8 hours, and had them on longer when the plants were seedlings. All is growing nearby south facing windows. I am using organic soil and fertiliser. Now that its colder, my apartment is heated by radiators and is so dry that I had to get a humidifier, but the bolting occured before the radiators came on. I do have to use tapwater and I don't know if filtered water will make a difference. I haven't tried a fan but I have the windows open a tiny bit for airflow. I am wondering if the place that I got the seeds from are not so hardy or are just not suitable for my conditions and I will eventually try getting seeds from another place. I figure this since I ended up with issues with all the produce from that farm. Also I am wondering if anyone managed to grow greens in apts with radiators close by or is that just not manageable.
Your explanation is very simple thank you very much
I just got into gardening and growing some of the stuff we eat. I also just came across your channel and I wish I knew about it earlier! Your videos are awesome. I like the straight forward demo and talk through. I'm going to try it with some lettuce I'm growing in a jar and has produced root. The follow ups are helpful too. Thanks!
!Wow! Easy steps yet very effective - thanks for posting.
You can reduce transplant shock by planting the lettuce in the cup with the cube...if you want :)
Yes... Free lettuce for life
Wonderful and educational how to video Thankyou so much. Bless you🙏
I have been following your posts. Good stuff, really impressed. A suggestion regarding the amount of water required is to prune the lettuce more often. Another fellow hydroponic fan harvests daily and cuts 3-4 leaves per plant and uses less water. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting
Thanks for sharing this video.
A great help indeed.
Explained well!👏
Happy planting. Happy growing.
More blessings to come😇💚
Excellent video very useful and thank you for putting this video it will help us a lot in saving money to keep buying and throwing foods.
Great info-thanks for this. I've started lettuce and it's the first year I've tried it. I was going to put it in an outdoor pot and now I'm thinking I'll put it in a pot that I can do bottom watering/feedings!
Awesome idea, SOLO cups though is made of PS, an unsafe plastic that leeches harmful chemicals into soil