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Post by lynnee on Dec 17, 2022 17:55:03 GMT -5
Here's another reason to grow lettuce in an AG! The story from the San Jose Mercury News says that crop disease in the Salinas Valley is causing a nationwide lettuce shortage. The price is for iceberg lettuce at an upscale East S.F. Bay Area grocery store.  |
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Post by darais211 on Dec 17, 2022 19:03:57 GMT -5
i would of laughed all the way out of the store, thats just insane!
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Post by Shawn on Dec 17, 2022 19:41:41 GMT -5
Thats crazy
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Post by mike on Dec 18, 2022 7:58:31 GMT -5
I never thought I'd use my Farms for greens. But that is just what I'm about to do. I just ordered Jericho Lettuce, Joi Choi, Space F1 Spinach, Italian Plain Leaf Organic Parsley, Large Leaf Italian Organic Basil, and Fernleaf Dill Seeds to fill my Farm Plus'. I need more veggies in my diet. As much as I love peppers, they take too long.
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Post by lynnee on Dec 18, 2022 9:13:47 GMT -5
Once you sample some of your homegrown greens, you'll be a convert, mike!  |
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Post by mike on Dec 18, 2022 10:20:38 GMT -5
I would use my greens tote, but I have never got the lighting the way I like it.
Some day.
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Post by tompepper7 on Dec 18, 2022 13:37:24 GMT -5
I never thought I'd use my Farms for greens. But that is just what I'm about to do. After growing lettuce in a couple of Harvests and enjoying a fresh salad every few days it crossed my mind that growing lettuce in a Farm would not be a bad idea. Good luck with your greens.
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Post by campingcorgis on Dec 18, 2022 16:16:39 GMT -5
I've always used a Farm for my lettuce grows. I like the space it provides. Crowded lettuce is not a good thing. Man, you've gotta have a big need/craving for iceberg lettuce to pay that price! The heads of iceberg, here in the PNW, are very loose. I'm betting those are similar?  |
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Post by lynnee on Dec 18, 2022 22:35:46 GMT -5
campingcorgis, I didn't check out the actual heads of lettuce, so don't know whether the heads are firm or not. The newspaper photo shows a display from The Piedmont Grocery, which is an upscale market in the tony Oakland hills--it is expensive even by the very expensive Bay Area standards. It's sort of like the "French Laundry" of grocery stores!  The news story went on to say that iceberg was $7.50 per head at other Bay Area stores. I actually stopped buying grocery store lettuce when I discovered AG lettuce. It's easy to grow and tastes better!
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Post by golddustpeak on Dec 19, 2022 8:10:26 GMT -5
We have two Bounties which I keep full of lettuce using an alternating start a few weeks apart. This keeps my wife in lettuce daily :-)
We also do two bounties with two tomato plants in each and that supplies us with plenty of tomatoes.
As I mentioned before soon one of the bounties will get a Fairytale eggplant, I am just waiting for one of the toms to give up. Over a year on all four...
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Post by Shawn on Dec 20, 2022 5:39:05 GMT -5
I have my Farm Basic sitting empty, I think I am going to stsrt some herbs on one side and lettuce on the other
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Post by aelli on Dec 30, 2022 23:33:28 GMT -5
Oh! Can you tell me more about your lettuce supply? I'm trying to figure out how many plants I'm going to need if I want to eat a salad a day (or, rather, a wrap a day). I usually grow 40 plants out in the soil and then I can't keep up but I'm hoping the hydroponics will mean significantly more leafs  |
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