Recipe for Hydroponic Gardening

Series: Gardening by Osmosis | Story 13

November 2024

Yearning for fresh produce from your garden?

Hydroponics, water gardening, offers an alternative to waiting for next summer’s yields.

Tired of wilted lettuce on your BLT’s?

Look for Butter Crunch lettuce in the produce section of your grocery store.

You know, the rooted, cupped leaves in the ‘corsage like’ containers?

Before cleaning the leaves, cut them about an inch or so above the crown of roots.

Leave the soil on and plop the roots in a ramekin or other small dish. Cover the roots with water, about 1/4 cup.

THEN clean the cut leaves.

Set the container in a sunny window being...

 

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