Hydroponic NFT Lettuce and Herb Greenhouse Production

 

 

 Hydroponic Lettuce is becoming more popular as consumers expect more than just iceburg lettuce in their salads. Field grown product is often dirty with grit and other problems that make it a high labor cost item for the food service industry. Lettuce and herbs grown in a NFT hydroponic system do not suffer from these problems. In many cases, a hydroponic head of lettuce can be quickly rinsed under running water, shook and drained. The base can then be cut off, and the head split in half, and put on a plate. This can then form the basis for a salad.
Another valuable aspect of NFT lettuce is that the shelf life is greatly increased since the root system can be pulled out of the channel, trimmed and shipped with the product. This "living lettuce" maintains it's quality all the way to the consumer's mouth.
CropKing has many different sizes of Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) systems. Complete commercial packages are available in sizes ranging from 30'x128' to multi-bay gutter connect greenhouses.

Component and pricing sheet is available in Adobe PDF format.

30'x128' Free Standing Hydroponic Lettuce & Herb Unit and
1-8 bay Gutter Connect Hydroponic Lettuce & Herb Unit
Component Sheet download (389 KB)

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More Information
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) Production of Lettuce
  Dr. Lynette Morgan explains NFT lettuce systems in an excerpt from her book, Hydroponic Lettuce Production.

More information on Commercial Hydroponics is available on our free dvd Reinventing the Family Farm

You may want to consider coming to one of our Hydroponic Grower's Workshops to learn how to grow hydroponic produce. The cost of the workshop is fully refundable from the purchase price of one of the above packages!

If you are seeking financing for a NFT Greenhouse, you should consider one of our profesional business plans

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