Growing salad indoors means you have salad in 5 minutes flat, harvesting it right there. Eating healthy greens is the key for health and I intend to do that. I have IBS and gastrointestinal problems. I can eat but not digest heavy foods very well. When I eat healthy greens I am fine and I enjoy eating greens. Pesticide use has always been a worry. I harvest my indoor salad without washing it, no bugs, no pesticides, it is heavenly. For my health I will do anything. Instead of buying a 200 dollar purse or shoes I would rather buy a great healthy hydroponic growing system. The joy I get from harvesting fresh produce at home is really neat. As an apartment dweller this is my way back to pesticide free healthy produce.

Gas is expensive

If you think growing food is "convenient' you obviously never grew a got dam thing before lol

You could look at doing a kratky system, no pumps or fans needed just light. I've grown salad greens and herbs in my English window this summer but I'll need a light soon. I'm also on a smaller scale than this video! Microgreens are super easy, you don't need anything but seeds, something like kitchen roll that can wick water, and light for the last few days.

@Katy Weaver Will have to look into it, again. Heard of it before at some point, but decided to go for hydroponic because of the productivity and ease of use. (Gardening with Brent had a system I decided to go for) The fan and bubbler is likely the least expensive part overall. But thanks for the reminder.

I think the lighting and fan could be places where you could really cut down on electricity use. For the fan, if you get usb powered ones that use 5 volts and 1-2 amps each, it would be 5-10 watts each, probably at the cost of being a bit less powerful maybe, and you could really save on electricity by 1 using leds and 2 using red and blue leds instead of white because (you'll have to look up the exact wavelengths yourself cause i don't remember but) those are the colors plants absorb best. And of course if you get a lot of natural sunlight anywhere, using that would reduce your need for artificial lighting a bit depending on details.

Good idea, I've done pump intervals in the past, I've just found continuous to be simplest. A test would be cool though! Our favorite lettuce variety is Muir.

Is the kracky working well for you? I tried once and super bitter I might try a different type.

Yes we have a new course on how to grow lettuce, check the video description for a link to it.

In the UK energy bills are double and lettuce I half the price stated in this video. It looks like hydroponics is much more viable in some countries compared to others. With that said using natural light and reusable plugs could save a lot of money and the lettuce is probably more healthy to eat.

@@jasonbaxter3658 Right now the price of electricity in Norway is 8 times that of his estimate... Keep in mind it fluctuates a lot.

Yes, in general, growing a higher volume of plants uses light more efficiently. That is one of the main reasons I don't use Kratky, though it can be a great option if you have a lot of free sunlight to utilize.

I'd say there are ways, but I wouldn't even want to imagine the price of a glass/titanium setup.. and the time to maintain it. Unless you live in a pollutant-free bubble just go for "food grade save" BPA free plastic. I have no doubt anymore humanity will destroy themselves in approximately 100-200 years anyways. Cheers

No offense, but your automobile off gasses more carcinogens (especially on hot sunny days) into its interior cabin than PVC leaches into water during a 45 day grow cycle.

You can do it in glass jars, kratky style, it'll take longer than an aerated pumped system but it's a lot cheaper if you reuse consumer glass. It's hard to get around plastic for the part that holds the plant, however, as you want an inert nonreactive material. I'll point out though that when you see the plastic PVC hydroponics systems those are the same pipes that are delivering water to your house or through your house. Nothing is a perfect solution in our world, there are tradeoffs. Hydroponics lets you grow year-round inside no matter what your local climate and pest conditions are, which means it's very accessible fresh produce. Veg starts losing nutrients the moment it's harvested... So you pick your battles and what tradeoffs work for you.

I believe he did a video with testing his water through a lab to see what toxins were in it. You may wanna have a look.

@@kelliwiemers6445 Here it is for anyone wondering. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNZmrMyoysuYp6c.html

42 heads of lettuce every 42 days dude, not one head of lettuce every 42 days and no lettuce every other day