Jun. 25—All it takes is just a little water and fertilizer to grow a head of lettuce with a low-cost, efficient system of hydroponic gardening widely known as "the Kratky method." All it takes is just ...

Have you ever pulled a store-bought bag of lettuce from the fridge only to find it wilted and long past its prime? Haven’t we all! It’s wasteful and expensive and I decided something needed to change.

[Billy] has a special interest in passive hydroponics (also known as the Kratky method), which is a way of growing plants in nutrient-rich water that does not circulate. As the plant grows and liquid ...

While Florida's hot summers can spell disaster for some plants, Stacey Jones has an ample supply of lettuce growing year-round, thanks to what many refer to as the “farming of the future”: hydroponics ...

Working with the space they're given is a challenge most gardeners have to contend with, especially urban gardeners. If you don't have a large plot of land, or even any land to grow on, starting a ...

Jensen Uyeda, an extension service agent with the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, places Romaine lettuce seedlings into 2-inch holes drilled into the ...