Aquaponic Lettuce Growth

Our spring lettuce greens are finally getting bitter as the daily temps keep rising so I reluctantly decided to to take them out and make room for other plants. Wow do I wish I still had my chickens or some rabbits!!! They wouldn't mind the bitterness at all!!!
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• Aquaponic
• Barrel
• Lettuce
• Gardening
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• Homestead
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[fatsuru]

I was wondering if you run your pump on a timer or if you let it go 24/7

[padkisson]

@fatsuru

I've always just run them 24/7 but I've may consider a timer shut off at night this year. I'm still undecided though because it has done so well this way, and I believe that the pumps generally work better and last longer when run continuously instead of intermittent. A few times in the last couple years the power would go off and when it came back on almost without fail the pump would be hung. Because of that I guess I still vote for 24/7!

[seahorsecowboys]

nice job !....thank you for the info.

[padkisson]

@seahorsecowboys

Thanks and you are very welcome!!!

[oceanofdarkstars1]

Try blending the lettuce then freezing it into pattys, tilapia and other herbivorous (Pretty sure thats spelled wrong) fish love to eat it

[Robb0h]

Those do look great! Thumbs up!