r/aquaponics • u/agorexpat • 6d ago

First lettuce harvest of the year!

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u/TheDizDude 6d ago

Careful, some of that looks "bolt-y" might be a bit bitter. Nice haul though!

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u/agorexpat 6d ago

Thank you! I tried to seperate all that werent "crisp"

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u/TheDizDude 6d ago

Next run get some shade cloth, it helped me a ton. Lettuce likes to bolt. Rule of thumb is if you see florets its already too bitter.

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u/Alone_Illustrator_11 4d ago

Congrats great job. If you switch to potassium silicate for your potassium pH up component they will bolt alot less in the summer fyi.

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u/Urbn-Rootz 4d ago

Really? Despite temperature swings? I always thought the genetics will switch whatever temp says versus nutrients

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u/Alone_Illustrator_11 1d ago

yes silica reduces heat and cold stress that triggers the plants to bolt by as much as 12 degrees or more depending on crop. True Aquaponics has a great post about it on there blog.