Photo Update: Cheapskate Lettuce @ 27 days

Here's my crop of Bullet romaine lettuce growing in a cheapskate deep-water culture system under a hydrofarm 125 watt compact fluorescent light. As you can see, things are going wonderfully for these guys.

The only problem is that I waited a bit too long to raise the light and the tips of some of the plants got burned slightly. When you grow under fluorescent lighting you have to keep the light as close to the plants as possible and raise the light as the plants grow.

These guys are ready for eating in about 10 more days. They normally grow for 50 days but we're going to take what's available around 40 days. I planted these guys too close to one another (I didn't realize how large they get!) and they won't be able to grow to full potential anyway.