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Grains and root vegetables are generally far easier to store and transport and keep from rotting than leafy greens, herbs, etc. I'm most interested in tech lik
by sethhochberg 6y ago
Grains and root vegetables are generally far easier to store and transport and keep from rotting than leafy greens, herbs, etc.
I'm most interested in tech like this as a tool for minimizing food waste. Your lettuce won't wilt and rot while it is sitting on the shelf if it is still alive.
- marcosdumay 6y agoKeep in mind that lettuce must be collected at a specific time to be good. If you wait too much, it gets spoiled. In fact, it probably lasts for longer in a fridge than in fertile ground with sunlight.
- bserge 6y agoThe energy use of the LEDs for a live lettuce plant and a fridge is about the same (or even lower), so you could keep it fresh for a few weeks more in a small indoors farm I'd say.
- cwkoss 6y agoI wonder if you could grow lettuce within a refrigerator and drop temperature as a means of preventing bolting and to extend lifetime. Could both be better than sum of either individually?
- bserge 6y agoYou mean turn the refrigerator into a growth box? While still being able to use the cooling function? That sounds like an interesting idea. Not sure how live lettuce reacts to low temperature, it might go into faster growth and would actually start rotting sooner. Many plants do that in sudden weather changes.
- pvaldes 6y agoYou can also harvest the leaves and eating always fresh cut lettuce leaves one at a time, for several weeks