Students Harvest Lettuce

Hydroponic farming is a fun way to study plant life cycles quickly. All second grade Jasper County Primary School students grew lettuce in hydroponic buckets in their classrooms.

Students learned how to test pH, aerate roots, seed rockwool, and harvest a crop. Students compared hydroponic lettuce to traditional lettuce being grown in dirt.

To compare growing methods each classroom had a hydroponic bucket and bucket with potting soil. Both buckets were started on the same day with lettuce seeds.

Students also tracked how much water was added into each system. The hydroponic lettuce grew at a faster rate and produced more lettuce leaves. The lettuce classroom buckets were at full bounty after just eight weeks of growth.

Pictured at top are students from Miss Moore’s class with their hydroponic bucket just before the harvest and taste testing (front row) Wyatt Roberts, Casey Ammons, Andi Stacey, Marlie Pennamon, Gracelynn Hamilton, Chloe Toath (middle) Haylen Compton, Wylla Flowers, Caliann Pickett, Wyatt Freeman, Braylen Robinson, Raylan Hanks, Luke Black, Grayson Hall, Jade Casteel (back) Mrs. Moore, Aiden Pittman, Kymani Christian. Mrs. Miller’s students Connor Roberson, DeMari Bonner, August Westmoreland, Aubrey Brooks, Rowan Hyde sample their lettuce.