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To: 2ndDivisionVet

25,000 square feet grows 10,000 heads of lettuce per day? Not buying it.


10 posted on 01/12/2015 11:17:47 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: mad_as_he$$

What makes you doubt the Japanese? It’s not as if they ever tried to pull one over on us...


13 posted on 01/12/2015 11:19:19 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Not buying it either. The only way to even come close would be to stack the beds, still this would be almost impossible to achieve on a daily basis.


14 posted on 01/12/2015 11:23:59 AM PST by muskah
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To: mad_as_he$$

Yes, 10k heads of lettuce a day? This story seems like bunk.


15 posted on 01/12/2015 11:24:29 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: mad_as_he$$

The photos show 16 levels of plants, so 625 per 25,000 sq ft of FLOOR SPACE per day. It might be possible. I don’t think the lettuce are that big at harvesting.


22 posted on 01/12/2015 11:33:03 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ((I once was blind but now I see...))
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To: mad_as_he$$

“25,000 square feet grows 10,000 heads of lettuce per day? Not buying it.”

You neglect to consider that they have multiple levels for each square foot.


40 posted on 01/12/2015 12:05:04 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: mad_as_he$$

I think the author meant to say 10,000 heads are growing at any one time - at least that makes more sense.


51 posted on 01/12/2015 12:55:52 PM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Just did the math for an experiment I ran 5 years ago and it’s totally doable...


58 posted on 01/12/2015 1:13:11 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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