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Re:LEDs Are Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Farming (2014) by thatswrong0 on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:52PM (#11898025)
Last time I checked (it's been a while since I had a salad), lettuce already doesn't have too much of a taste. I'd be surprised if they managed to mess that up.
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Re:LEDs Are Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Farming (2014) by maxerickson on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:54PM (#11898035)
It really depends on the lettuce.

Iceburg seems to be intentionally useless. Romaine starts to have a little flavor. Leaf lettuces have a wide range of flavors.

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Re:LEDs Are Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Farming (2014) by slyn on Monday June 13, 2016 @07:25PM (#11898593)
Iceberg is a texture, not a taste per se. Used in combination with other greens and veggies it has a place.
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Re:LEDs Are Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Farming (2014) by dekhn on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:19PM (#11899316)
Moving to California recalibrated my understanding of lettuce/salad greens. Not sure if you meant just lettuce, but in California a typical salad has little to no lettuce, and instead: mizuna, arugula, radicchio. What lettuce is does have is Romaine and butter lettuce, not iceberg.

The result is a very flavorful salad- intensely bitter with much less crunch.

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Re:LEDs Are Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Farming (2014) by eonw on Monday June 13, 2016 @06:01PM (#11898087)
is that the outcome of nature or selective breeding?
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