Hydroponic cultivation of lettuce varieties under optimized organominerals nutrient solution with the SOLVER

The study aimed to evaluate the cultivation of lettuce varieties in floating type hydroponic system with nutrient solutions optimized by the SOLVER tool of the Microsoft Office Excel. The experiment was conducted at the Center of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences Center of the Paraiba State University, adopting an entirely randomized experimental design arranged in factorial scheme 4 x 3, with three repetitions. The factors were 4 nutritient solutions (S1 = 100% mineral solution; S2 = 90% mineral solution + 10% organic solution; S3 = 84% mineral solution + 16% organic solution and S4 = 78% mineral solution + 22% organic solution) and 3 lettuce varieties (C1 -Crespa; C2 -Monteiga and C3 -Ruby). The plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, the length of the root, fresh matter weight and the dry matter weight of the lettuce were evaluated. The organominerals solutions promoted a greater resistance to variation of the pH and replaced partially the mineral solution. The best biometric and production means were observed for the Crespa and Monteiga varieties and for the mineral solution, mineral solution + 10% of organic solution and mineral solution + 22% of organic solution.