Has anyone been able to grow or keep a plant from the supermarket alive longer than 2 weeks without a growlight. Tell me your secrets!
Has anyone been able to grow or keep a plant from the supermarket alive longer than 2 weeks without a growlight. Tell me your secrets!
Grow it with a growlight. In an aero garden. You will have more than you can handle.
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Basil is a god send weed. Agree with ES.
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
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i have mine in my windowsill since the summer and it's still growing fine. I just pop off the flowers when they start forming.
I even cloned it a few times and i have 3 in the same pot now. I feed it basic houseplant liquid food (comes in a dropper and i put 7 drops per litre of water).
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Came for Basil Fawlty. Left disappointed.
Basil should be very easy to grow. Like, dandelion easy. I don't think I've ever had an issue. Do you have shitty windows letting too much cold in?
I water it every 4-5 days or so. I use the cannabis growing rule of thumb - poke your finger into the soil up to the knuckle closest to your hand and if it's dry then water. If it's still wet don't water.*This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
*i have no idea if this is best practice for basil but it works for me.
Apparently I'm the only person that can't keep it growing in an Aerogarden, I only ever get as much as a few flowers and then the entire plant dies after that.
You're not supposed to let basil flower... That's your problem
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/basil-...ers-85197.html
the last one I had came in a glass and told me to keep the water above the rootball at all times. I think i must of drowned it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Just decided to get the aerogrdaen going again, more for a in home productive hobby than anything.
Im guessing most people would not recommend much mixing in the garden, I am going to start some tomatoes but I’m assuming they are big enough that you basically can’t do anything else in there?
I have a 9 pod garden, I’m thinking the smart move is to use something closer to 6 slots?
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We run one pod of red peppers by itself in the "big" one, and then 4 herbs in the smaller one. Filling every slot would be very crowded.
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The thing that stopped me last time was it was way too full. Biggest problem is I had dill in it which is a terrible idea.
I wouldn’t hate some herbs like basil and rosemary but I think I’m going to start with a few tomatoes, maybe all on one side, and see how it goes.
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Do you guys get any issues with gnats and the aerogarden?
My wife is in charge of these, and she chose dill, thyme, mint and chive. No basil, which is dumb, because I used the basil all the time. Don't even like dill, although she did make some great dill sauce for a salmon this week.
No gnats.
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Chive is the least useful one. Basil (Thai and Italian) rocks. No gnats either when I had the aerogarden.
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Good reminder, I really need to start growing thai basil to add to my lunch ramen. Every time i try to find it at superstore its sold out and it's also pretty expensive to begin with.
Anyone have any clones? could trade for regular basil or a few bucks for your time.
I use these bad boys. Works excellent since I never remember to water.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop...ers?item=XC475
Gnats need soil to lay eggs, there's almost zero soil in an aerogarden. I wouldn't expect it to be an issue.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I had issues with gnats, but I think they were caused by having plants that came in from outside right next to it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote