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    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!

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    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.
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by sabad66 View Post
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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).
    How much water do you give it and how often?

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    Came for Basil Fawlty. Left disappointed.
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    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?

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    How much water do you give it and how often?
    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.*

    *i have no idea if this is best practice for basil but it works for me.

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    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.

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    You're not supposed to let basil flower... That's your problem

    https://homeguides.sfgate.com/basil-...ers-85197.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabad66 View Post
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    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.*

    *i have no idea if this is best practice for basil but it works for me.
    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.

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    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?

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    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.

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    I use these bad boys. Works excellent since I never remember to water.
    https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop...ers?item=XC475

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzwasp View Post
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    Do you guys get any issues with gnats and the aerogarden?
    Gnats need soil to lay eggs, there's almost zero soil in an aerogarden. I wouldn't expect it to be an issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzwasp View Post
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    Do you guys get any issues with gnats and the aerogarden?
    I had issues with gnats, but I think they were caused by having plants that came in from outside right next to it.

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