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Dec 31, 2015, 01:43 AM
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Dec 31, 2015, 09:32 AM
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Looking good. Someone gave me a psychedelic veg grow kit which looks fun - purple carrots etc. Need to plant.
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Dec 31, 2015, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by
geoffbot
Looking good. Someone gave me a psychedelic veg grow kit which looks fun - purple carrots etc. Need to plant.
Oh. Psychedic coloured...
Actually that should be fun.
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Jan 9, 2016, 10:04 PM
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Jan 20, 2016, 01:09 PM
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Jan 30, 2016, 04:07 PM
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Those who have been following this thread will know I have mentioned the poor growth of the herbs in one particular unit, one that I underfed. I called time on them last week and harvested what I could. A quick look showed me that the pump was only functioning at about 20%. I called Aero Grow and spoke to them about it. It was well outside the return period. A new pump for one of these units retails for about $10. I was willing to buy a new one for that price though I hoped they would send me one free.
They did not. They are sending me a whole new unit and do not want the old one back! More praise for the wonderful folks at Aero Grow.
So now I have a free set of grow LEDs with a timer on a stand. What to do? How about fill the water tank with media and start a baby greens/ shoots garden?
It is currently jam packed with a blend of radish, arugula and cress. Once they reach about two inches high they will be ready and will pack a wallop in both the flavour and the nutrition department.
And a quick lunch harvest from the big unit:
Last edited by Henry Krinkle; Jan 30, 2016 at 04:34 PM.
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Feb 28, 2016, 08:23 PM
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Day 81, that is sixty days of harvesting twice a week. The arugula is starting to slow down and is threatening to bloom, and the mustard greens themselves are slowing a bit. The cress, mizuna, tatsoi and romaine are still going fine and the Chinese cabbage is just wonderful. It can be harvested every other day. So that is now two months of salads, sandwich greens and greens for stir frys and pasta dishes. I suspect I have at least a month of harvesting on most of the plants. The cost of the plants and plant food was under $20. That much salad here in winter would cost more than $100 and would not taste nearly as good.
The greens for the next salad
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Mar 12, 2016, 01:21 PM
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Apr 5, 2016, 02:43 AM
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Apr 5, 2016, 07:15 AM
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