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Cilantro, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, and Piccolino Basil in a Spare-Room Harvest

Grow log by Shawn · Original thread

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CropCilantro, rosemary, oregano, thyme, basil
VarietyPiccolino Greek Basil
MethodAeroGarden hydroponics
EquipmentAeroGarden Harvest, AeroGarden Bounty, AeroGarden Kitchen Bowl Harvest
Plants6
AudienceBeginners

What you can learnA complete culinary-herb example covering pod relocation, spacing, repeated pruning, freezer preservation, and a deliberate shutdown for household needs.

Actions:4 Pruning2 Harvest1 Equipment1 Transplant1 Planting
Useful practices
  • moving established pods between AeroGarden units
  • regularly pruning cilantro
  • thyme
  • and oregano
  • freezing large herb harvests
  • relocating a valuable rosemary plant before ending the garden
Problems encountered
  • crowding among herbs
  • slow rosemary growth
  • limited spare-room use because of the grow light

*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.

Day 83
UPDATE#11
Grower update

Update #11

Actions taken

HarvestTrimmed approximately half a cup or more of rosemary.

S By Shawn

I trimmed about a 1/2 cup if not more of Rosemary. I need to cut a few florets of the Basil and trim back the Oregano. I like the "Globe-y" ness of the Basil.
Conversation
S
Shawn

With Christmas coming and my mom staying in the spare room I had to end one of the two gardens in there so she will be able to sleep at night. With that said I decided to end the Harvest as I can not move my Mini Munches. This garden has ended. I moved the Rosemary to the Kitchen Bowl Harvest. I harvested all the Green Basil and Oregano and they are now in their containers in the freezer. I have updated the Kitchen Bowl Harvest thread.

Day 73
UPDATE#10
Grower update

Update #10

Actions taken

PruningContinued trimming the oregano during the eleven-day interval.

S By Shawn

In 11 days you can see the growth in the basil and Rosemary. I have been trimming the oregano so it does not look much different.
Conversation
R
Rialle

It looks great! Makes me want to grow rosemary lol.

S
Shawn

I have seeds if you want some. Just PM me your info,

Day 61
UPDATE#9
Grower update

Update #9

Actions taken

PruningTrimmed the oregano.
HarvestRemoved the thyme and harvested enough leaves to fill a 16-ounce container for freezing.

S By Shawn

This morning I trimmed the oregano up. I also removed the Thyme. picked all those tiny leaves off and now have a 16oz container filled with all my fresh thyme. It is now in the freezer awaiting to be used for Thanksgiving. Of course I have plenty for quite a while. Now the unit hold the Piccolino Basil, Greek Oregano and my wonderfully growing Rosemary. Hopefully the Rosemary will take off. I should have taken a before picture but I did not. Only had half my coffee LOL.... Anyway, I may moved pods around again as plants grow.
Day 54
UPDATE#8
Grower update

Update #8

Actions taken

PruningTrimmed the oregano and thyme.

S By Shawn

Darn, again I forgot to take a picture first. This morning I trimmed up the oregano and the thyme. I have so much thyme now I will not have to grow this for a while. Plus I still have a lot left on the plant to grow.My Rosemary is coming along really nice as is the Piccolino BasilHere is the garden after the prune
Conversation
M
MaryL

I imagine your Thanksgiving cooking will use a lot of your thyme stash.

S
Shawn

Yes it will. I use it in my stuffing and on and in the turkey. I used to make a Thyme butter also. I grow so much this time of year that what I have now should last me until I need to begin planting again next year.

Day 44
UPDATE#7
Grower update

Update #7

S By Shawn

I think I need to remove one of the Cilantro's and move the Thyme to that space. This will give my Rosemary more light and room. The Oregano is growing really nice with huge leaves. Other brands I planted had small leaves.
Conversation
S
Shawn

Cilantro has been removed and totally harvested. The runt of the two Oregano was also removed. This now holds a Thyme, Rosemary, Piccolino Greek Basil and Oregano.It was getting too crowded so now these have room to breath and grow.

U
Unknown

I admire you gals and guys who cook and use the herbs. Basil is about it for me. I have a big rosemary plant that I can't kill(soil) and use it occaisionally for chicken..but it is mainly on the sun porch to repel spiders ...LOL they can't stand the smell and it works like a charm. Your herbs are great, Shawn.

S
Shawn

Thank you!I did not know that about Rosemary, good to know. I hate spiders. As for the rest of the herbs, I only grow a handful of types as I only use a few kinds. But I love watching what others grow and it gives me inspiration for future projects.

R
Rialle

I'm always looking for ways to add different and new herbs to my cooking. Fun fact: Spiders also hate Eucalyptus, so I tend to hang some dried in the house. Good to know about Rosemary since I was planning on growing some anyway.

Day 39
UPDATE#6
Grower update

Update #6

Actions taken

PruningTrimmed the cilantro and had also trimmed the thyme multiple times.

S By Shawn

I trimmed the cilantro down yesterday. The Thyme has been trimmed a couple times as well. The Rosemary is growing ever so slowly but nicely. The oregano is also coming along.
Day 22
UPDATE#5
Grower update

Update #5

S By Shawn

Filling out nicely
Conversation
S
Shawn

Trimmed back the cilantro that was growing wild and added nutes after.

M
MaryL

Your cilantros look great.

Day 18
UPDATE#4
Grower update

Update #4

S By Shawn

ALL pods are up and growing.Left side: Cilantro (back), Thyme (center L) and Oregano (front)Right side: Cilantro (back), Rosemary (center R) and Oregano (front)Excuse the dust
Conversation
M
MaryL

So exciting that even your rosemary sprouted! They’re all on their way.

Day 10
UPDATE#3
Grower update

Update #3

Not archivedOpen original URL

S By Shawn

List off on all. Some doing better then others but all are alive.
Conversation
M
MaryL

Yaaaaay!

Day 4
UPDATE#2
Grower update

Update #2

S By Shawn

Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update

Update #1

Actions taken

EquipmentOpened and set up an unused Harvest unit.
TransplantMoved two cilantro pods and one sprouting rosemary pod from other AeroGardens into the Harvest.
PlantingPlanted two oregano pods and one thyme pod.

S By Shawn

So I broke down and opened a Harvest that has been sitting under my desk for forever. I THINK this is the one I gave my daughter and her BF for xmas last year that they wanted but then after they got it said they would never use . Anyway, I have it set up. I took the Cilantro from both the Bounty and the Twineys and put them in here. I also took the Rosemary (which has a root coming out of the seed) from the Bounty and placed it in here. I also planted two pods of Oregano and one of Thyme. The two Cilantros are over the label. More when the others start to germinate of the Cilantro go wild.
Conversation
S
Shawn

It is official, the Rosemary I planted a couple weeks ago sprouted!

U
Unknown

surprisingly fast

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