Grow log by lynnee · Original thread
What you can learnA wide-ranging reference for AeroGarden experimentation, especially pepper and tomato management, equipment troubleshooting, plant relocation, crop rotation, seed-starting tests, reservoir maintenance, and long-lived plant care.
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
These look so great! And so many tomatoes! I'm enjoying my AG cherry tomatoes, but it's nothing like what you've got with these!
Today I terminated the tomato plant, at 456 days! It was still producing tomatoes, but many of them were tiny--the size of your little finger tip. I think that it was finally running out of energy.Also, it was dropping lots of blooms and only producing new blooms right under or above the lights. This was my best-ever Veranda Red, because the tomatoes had a very intense, sweet flavor.
Wow a year from 1 tomato plant that's great. The Veranda Red seeds you sent me are now 24 days old. I have 2 plants in a bounty. Will post pics when I have more time. Why does it look like 10 inch needles on those syringes ¿
376 days is impressive! I see you like those long needle syringes, but yours look even longer than mine. What size and where'd you get them? Mine are 10ml, but I don't think they are going to reach to the bottom of my Flora series bottles when the time comes....
mike is the one who found these long dispensing needles, pfunnyjoy. They're from Amazon, of course.www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08621LZJD/They're long enough to reach the bottom of the large-size AG nutrients jug, a Koolbloom bottle, or a CalMag+ jug. I reuse them, so I label them according to which of the three they are used for.
What's the taste like on these? I like the idea of a plant that can yield a lot of tomatoes over time. I love cherry tomatoes!
Many thanks to both of you! Looks like exactly what I need and will get some next order I make from Amazon.
I added these to my cart too. I was wondering what I was going to do when my flora series got too low for the syringe to reach.
There is 1 other option to lengthen your syringe. Get some cheap fish tank air line. $1.88 at Wally world. www.walmart.com/ip/Aqua-Culture-Standard-Airline-Tubing-8/11965102?athbdg=L1103&from=/search I use it because I already have fish tanks so had the line already. It is flexible but will stay straight for several inches, I use it on the liter AG nutes , the 3 part flora series and, cal-mag.
Your petunias are an astoundingly gorgeous display!
Today I terminated the petunia garden, even though it was still blooming. The overcrowded plants were sprawling all over and generally looking messy.I need to start some more seeds soon, for transplanting to my outdoor display rack.
Sorry to hear it, but yeah, eventually, like many plants, they end up not so gorgeous. Besides, it's always fun starting a new garden.
Would someone please tell me if I am mistaken or has good old Burpee done it to me again. I went to start my pelleted petunia seeds in my Bounty. Set the pump to always on and got everything ready. The package says “26 pelleted seeds”. I opened the package and went to pour them out on the counter to place in the pods. There was at least 100 seeds in the package and they didn’t look pelleted to me. So my question is - How big are pelleted seeds? I thought they were about the size of a pepper seed. These are about 1/3 of the size of a lettuce seed. I went ahead and planted them since I had everything ready but they weren’t what I was expecting.
swimmom500, my pelleted petunia seeds were the color of white clay, and a bit smaller than mustard seeds. They were from Park Seed, I think, which ships them in a little vial inside a sealed foil wrapper.Often Burpee envelopes contain more than the advertised amount of seeds, because the advertised amount is the "guaranteed germination" number of seeds. Once I got an envelope from Rare Seeds that actually had a label saying something like "extra seeds due to 25% germination rate".It could be that your petunia seeds weren't pelleted, which is preferable for AGs anyway. Can't wait to see what you get! I'm really big on petunias at present.
Beautiful petunias! Love the colors!
Thanks for the info. Based on what you said they are definitely not pelleted seeds. Hopefully Petunias is what I get. I also planted some old Lavender seeds a couple weeks ago which have not germinated yet. I am trying to attract some bees to my yard as my Blueberry bushes and my strawberry plants are starting to flower. I added more seeds to the lavender pods but then I noticed on the package that germination time is 14-28 days. I may be over run with those since I now have around 6 seeds in each pod. Lol!
Absolutely beautiful!
Healthy lookin' lettuce! Looks like you will soon be spending your days cleaning wilted flowers from your sticky petunia! I love the look of the petunias but cleaning them is a nasty, sticky job.
How many plants did you get from each pellet? Did you do anything special of just plop them in the sponge? I have a couple packs of seeds I want to start but wasn’t sure what to do with the pelleted seeds.
The pelleted seeds were a couple of years old, so I just added what was left of them (10 seeds per variety?) to the tops of the sponges in the pods. Many of them germinated. Aim at the tops of the sponges because pelleted seeds aren't supposed to be covered over--the coating needs to melt off.@fsullom mentioned that the tops of the sponges may dry out if you use germination mode (pump runs 5 minutes each hour). So I changed the pump to "always on". (That is, run 60 minutes and turn off for 0 minutes; or any other setting that does the same thing for your model.) This worked to melt off the coating and keep the seeds wet enough.
They don't look unhappy, so that's a good sign!
In the past, flowering plants have survived this treatment when they needed to be transplanted outdoors. However, this is the first time I've treated already fruiting plants so harshly. Once I trimmed the roots of a green pepper plant, before it had peppers on it. It was really mad at me, and sulked for a month before it started blooming again.
Today I started a 9-pod petunia garden with pelleted Eden Brothers seed (packed for 2022). I'm not fond of pelleted seed, and the seed is old, so my fingers are crossed. Petunias should be nice for winter, if they grow!
Hey, lynnee, I had no luck with pelleted seeds in an AG either. I finally figured that the pump germination mode was permitting the pellet casing from only partially melting and then drying out again. This resulted in the seed inside dying. I got much better results by dissolving the pellet in a small beaker of water and then sucking up the seeds with an eye dropper and depositing them on the sponge.
Thanks for that information! I don't have any more seeds, so I set the pump to run continuously. (They're in a Bounty Elite.) Maybe that will melt the pellet casings.When I bought the seeds, I had no idea what "pelleted" meant!
I'm very hopeful about the pelleted petunia seeds. Most of them seem to be swelling. The sponges are definitely wet. Photos will come when/if there are actual sprouts.
There is activity in the pelleted petunia seed garden! Two of the pods are showing tiny leaves, atop the sponge but too far below the deck to photograph.
Look at all that wonderfulness.
Looks awesome! Are those 3 red peppers on the far right from the Aerogarden Bell Pepper kit? Since the kit has been OOS forever, I have been looking at what bell pepper seeds to use as an alternative. I have a California Wonder in a Bounty. Nice and lush but no fruit setting yet.
Yes, swimmom500, the peppers are from the current AG bell pepper kit. The previous kit produced bigger peppers--these are a bit smaller than the ones you find at the grocery store. The bodies are about 4", maybe a little longer.
It's a great looking harvest for sure! Especially those peppers!
I have the AG Jumbo Veggies Seed Pod Kit, which includes bell pepper. On the box, it says the bell peppers are "PlayMaker" seeds, which are available on Amazon. I have not bought the seeds but I plan to.
Is there a reason you didn’t just save the seeds from the pod in the Jumbo Veggie kit?
I haven't grown them yet; I just bought the pods a week or so ago.
Always exciting to see a plant setting fruit!
Love seeing new peppers
Today the Bounties got their delayed R&Rs. The water color proved that mature plants really do need R&Rs more frequently than once a month, as Aerogarden suggests. The four Bounties had gone 3.5 weeks.I pruned the Veranda Red--cutting off stuff I didn't intend to, as usual. The roots looked okay, but are kinda brown and soft, so the plant won't last much longer (245 days now, I think). It's still producing lots of tomatoes.The Dwarf Awesome tomato and Anaheim pepper had healthy roots. Unfortunately I gave both a double dose (10ml) of Cal-Mag. I'm not fond enough of either plant to drain them to correct the mistake, so we'll see what happens.The Anaheim pepper had blossom-end rot on two developed peppers. Casualties of the delayed R&Rs, I think.The Quick Snack cuke has healthy roots. I took off the really dry leaves. Again, we'll see what happens.
Here's an idea I was gonna try but haven't gotten around to it! Get is pack of mixed wildflowers. Put 3-5 in each pod. Some wildflowers grow quite tall and should fill your farm. AND, surprise, you may not know what you got until it blooms.
Started a new lettuce garden today because the established Romaine and Merlot were ready to bolt. This time I planted a single pod of Merlot. Merlot gets huge, and produces a lot of great-tasting leaf lettuce!
I have three Cilantro's growing too. I guess this years batch are good because I had no luck last year,
I wish the seed vendors would always put the plant size in the description of the plant. Plant size is of primary concern for us aerogardeners. I can understand why they don't think it is important. Outside in your garden it doesn't much matter if your pepper plant grows to 3 feet or 5 feet.
Good lookin' little guys!
Our local weather has turned to Fall/Winter, so the outdoor Green Zebra vines (see above) are done. Today (10/27/22) I took them out of the EarthBox so they could go into the green waste bin for tomorrow's pickup.The four vines produced more tomatoes than the single AG vine, but they took a lot of planting mix, fertilizer, and (especially) water. Water is a consideration because we've had so little rain this year.I think that I'll grow these in the AG from now on. Probably I can improve production if I limit the plant to a single vine. That has worked really well with the Mini Munch cucumber!
The weather turned cold here, quite suddenly, and I turned on the heat. Yesterday I realized that the ceiling furnace vent was still open in the room where most of my AGs are. The AG Heirloom Red had a lot of canopy leaves that were dried out to the point of crumbling. I’ve never seen this before. The Red Velvet was starting to dry out on top. The Heirloom Red is 330 days old, so may be near the end of its natural life. However, it sure didn’t help it to get heat from the furnace, even though it was across the room from the vent!
Wild that it did that from the other side of the room!! Was it turned on super hot?
No, it wasn't the heat, but the force of the warm, dry air current that did the damage. There's a vent over the bed in another room that really dries out my nose and eyes overnight.The plants in the garden room really hate the winter air from the vent. I have to open the same vent in the summer, to get coolish air to circulate at night and in the morning.The plant room is on the second floor, and the room really heats up during the day because of a south-facing window. (I have reflective film on the glass, and shades that are drawn all day, but the room still gets hot.)
Oh wow, I never knew that the dry/warm air current from a vent could do that sort of damage!! That's good information to have!
Oh no! I'm sorry about your tomatoes Lynne
Fortunately the warm air didn't kill any of the tomato plants. I did an R&R today, and found a dozen or so red tomatoes hiding under the canopies of the three plants that were most in the line of fire. The crumbly leaves were mostly confined to stems that were crowded or not getting any light. I've never had large numbers of crumbly leaves on tomatoes before, though.
After 347 days, I terminated the AG Heirloom Red tomato. That's the plant that had the most dried-out, crumbly leaves. It was still producing large, sweet cherry tomatoes, but not all that many.When I looked at the roots, they were all mushy. The only healthy roots were the ones inside the grow deck. I guess that I should have suspected something like that, because the stem had sprouted a lot of air roots at the grow deck level. I should have taken a photo of the air roots, because I haven't seen that before. However I didn't because they looked so mushy and awful!The AG is now being cleaned in the dishwasher. I'm going to replant it with another Red Heirloom tomato and a few lettuce pods. They should be okay together for a few months.
Still going after all this time. Wonderful
That is a monster lynnee. It does have pretty tomatoes.
Today I terminated the Mocha Swirl pepper at 195 days. It had lots of blooms and foliage, but wasn’t setting fruit. It also had leaf curl and needed pruning to improve air circulation.Tomorrow I’ll pickle the peppers; I have enough for at least one mason jar. I’ll start another after the Sweet Heats are done.
Looks Yum
WOW, you sure did get a lot of pepper! Yum
They look fabulous
Beautiful tomato plants
QUESTION??? When you remove a plant from an active garden, do you try to remove as much of the roots as you can? Don't the roots that are left simply rot and pollute the water with undesirable waste?
I used to worry about that, but it doesn't seem to be a problem. When I remove a plant, I pull out as many roots as will come with the pod.In this instance, I cut the roots where the two plants' roots had grown together in front. Then I pulled out all the remaining roots that were attached to the pod holding the plant that was coming out.The roots left in are only a few that were entangled in front. I could have trimmed the remaining plant's roots more, but it hasn't been necessary in the past. Roots don't break down all that quickly in either water or soil.
I love it Lynne. I am going to look at my "sick" plant today and if still sick will be removing. I think I am going to plant the Mocha Swirl.@fsullom, I usually just also pull out the plant after separating roots (or not). Especially if you are tossing. If you wanted to save it then I do the same but carefully. es you will lose some root but when careful you can do so without too much damage.
It was interesting to follow. I am so glad the outdoor plants are thriving!
It is wonderful that the outdoors GZ have adapted. Wishing many many tomatoes. As for the indoor ones, it was a nice experiment that garnered some nice fruits. Now to see what is next to grow for you.
Today I ended two Bounty gardens. One had the Veranda Red plant that has produced prolifically--it had reached the end of its natural lifespan after 264 days. I'm sad to see it go. The other had the two Banana peppers (grown from my saved seeds) that I nearly killed by leaving the pump unplugged. Both had come back with lots of foliage and some blooms, but I have too many peppers at present (Ancho Grande, Mocha Swirl, and the upcoming Sweet Heats GAL). With Ray out of the house for a week or two, I don't have an eager pepper eater around!So I ended the banana peppers at 130 days, even though the roots still looked pretty good. Now I have Tom Thumb peas, the aforementioned pepper plants, two tomato gardens (Veranda Reds and an AG Heirloom Red), the immortal eggplants, and the second Mini Munch cucumber. MM is doing great, and happily growing around and around the Bounty trellis. I got a 5" cuke from it today. I also have Green Zebras from the AG on the back patio. I'm going to start a Dianthus garden in a Bounty soon, because the dianthus from the November GAL loved the front patio location. It just bloomed and bloomed! It will be nice having only things that require little attention in the AGs for a bit. I need to get back to the clutter-clearing, because I may need to rearrange some furniture when Ray gets back home. It will also be nice to have some empty AGs available for when someone here posts about something irresistible that they've planted! There is already an empty Bounty reserved for the Sweet Heats GAL.
I feel so rich when I have an empty Aerogarden to anticipate planting something irrestible in, too, lynnee! Your tomatoes and banana peppers had a very nice run!
The GZs made it to their forever home. YAY!!!
YAY... all replanted!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who forgets to plug the pump back in again. 😅 That's quite a nice harvest of peppers!
What a glorious haul of peppers, lynnee! WOW!!! i discovered today that I had forgotten to plug the pump in on my yellow petunias. The water looked gross, but the plant seems okay.
Aww. That's sad, lynnee. The leaves are a beautiful color, though.
Oof, sorry about the spinach. Do you think you'll try those in a bigger garden?
I'll definitely try the Territorial Seeds baby spinach again. The leaves looked so beautiful, and it was growing well, with healthy roots.
It looks like pepper heaven to me!
They are all looking great Lynne.
lynnee, the spinach on the left looks good! I hope it thrives there.
They look so healthy
What a beautiful garden, lynnee. Especially your peppers! The Veranda Reds make my mouth water. Mine are only about one inch tall!
I have some tiny VRs, too. They were planted about a week after yours, Sher. The mature plant won't last forever, and we can always use tomatoes.
That is a superb pepper garden, lynnee! And I can't wait to find out what you plant in the Bountys!
Plants look great. I am always afraid to place them in my dishwasher.
Nice looking and nice sized peppers. Looking forward to seeing whats next.
Those are beautiful peppers, lynnee. You and I must share the same taste in peppers. I like a bit of spiciness, but I don't like pain!
Your heirloom tomato apparently likes its personal space! I will copy you and airscapes and harvest mine early next time I grow them, too. Hope it gets along better with the spinach.
Sher, the Veranda Reds also seem to taste the same when allowed to finish ripening off the vine. It's funny, but every time I give Ray one of the VRs, he says, " Yum! Was that one of the good ones?"We both thank you for telling us about the VRs! They're so sweet.
Thanks for telling me, lynnee. That delights me!
I hope the Shishitos turn red for you. I have not grown a lot of peppers, but my Sweet Heats did ripen after picking. I bet your Blazing Bananas will perk up with the extra room and access to nutrients. It has some nice looking peppers on it.
I hope they turn red for you but whenever I had them on the counter they only softened However I love the harvest you had! What will you do with them all?
Pickle them, I suppose. Yesterday I finally got a hot one, which was delicious! I might have kept the plant longer, if I'd known how good the green ones can be.
But think how something new can be started...
lynnee, the heirlooms root very easily if you would like to propagate a couple of cuttings to replace the Mighty Mini.
I always love how the roots match the stems for swiss chard.
Your peppers look great -- and that is some beautiful Swiss chard, lynnee! I like to use young Swiss chard in salads, too.
What an exciting time!
They are doing so good!
as long as they are producing good numbers of peppers. I usually get tired of them after six months.
Love it! Look at those flowers.
They look happy and flourishing!
WOW!!!!
Wow, what a nice haul and nice looking peppers.
Wow, look at all those penos and that nice clean deck. I am too afraid to put mine in the washer. We have VERY HOT water and I think they would warp.
A satisfying end to an exciting beginning! I tried to buy jalapenos yesterday, but Walmart was out. I got Serrano's instead.
With Aerogardens, I live kind of dangerously, but I'm just too lazy to scrub the decks. I wouldn't ever have put the Farm decks through the dishwasher if I hadn't done it with a lot of Bounties already.To guard against warping, you can place the deck on the bowl whole the parts are still warm from the dishwasher, turn the whole thing upside down on a flat surface, put something heavy on top, and let it cool. Any warping will be minimal.
Yeah, some PR hack must have gotten their hands on that one because AG calls it "beneficial" mold. What a crock! What it IS, is unavoidable mold that doesn't overly HURT the seedlings. I hear that term beneficial and I crack up. I soak a q-tip in hydrogen peroxide and spin the q-tip to remove as much of that mold as I can.
As far as "beneficial" goes, it is slightly beneficial, just not in the way that most people expect. It blocks the light from reaching the pod and so it helps to prevent algae formation
I do what Mike does, with the qtip.
The chard tastes like a strong tasting spinach, right?
Swiss chard tastes like a hearty lettuce, not really like spinach (though H and I like spinach, too). It's not as strong-flavored as kale or broccoli. It is one of the "dark leafy greens", very high in vitamin K, that people taking blood thinners (like my husband) must consume only in measured quantities. The rainbow varieties of Swiss chard taste the same as standard white-stemmed chard. Chard grows really well in the tall AGs.
Nice peppers, lynnee! Can't wait to hear about the taste test!
Wow, what a haul. Good job!
What a WONDERFUL Harvest!
Mystery solved! The yellow tomatoes in back are Harvest Golds. The cluster grew through the branches of the Veranda Red.
LOL...glad you figured it out!
Nice, so exciting to see and watch grow.
I love seeing all the change in colors. I can see the Bananas turning and I love that Red pepper
First suggestion would be to do a search for Jalapeno in the "What's Cooking" section. You'll find more than a few ideas and recipes. Like my post for Jalapeno Bites and one for Chicken Burgers w/Cheddar, Jalapeno & Cilantro. And there are others from The Pepper King and Shawn, just to mention a couple. Then, let me know what kinds of food you are looking for here or on the What's Cooking page and we'll come up with some fun things, I'm sure! Like, one a made a couple of days back, Border Grill Albondigas - I have their cookbook, but the link shows you the same recipe (Note: I like to use about 1/2 pound more turkey, but keep other items the same...and I usually add a lot more veggies, like turnips, 'cuz Mikey likes them...and I use a bag of Angel Hair Cabbage to make quick work of that part.)I use Jalapenos in place of other peppers too. Especially Serranos, as I like the pepper flavor without being too hot. Lots of recipes for Cowboy Candy, if you are into canning? Or a new favorite around here, BBQ Chicken Bombs - I make the full recipe and then freeze 8 of them. So, what's your thinking?
campingcorgis, Your jalapeno bites look like a good place to start!
Did you add calmag, lynnee? A bit of bloom nutrients might encourage the pepper to hold onto its fruits.
I added some CalMag and Koolbloom, Sher, but maybe not in the right amounts. The bigger peppers did start growing faster after I added the extras.Tomorrow I'm doing an R&R for this garden, so I'll give a lot of thought to the quantities of nutrients.
Be careful with the quantities. I'm getting leaf curl I don't like in areas. Primarily on the newer jalapenos. I may scale back a bit.
Thanks for the caution! I'll be conservative.
My new Farm XL arrived today (45 lbs.)! The FedEx deliveryman set it inside the door, which was much appreciated. I have to unpack these big gardens in stages--usually in the front patio--because the full boxes are so heavy. I'd forgotten just how much packing material is involved for a Farm 12 XL. There is a giant box, with another giant box nested inside (like two nesting Russian dolls). Then there is a long giant box containing the uprights, a big box acting as a spacer, and four big molded cardboard pieces that hold the hood & light and the grow bowl. All of this is high-quality cardboard that is hard to cut with a box cutter. In addition, there are soft plastic bags that protect the uprights from scratches.After all the effort it took to cut up the cardboard for recycling, I'm too tired to assemble the garden today! But I am looking forward to growing a cucumber soon! 🥒
Congrats! I totally understand the need to take a break too! Can't wait to see the new project!
I, too, am looking forward to following your cucumber project, lynnee.
Can't wait to see what you grow in your new machine
Today I spent the morning clearing space for the new Farm 12XL. (How did I ever get that file cabinet upstairs by myself, when it was so hard to get downstairs?) This afternoon I set the Farm 12 XL up, and assembly only took about an hour and a half. (Third time's the charm?) Everything seems to be working--keeping fingers crossed. Tomorrow I will plant a cucumber and some tomatoes.
You go girl, as they say!!
I am thrilled you got your unit together. Now time for the new plants
My mini jalapenos are finally producing fruit. I'm pleased because they got off to a very rocky start. Now they have lots of foliage, a fair number of blooms, and quite a few developing peppers. Photos to come after I do some pruning and can see what is really there.
I'm looking forward to hearing more about the Jalapenos! They are a staple in our house & show up in surprising place...LOL. Several in today's Albondigas, a few days ago I needed them for the beans...and then there's the chicken bombs...yum!
A nice array of peppers there
So much enjoyment from your time and effort!
They look great! Keeping fingers & paws crossed!
They look great! Good job & hope this is the fix!
Fingers crossed for you, lynnee!
My outdoor poblanos didn't produce many peppers last year either, lynnee. Maybe they just don't produce a lot unless mike grows them.
That's gotta be it!
I wonder if the Liquid Koolbloom would help?
I have some Koolbloom--got it a few weeks ago. I'll try it!
Nice!
lynnee, how wonderful that you are getting lots of those gorgeous peppers! And a big producer is icing on the cake!
Very nice lynnee. I too have saved some seeds from peppers I liked and they did grow nicely the 2nd time around.
Nice and great visuals!
As She said great visuals. Thanks! Glad they are happier
Congrats!!!! I can see them too!
lynnee, it looks like that plant might have a lot of them! Here's hoping!
The Farm 12 XL replacement hood came today! So far, everything seems to be working (keeping fingers crossed). I moved the solo eggplant to the Farm 12 XL, and it seems quite content (Day 62). It was in the black grow deck in the left side of the white Farm Plus.Now I can't remember exactly why I moved the black grow deck to the Farm Plus. The decks are back where they belong, but I can't start a new garden right away in the empty Farm Plus left side, because the producing bell pepper plant is poaching the lights from the left side.
I'm glad the new hood arrived and it works! It is a quite a dilemma that you can't start a new garden, though.
Happy to hear the hood is working and you are back in business, with this one
It took me an hour and a half to take the old Farm 12 Plus apart and replace the hood. I couldn't see any easy way to test the hood first, so it was a real relief when I plugged it in and everything worked.I solved the empty Farm Plus garden problem by moving in three mini jalapeno plants. They aren't doing very well in the Rescue garden in the Bounty Elite, but are big enough to grow under the Farm Plus light at the height needed for the neighboring bell pepper plant. I hope they'll like the location, which has been good for peppers.
Sounds like a very good plan!
Ditto! No wasted garden space!
Looks yummy.
+1!! They look very pretty and the pickle looks tasty!
They look so good. I love the red onion for color and flavor.
Beautiful chard!
Nice set of chard you have there. And the new seedling is doing well.
Today I gave the bell peppers in the Wireless Bounty and the poblano peppers in the Bounty Elite an early R&R. They were both 2 days away from needing nutrients.The three poblanos are healthy, and their roots look wonderful (still white, after 60+ days). They are producing blossoms, and I'm gently shaking them daily, but they aren't growing peppers.They may have set some fruit, because they're dropping spent blooms without the stems, but there aren't any visible baby peppers. Maybe the fresh shot of nutrients will get them going.The bell peppers are producing nicely. I didn't really want to disturb them today, but the logistic advantage of keeping two gardens on the same R&R schedule won out.
The new hood for the Farm Plus 12 is supposed to arrive tomorrow! I'm still mulling over what to plant. I may move the flower GAL there, if I can get it put together by Sunday. I found a "Love Blooms" kit and could add three of those to the none pods from "Flower Lovers".I just hope that the new hood works properly.
Fingers crossed!
I am sure the new hood will work. Looking forward to seeing your flowers
Wow!
Ditto. WOW!!! My bell peppers are not usually that loaded. Very impressive!
They look beautiful. You are doing something right!
They look good.
It looks amazing for a rescue garden!
Nice rescue!
Good news! At least one of the curly parsley rescue seedlings is growing.
I am sorry to hear this. Did you make sure that the pump wires were secure in the box they plug into? Just throwing that out there.
I've had the loose wires problem! Lynnee, I'm also very sorry to hear this! Is everything else working on the unit? Lights on, raises and lowers too? Water level sensor?
Yes, I checked all of the connections, and raised and lowered the lights; the audio alerts and everything else seemed fine. I didn't check the pump wires, but both pumps worked in another AG when I just plugged them in. I'll keep the wires suggestion in mind if it happens again, because that never occurred to me. The Farm 12 is a 12-pod unit, so it doesn't have a connector box like the 24-pod Farm models.I got impatient and went with chat a little while ago. It finally occurred to me that I could paste in a pre-written explanation of the problem. They are going to send me a replacement hood, under the warranty. For once I didn't manage to accidentally disconnect the chat session!
So glad to hear that Lynnee! Yes, using Word to create a doc and then just cut & paste is very helpful in a lot of situations.
The new hood is great news, lynnee!
Yes and no. I'm not looking forward to taking the Farm 12 apart and reassembling it. I am wondering whether they'll want me to return the old hood. I'll post about that.
They all look great!
lynnee, you can add a tiny bit of bloom booster fertilizer to get more blossoms and peppers. I use Dyna Grow Bloom only when the plants aren't fruiting well. Too much will produce more blooms than the plant can support, and you'll have massive blossom drop.
YOu are doing a great job with all your plants!
I'll have to try that with the next pepper crop.
Although I love growing other peppers (especially Sweet Heat), my favorite old standby are still bell peppers. I love them raw, cooked, stuffed --any way you can imagine.Yours make my mouth water!
Your peppers look good. As for the one it looks like you had Blossom End Rot. This thread explains how to treat it.
The eggplants look good. and great news on the germination!
You've got a lot going on! I'm rooting for you and them too!
The eggplant looks perfect. And the tomatoes will be an adventure. Will they be nicely behaved AG tomatoes, or will they take over the room?
Exactly!
It is so much fun to watch your garden develop. Good luck on the older seeds. Sometimes they take longer to germinate, but can surprise you.
I have planted older seeds and success. I usually save seeds that are two years old and then I ditch the rest UNLESS they are something that I really like. Then I save and hope they germinate ... and surprisingly they did. I hope the same for yours.
Most seeds are viable for 5 or more years depending on how they are stored.. I have use seed that were 8 years old and most germinated, again depends on the seeds and how they were stored. Good luck, no harm in trying!
Slow or otherwise, they all certainly seem happy and healthy! And tasty!
You bet! I will make pickled peppers tomorrow. 😄
What a great harvest!
lynnee, the transplanted poblano looks very happy! Glad you saved it! And woohoo for the eggplant! Their fruits are just beautiful. Your reluctant peppers look great to me. I was almost ready to end my reluctant pepper project, but for some reason they also look a lot better and are flowering. I hope both of ours will surprise us with bunches of peppers!
Everything looks wonderful. I love the baby peppers.
Nice!
Your photos are always picture perfect. Lovely garden!
Thanks, sher. The photos are from my Galaxy S10 phone. Who needs a regular camera, when your phone takes such highly detailed photos! 😎
Today I did an R&R on the Farm Plus 24, using the battery-powered siphon. What a difference it makes! It's much faster than the Farm drainage hose and pump, and empties nearly all of the water. Thanks, you guys, for suggesting that siphon.
Yum!
They’re very pretty! I hope they taste as good as they look! p:
They look yummy, lynnee !
Cool & nice harvest!If I can ask, where did you get the tiered planter?
I got it from Amazon a couple of years ago, but it doesn't seem to be available now. This was the listing: SUPERIOR TRADING CO. THREE TIER URBAN GARDEN PLANTER (STC-1891) (Black, Size 26" x 32" x 36"). I can't remember what I paid for it. It was difficult to assemble, because you really had to pound on some of the connecting parts. I love the thing, though, because the planter boxes are lightweight and easy to empty. Also, it really is portable. Where I have it, it doesn't need wheels, but it rolls around if needed.
Thanks! I'll keep an eye out!
lynnee, your peppers are perfect!