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Mixed Herb Garden in an AeroGarden Farm 24 Basic

Grow log by campingcorgis · Original thread

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CropBasil, parsley, oregano, rosemary, savory, thyme, cilantro
VarietyCurly Parsley, Long Standing Cilantro, Emily Basil
MethodAeroGarden
EquipmentAeroGarden Farm 24 Basic, AeroGarden pods and sponges
Plants7
AudienceBeginners

What you can learnA short mixed-herb germination diary showing how basil, oregano, savory, thyme, and parsley emerged at different speeds.

Actions:1 Planting
Useful practices
  • pre-soaking grow sponges
  • starting multiple herbs in one Farm side
  • performing rinse-and-refill maintenance with fresh nutrients
Problems encountered
  • slow or absent germination in several herb pods
  • uneven emergence among herb species

*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.

Day 22
UPDATE#3
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Update #3

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Day 22: Well, can't see it in a photo yet, but the Curly Parsley is coming to life! Gemination in 21 days, the label says to expect 21 to 28 days. Here are pictures of the others...so far:
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campingcorgis

Day 28: R&R for this one too. New nutes, fresh water...they are coming along. Pictures soonish.

Day 13
UPDATE#2
Grower update

Update #2

C By campingcorgis

Day 13: Nute tomorrow. Oregano, Savory, Thyme and, of course, Basil are all up. The others are on Hawaii time.
Day 1
UPDATE#1
Grower update

Update #1

Actions taken

PlantingPlanted seven herb pods on one side of the Farm 24 Basic after pre-soaking the sponges.

C By campingcorgis

I just planted some more herbs in the right-hand side of the Farm 24 Basic. I pre-soaked the sponges and added seeds or just carefully soaked the pre-planted pods. Some of them may move over to the left-hand side, once they are bigger. We'll see. Here's what I plantedAG Curly Parsley (hoping this will be the Curly version this time!)AG Oregano (I've not grown oregano yet)AG Rosemary (again)AG Savory (new to me)AG Thyme Also planted:Cilantro, Long Standing (3 Botanical Interests seeds in an AG sponge)Basil, Emily (5 Baker Creek seeds in an AG sponge)Funny thing: Some of the AG pods are from a kit I picked up at Walmart a couple of weeks back. Take a look at the Info sheet that came with it...
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Shawn

I guess these were to go to another country or someone picked up the wrong papers.

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campingcorgis

Day 3: Shhhhh! I think I see some teeny-tiny life in the Emily Basil!

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Sher

Tiptoeing so as not to disturb the babies!

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lynnee

Some of my AG leaflets have instructions in more than one language, but I've never gotten one that didn't have any English.

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Shawn

Shhh, let sleeping babies sleep

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