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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (1 child)

God damn. That unit looks like something you find in the futuristic labs of Deus Ex and System Shock 2.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Cool, I have one of those too. You should post updates when the Seedling actually start growing.

    What did you plant?

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The box had a starter pack of herbs. So I’ve got dill, thyme, parsley, mint and two types of basil (very hyped to make Thai basil curry)

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    I had one like this for years. When you dispose of the old plugs, try and keep the plastic parts. You can cut them some to get the roots out, but at least the top half. You can buy rock wool and other substrates to grow your own seeds, and the plastic part can be handy to keep the new substrate in place.

    Have fun! These are really quite easy to use and fun.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Fyi "basil" is not the same thing as "thai basil"

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It has Thai basil and “genovese” basil

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Both of them grow extremely fast in these aero gardens

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm still trying to figure out how to bonsai it so that it doesn't overtake the entire thing and end up as a woody mess with a couple leaves pressed right up against the LEDs. I end up restarting my basil every year because so far I have been unsuccessful. I use a lot of basil and make a lot of pesto, but it's never enough.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    So we don't have one of these fancy-shmancy setups, we have an indoor greenhouse.....pod....thing....with dirt.....

    ANYWAY

    Pinch off the flowers as soon as the start to come up, don't even let them open. We've been keeping the same basil plant going for 4 years, and just propagated 2 new ones from cuttings. Apparently once they flower they basically give up and go all woody and beg for death.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it aeroponics or hydroponics?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everything refers to it as hydroponics, not sure what the difference would be. Novice gardener with a shriveled brown thumb.

    It looks like Miracle Grow bought them out and shut them down, which is shit.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I've had pretty good luck at transplanting after the herbs get big. Also a dehydrator is nice.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I recommend that you focus on lettuce rather than herbs. From my experience you can never keep up with the amount of basil that will pop out of that thing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Cute! What a cool looking object! I hope you grow some lovely plants!

    Edit: lol who downvoted me for this? Why?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's a really good deal, especially if it came with a seed pack.

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