Saturday, April 18, 2009

Aerogarden Seedlings - Update

It's been three weeks now and I'm really impressed with how well the Aerogarden 'seed starting' thing has worked. I have herbs, flowers, veggies (tomatoes and peppers and and eggplant) and fruits (chiqi huckleberry and sunberry) in there, and several empty spaces.

You are supposed to trim these so there is only one seedling per slot but so far I haven't had the heart. I added extra 'nutrient tablets' to the water yesterday so maybe that could help a little, make up for having too many plants stuffed in each tiny space.

I thought that having the light so far away would never work, and thought they would be spindly and leggy. But they are amazingly robust. And I might add, they are much bigger than they would be at 3 weeks in soil. The literature said it would be that way but I guess it still surprised me!

Here's a current pic as of today:

Aerogarden Seedlings Seed Starting for Gardens

Not bad at all!!

PJ