cliomouse (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cliomouse) wrote,@ 2007-12-28 12:54:00 |
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AeroGarden: Day 1
I spent part of my day off Friday (last week) going to The Indoor Gardener store on 6th Ave. to see what they had. I wanted a lamp to hang from my ceiling over my hibiscus, since it's not been thriving for quite some time. I bought a bulb, and will need a fixture, but I also found kits for the AeroGarden thing I had seen around in magazines and online. They are about twice the size I had thought they were, which explains in part why they are so expensive, but decided that it was right up my alley and a fantastic way to make a real leap into actual indoor gardening. (Incidentally, they also said that corn does not grow well indoors even under optimal lighting conditions, so my rather failed attempt was not anything unusual.)
Anyhow, I finally planted it today, on my lunch hour, and would like to document the progression in photos. Maybe I won't keep up with it, but here is day one:
Here is what the inside looks like:
The flap on the front of the unit opens so you can add water and fertilizer. The "seed pods" are plastic casing around a foam material, and the seeds are encased in the slot in the foam. Water runs through the foam, and excess moisture not used by the plant flows back into the reservoir to be recycled. All I should have to do is reset the light tomorrow morning so the 16 hours of light coincide with daytime and not my sleep time, and add water and nutrients when the lights blink.
I figure that once I get the system down, I might be able to combine the herbs I use most with some of the cherry tomato plants and other veggies. They have different light/dark settings, so it will take some getting familiar with the unit. We'll see how it goes...
I spent part of my day off Friday (last week) going to The Indoor Gardener store on 6th Ave. to see what they had. I wanted a lamp to hang from my ceiling over my hibiscus, since it's not been thriving for quite some time. I bought a bulb, and will need a fixture, but I also found kits for the AeroGarden thing I had seen around in magazines and online. They are about twice the size I had thought they were, which explains in part why they are so expensive, but decided that it was right up my alley and a fantastic way to make a real leap into actual indoor gardening. (Incidentally, they also said that corn does not grow well indoors even under optimal lighting conditions, so my rather failed attempt was not anything unusual.)
Anyhow, I finally planted it today, on my lunch hour, and would like to document the progression in photos. Maybe I won't keep up with it, but here is day one:
Here is what the inside looks like:
The flap on the front of the unit opens so you can add water and fertilizer. The "seed pods" are plastic casing around a foam material, and the seeds are encased in the slot in the foam. Water runs through the foam, and excess moisture not used by the plant flows back into the reservoir to be recycled. All I should have to do is reset the light tomorrow morning so the 16 hours of light coincide with daytime and not my sleep time, and add water and nutrients when the lights blink.
I figure that once I get the system down, I might be able to combine the herbs I use most with some of the cherry tomato plants and other veggies. They have different light/dark settings, so it will take some getting familiar with the unit. We'll see how it goes...
