[Success/Harvest Elite] Gourmet Herb and Tasty Ranch Kits

[ERR0R1755]

I've got a bunch of herb kits from my Sprouts, so I figured I should use them up. I mostly want the plastic pods, but I'd feel bad if I threw out the seeds and medium, so here we go.

I planted the Gourmet Herb kit on the left: Dill, Curly Parsley, and Genovese Basil.
I planted the Tasty Ranch kit on the right: Dill, Curly Parsley, and Chives.

Started the seeds in RO water, no nutrients added. I will (hopefully) be trying out something new with this later on, so look forward to that

[Shawn]

I am looking forward to seeing what you will start.


I need to get my herbs started today (wo the nutes).

[ERR0R1755]

Everything has, at least, sprouted. The Curly Parsley took the longest to sprout, and it seems an odd purple-brown color, but I assume that will resolve itself as it gets more light.

So far the chives are the only thing to (barely) make it out of the label's hole.

[ERR0R1755]

Added 1ml of GH CALiMAGic, and 2ml of the AG nutes.

I also removed the helmets from the chives, although I think all of them ended up breaking off a bit of the seedlings as well.

[ERR0R1755]

I feel like this was the worst project to try this out with, because of how small herbs are. I might pick up a better webcam at some point to deal with the lighting.

[Shawn]

How did you do that?  I saw them move on the right especially.

[ERR0R1755]

I hooked up a webcam to an old laptop, and then had it take a picture every two minutes. You can see the time in the upper left of the video

[Shawn]

HA, I never even noticed the timer LOL

[ERR0R1755]

Here's a close-up:


The Curly Parsley on the right is a dud, so I'll replace it soon. Maybe with a radish?

[ERR0R1755]

I replaced the dud Curly Parsley pod with Purple Plum Radish seeds. The timelapse has been interesting recently, since you can now see everything moving:

[ERR0R1755]

Here are the first 14 days, finalized into a video!

[ERR0R1755]

Another 18 days of progress! You can definitely see the radish growing!

[Shawn]

So cool and freaky at the same time.  Love it

LOVE it! Time lapse is my fave. Great music!

[waterphoenix]

Whoa neat video. At first I thought that was the curly parsley taking over near the end, and was wondering what that bulbous purple root was. There is something ominous about that radish lol.

[Sher]

I love the time lapse. I think of plants as being immobile, but they are actually lively little things!

[ERR0R1755]

Another 18 days of progress - or as I like to call it, four days of growth and fourteen days of "oops I forgot to add nutrients".
I added some more nutrients tonight, but I'll end this project in a week or two. The timelapse is fun but I need a better webcam and location before I do it again.

[ERR0R1755]

Ended this today - the basil wasn't very usable, but I'm freezing the dill and chives, and I hung up the parsley to dry.

I'm happy to get six new pods

[ERR0R1755]

Here's my self-survey:
Plant Grown: Gourmet Herb and Tasty Ranch Kits
Grow Method: AeroGarden Harvest Elite
Time to Germinate: 10 days
Time to First Harvest: 60 days
Time to Last Harvest: 60 days
Plant Spacing: 6 per Harvest (100% usage)
Final Height: 12 inches
Would I grow these again? I have more kits lying around, so sure, why not.
Lessons Learned: N/A