Basils 8-28

[MaryL]

Fed 2 ml Ionic 

[Shawn]

Looks wonderful.  I can't wait to grow more Lettuce Basil    I am such a copycat 

[MaryL]

Sept 21, 2018 4:29:23 GMT -5 Shawn said:

Looks wonderful.  I can't wait to grow more Lettuce Basil    I am such a copycat 

I am too, and I take it as a compliment!

[MaryL]

These basils are unhappy. I keep cutting off the pale and slightly browned leaves.  The only thing consistently green is the pepper, which I have to move.  Maybe do an R n R and go back to AG nutes.  Cuz I don’t know what I’m doing.

[Shawn]

I am telling you the basil does not like Iconic nutes.  Every time Iconic is  used on Basil they do not fair well.  At least that is what I found and what I made note of two years ago.

[MaryL]

Sept 28, 2018 12:31:29 GMT -5 Shawn said:

I am telling you the basil does not like Iconic nutes.  Every time Iconic is  used on Basil they do not fair well.  At least that is what I found and what I made note of two years ago.

That makes me feel better, thank you.  I know I had been underfeeding it because I forgot the proper dose, but even when I corrected it the plants still weren’t happy.

[MaryL]

Ok, so I did an R n R 2 days ago, and a big trim of unhealthy leaves/nodes, and replaced nutes with AG nutes. But only around 4mg to start. Hopefully that’ll do the trick.  Oh, and I removed the pepper plant to another machine.  More space.

[MaryL]

These have improved but are much too crowded, and some are bolting. Gave it a hacking so we shall see.

[Shawn]

That is a ton of basil

[nick]

Whoa! This makes me want to get new gardens for my herbs started.

I think I'm going to wait on the release of those new long 6-pod models Shawn mentioned recently. I think two of them will sit nicely on top of the Farms.

[MaryL]

I’m interested in those new long models too, Nick.  I think the shape will prove to be advantageous.

[Shawn]

The new model SHOULD be out next month sometime.

[Happy]

Oct 31, 2018 8:27:45 GMT -5 nick said:

...I think I'm going to wait on the release of those new long 6-pod models Shawn mentioned recently. I think two of them will sit nicely on top of the Farms.

What a clever idea, Nick!
Until you mentioned this idea, I was scratching my head wondering why anybody would want the long models.

Are there any other advantages that are escaping me? 

[Shawn]

Oct 31, 2018 15:11:29 GMT -5 Happy said:

Are there any other advantages that are escaping me? 

I was told they created the line of 9 as a space saver.  Good for windowsills, college dorm rooms and tight spaces.

[Happy]

Window sills !!!
Now I'm thinking of all the places I can put more AGs. 
Stop me, please!

[Shawn]

Oct 31, 2018 15:17:08 GMT -5 Happy said:

Window sills !!!
Now I'm thinking of all the places I can put more AGs. 
Stop me, please!

As long as it can be plugged in it will be able to go on there

[MaryL]

Oct 31, 2018 15:17:08 GMT -5 Happy said:

Now I'm thinking of all the places I can put more AGs. 
Stop me, please!

[MaryL]

Oh dear, I just killed this today.  I was cleaning up my other gardens at the kitchen sink and doing laundry when I kept hearing a groan and a pitch and a gulp and a silence. Repeat. I thought Ohmygosh is my washing machine on the fritz?!  I reeeeally don’t want to deal with a service call right now.  Well, it was my basil herb garden in the laundry room which I evidently skipped while watering everything else in the last week. It was bone dry.  Needless to say I trashed the whole thing.  Next?!!!

I needed a new basil garden anyway.  I just don’t want to clean the unit up.

[Shawn]

Sometimes I can have a garden that is still producing but kill it off anyway.  Planting new ones is fun sometimes you just want fresh"er" herbs, if that makes sense.  But cleaning them is a pain ....

  time....  with the machine, not the dishes

[MaryL]

I meant to put some seeds in the starter a couple weeks ago which would’ve given me a headstart.  Alas, I kept putting it off...