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wryter2000

(47,940 posts)
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:00 PM Jul 2025

Does anyone have an Aerogarden?

It’s a small countertop hydroponic garden. A friend is trying to grow cilantro in hers, and the plants spouted but now aren’t growing. Basil goes crazy in mine. Any suggestions?

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Does anyone have an Aerogarden? (Original Post) wryter2000 Jul 2025 OP
Try a little JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #1
Yes happy feet Jul 2025 #2
Do you have a mulch pile? SonOfNebanaube Jul 2025 #3
Also happy feet Jul 2025 #4
Also happy feet Jul 2025 #5
Had the same problem mdbl Jul 2025 #6
were they peat? SonOfNebanaube Jul 2025 #7
They were. Do the garden centers sell them in those little plastic cases designed for the system? mdbl Jul 2025 #8

JustAnotherGen

(37,771 posts)
1. Try a little
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:26 PM
Jul 2025

Organic veggie food.

My husband is building me a hydroponic garden in our basement - same concept as my Aerogardens - but larger. I'm so excited. I love fresh spinach in the winter!

SonOfNebanaube

(83 posts)
3. Do you have a mulch pile?
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:47 PM
Jul 2025

You need that, a bucket and fish tank pump with some tubing and a air stone. Put a few handfuls of decaying leaves in, add water, pump air in. Brewing tea. Let it brew for a week. Strain, repeat. Use the tea in the aero garden. Free forever.

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