Double duty growing idea for your AeroGarden

This is my third crop of seed plants in my AeroGarden and I am very excited! I decided to use the Master Gardener Kit and plant my own tomato seeds for both indoors in the AeroGarden and transplants for my summer garden.

Since tomato plants need more room than leaf salad greens or herbs, tomato plants are limited to three spaces, back left, forward center, and back right spots. But I am going to think outside the box and use all seven spaces to germinate seven plants. Then I will transplant out the other four plants into pots for transplanting to my garden after frost days are done and the soil has warmed up to at least sixty to seventy degrees.

The baskets that the plant plugs are in, are breakaway, ie: they snap apart. Then the organic foam insert and root systems can be planted in pots or directly into the ground for less shock to the plant. The breakaway planting baskets are only found in the Master Gardener Kits. The standard Aerogarden planting baskets are in one piece so would be a little trickier to get the plant out without damaging the roots, but if done soon while the plant is quite young, I would think they would transplant fine.

I am probably going to get the extension arm for the unit so I can grow my plants taller and fuller. The extension arm allows plants to grow up to 24 inches high while the standard arm only allows for 12-18 growth before the plants get too close the lights and burn.

Just for info, AeroGarden also came out with a 70 port seed starter tray than can be used in any AeroGarden for starting garden seeds for outdoor transplanting. Imagine, have 70 baby plants started with optimum conditions: lighting, watering, and feeding in your AeroGarden.

For those of you who used their AeroGarden year round like I do, remember to replace light bulbs every six months as they do lose their potency over time.

Happy Gardening,
Joyce

Hello to March!

Well, here it is March and it's raining like crazy! We had such nice spring-like weather last week. Nature is such a teaser! LOL

I did make a trip around the yard yesterday with my dog, Toby, and noticed all kinds of bulbs coming up! The honeybees are even out and starting to work the flowers too.

Let's see, blooming now are crocus and the forsythia is starting to bloom too. Dandelions are blooming and oh yeah, the weeds are doing well to! So, will be out with hoe when weather permits to try and stay ahead of the game.

Joyce