[June Hughes]

I have just harvested the first small crop of cherry tomatoes from my
Aerogarden. They are lovely but I don't think I shall grow tomatoes
again. Last year, I did herbs, which the Aerogarden came with, and they
were great. It says you can't plant them out after they are too big for
the contraption but I planted out the parsley OK. However, as we have
so much of that already, it was rather more than we needed. The basil
was no good and I just threw it away, as you would any basil grown in
soil in the conventional manner. Similarly the coriander, although I
kept the seeds and used them successfully this spring.

I shall have a go at 'planting' my own seeds next. It is an expensive
way of growing things if you have a real garden but (in typical June
fashion) it is fun. The Aerogarden web-site and blog are both useful
and the staff are very helpful and friendly to the extent that when I
posted a query last year, just after my purchase, they telephoned me
twice to see if everything was OK.
--
June Hughes

[June Hughes]

In message , June Hughes
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I have just harvested the first small crop of cherry tomatoes from my
Aerogarden. They are lovely but I don't think I shall grow tomatoes
again. Last year, I did herbs, which the Aerogarden came with, and they
were great. It says you can't plant them out after they are too big
for the contraption but I planted out the parsley OK. However, as we
have so much of that already, it was rather more than we needed. The
basil was no good and I just threw it away, as you would any basil
grown in soil in the conventional manner. Similarly the coriander,
although I kept the seeds and used them successfully this spring.

I shall have a go at 'planting' my own seeds next. It is an expensive
way of growing things if you have a real garden but (in typical June
fashion) it is fun. The Aerogarden web-site and blog are both useful
and the staff are very helpful and friendly to the extent that when I
posted a query last year, just after my purchase, they telephoned me
twice to see if everything was OK.

Sorry to follow my own post:

PS It rather reminds me of the thing we used to do at junior school
with jam jars, runner beans, blotting paper and soil.
--
June Hughes