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Image 1 — First aerogarden, is this basil ready to be pruned?
Image 2 — First aerogarden, is this basil ready to be pruned?

First aerogarden, is this basil ready to be pruned?

I have 4 true leaves but the top 2 are very close together. Should I prune below leaf 3 (red line) or wait longer. Standing about 5.5” tall

Edit:
Thanks all for your advice!

u/LankySearch — 1 day ago
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Leaves turning purple on my flat leaf parsley… kinda cool looking but clearly an indicator that something is wrong, especially since I noticed wilting on other stems and generally slow growth (when compared with the basil in the same tank). Any ideas what’s going on and how to fix?

u/ev93 — 1 day ago

Leggy Basil

Hi! My basil feels like it has very long thick stems relative to the leaves. Could the issue be the variety, I didn’t trim it soon enough or something else? O don’t think I have other plants shading it out that would cause it to get leggy. Thanks!

u/Ok-Avocado-3857 — 2 days ago

First attempt!

I moved my aero peppers and tomatoes outside. Wish me luck ! First garden bed 🙆🏼‍♀️😅

Well sounds like I did this incorrectly. So we shall see how it goes 🤷🏼‍♀️

u/awkwardsinglechild — 3 days ago

Heirloom Cherry… Tomatoes?

Healthy plants. No fruit. How do these pollinate indoors? Are they a lost cause? No blooms/buds at all.

u/Accurate-Piano-3558 — 3 days ago

Basil progress, where do I prune this one now that it reached the top of the AG?

I took out the one that failed to grow and just have 2 plants now.

There's some brown leaves at the lower branches, why do they happen and what can I do about them?

u/DenseDepartment8317 — 4 days ago

Why does my basil constantly turn brown and shrivel?

I've been growing this basil for 135 days and I consistently get these shriveled up leaves. They don't produce leaves of any significant size and they're just really tiny compared to the middle plant, which seems to be thriving. I've already cut the roots back so the middle one isn't stealing the nutrients of the other two, but this has been an ongoing issue since they started growing. I would just trim off the dead/shriveled leaves and hope that the new ones that form would be heartier, but that hasn't really happened.

I've attached a picture of the plant food that I've been using since day one since I have a bunch of this stuff and didn't feel the need to buy the AeroGarden brand stuff. Buy maybe I'm wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ps. The middle plant was huge. It produced huge leaves and the plant itself was really big until I started to take cuttings and trim it back to give room to the adjacent plants.

u/plasma_fantasma — 4 days ago

🌿 New addition alert. AeroGarden number 15… and my FIRST ever Bounty! 🌿

I picked up this beauty from Facebook Marketplace for just $30 CAD, and it was basically brand new. It seriously looked like it had only been used once. I’ve wanted a Bounty for a long time, so finding one at that price point felt unreal.

And as a bonus it even came with the Bounty trellis.

As you can see in photo 2, I wasted no time putting it to use. Naturally, it’s already full of hoyas. The 9-pod layout gives so much more space to work with, and that 45W light is an absolute beast.

Marketplace continues to prove that some people truly have no idea what they’re selling… and I’m not complaining 😂

AeroGarden number 15 is officially home.

u/banditohetty — 4 days ago

Update on my bell pepper plant: a new generation

When I posted previously I had 4 bell peppers. I had harvested them all off of the left plant and was about to tear it out when I realized a new generation of peppers had already started growing. We feast on fajitas!!

u/Aggressive_Prize6664 — 4 days ago

Rip my first cucumber, can we perform autopsy?

So it was growing fine with huge leaves and little cucumbers, then it got sick with these dry yellow spots. Internet said that I need to spray with some diluted oxygen peroxide. It seemed to be recovering and developed new small healthy leaves and then one day I woke up and it was like this, all leaves wilted. I washed the roots, changed water, also soaked in some peroxide infusion according to Internet advice, but it is not getting better and I assume it wont. Any idea of the cause of death and advice on how to keep the next one alive? https://imgur.com/a/SJaGc3T. Thank you!

u/AppleNo7287 — 6 days ago

Where to get sponges in Canada?

I've tried a few knock off ones from Amazon but they're all very dense and rubbery and the seedlings can't grow through them.

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u/the-greenest-thumb — 6 days ago

Rapid plant death

Sooo not really sure what happened here, Ive had this aerogarden for about 3 years, previously had great success with herbs and my previous pepper plant was going strong for over a year before I decided it was time to start fresh.

This cycle has lasted 80 day, the tomato plant has over a dozen tomatoes growing and the pepper plant had been looking great up until the begin of the week when I noticed the stalk changed from a deep purple to this light brown color. Everything seemed to turn to mush within days after the last feed.

With the plants in this condition Im assuming all the fruit is probably trashed as well? Is it possible for the liquid feed to spoil over time? Would appreciate any insight to my issue! Will add a photo to the comments as I cant seem to attach it to the post

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u/AnthonyG90 — 7 days ago

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u/jpiglet86 — 9 days ago

What would be the best spot to prune my Basil plant?

First time growing basil. I want to cut some to prune/use since they smell and look great. I know you're supposed to cut above the node but mine haven't grown. https://imgur.com/a/xoLtTDi Here's a photo of it

u/JebsMunBase — 7 days ago

Need advice for lettuce

I am trying to start to grow lettuce in a aerogarden harvest but the only room I can’t have it in is always at 78 degrees what can u do to help bolt and just to have a good perfect growth ? Thanks in advance

Has anyone been successful around those temperatures?

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u/Aromatic-Life-5746 — 11 days ago
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What nutrients for Strawberries?

Hi,

Saw few older posts but it did not mention brand in use. What hydroponic nutrients did you use to grow your strawberries?

I see GH and Masterblend are the common ones. Greenway is really expensive.

If you went GH route, were you successful switch from the gro to bloom?

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u/Bengalcats888 — 10 days ago
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Day 129 of my Pink Brandywine Sudduth Strain (crossed or mislabeled) in The Aerogarden Farm 12XL

Bigger and Better is always good!

u/RealmanPwns1 — 10 days ago
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WALL MOUNTED HYDROPONIC SYSTEM

Has anyone tried a wall mounted hydroponic system? This is not made by aerogarden- but would work well in one of my spaces

u/More_Professional_30 — 12 days ago