What's in your Herb / Vegetable garden?

[crafter]

Your tomato plants look amazing! well done! What lighting system is that above it? Aerogarden? Like the boot mat idea for underneath.

[crafter]

I've had an IDOO hydroponics system for almost 2 years. I have only grown leaf lettuces in it. When I ran out of the supplied plant food I bought SCHMIDT Liquid All Purpose Plant Food 4-4-6 (600ml) from Dollarama for $4.xx. Aerogarden Liquid Nutrients 4-3-6 (1 liter) on Amazon is $40. I have been eating lettuce since mid December. I think it grows just as well as the supplied plant food. I use about 1 tablespoon for 4 liters of water every 3-4 weeks.

Wow have they ever started surge pricing Aerogarden plant food since Aerogarden stopped selling directly in Canada. Thanks for the heads up on the Schmidt products sold at Dollarama. **Also keep an eye out for hydroponic products at Canadian Tire and Walmart** ...you can sometimes get good deals.

[Thatdone]

Your tomato plants look amazing! well done! What lighting system is that above it? Aerogarden? Like the boot mat idea for underneath.

Thanks

The lights are Aerogarden. I bought one of them when we first moved here as there is not window that gets direct sunlight and my wife missed fresh herbs always on hand. I then bought another one when i volunteered to do vegetable seedlings for my daughter when she bought a house and wanted to have a vegetable garden. The boot trays fit the basses of the lights perfectly and i dont have to worry about water running out onto the floor

[crafter]

Thanks

The lights are Aerogarden. I bought one of them when we first moved here as there is not window that gets direct sunlight and my wife missed fresh herbs always on hand. I then bought another one when i volunteered to do vegetable seedlings for my daughter when she bought a house and wanted to have a vegetable garden. The boot trays fit the basses of the lights perfectly and i dont have to worry about water running out onto the floor

Excellent. I'll keep an eye out for a deal on one or two. I have a grow light that fans out but tomatoes like a lot of light. Have you tried Jalapenos yet? I'm finding great success with those indoors.

[Thatdone]

Excellent. I'll keep an eye out for a deal on one or two. I have a grow light that fans out but tomatoes like a lot of light. Have you tried Jalapenos yet? I'm finding great success with those indoors.

I never even thought to try jalapenos but will definitely now. I find that basil (especially the leaf variety) grow like weeds using the Kratky method. My wife uses it to keep us in a supply of hummus and white bean dip.

[Ciel21]

When I was in the Amazing Home Store in Ancaster in March, I recall seeing one endcap with something Aerogarden stamped on it. Packages or boxes. Did not know about the cessation of products sold directly in Canada. Odd considering the two pictures above show jugs stating Made in Canada on the labels.
This store mostly carries Amazon items/returns so that would explain the Aerogarden items.

Perhaps a company bought the distribution rights to the brand's line of products?

[Thatdone]

I took the Kratky outdoors



The3 tomato plants were started in a Aerogarden and moved to the buckets about 3 weeks ago and the 2 cucumber plants were started in dirt and moved to the buckets about a week ago. 5 gallon buckets

These ones are dirt and wick the water from the bottom bucker



Left plant is Broccoli, next one is romaine lettuce that we have already taken a couple of times and the last one is spinach that we are going to eat Once we have used all of it we will finish out the season but putting a couple of cucumber plants that have already been started. 2 gallon buckets

[Thatdone]

This guy seems to be hanging around abit

[TrueNorthTreasures]

It has been a hot, dry summer with many visits to the garden by deer! They are coming right into town and now are dropping by our yard daily, snacking. We've had to start covering most things at night, even though the temps are well above zero, to keep them from eating the crops!

Most of my tomatoes are still green and on the plants, but here are two ripe ones (Dwf Firebird Sweet) DH discovered yesterday.