Indoor RV Growing Update 3

in #prepper7 years ago (edited)

Wow, I went to our daughter's for 4 days and when I got back the basil had exploded and every pod in the tomato and lettuce planter is growing. A few of them had popped off the little terrarium caps!!

Here is the basil and curly parsley...I put a couple basil seeds in the dill pod that never grew, so we will see if they pop up. If not I will remove the pod and replant it with fresh basil. (we love pesto, so can never have too much basil)

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On to the Tomatoes and lettuce. Tomatoes are in the two outer pods in the back, and the front center. Lettuce in the other 4 pods...

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The brown background is a wool blanket on the wall for a bit more insulation...and between that and the silk cover it seems to be holding the warmth well enough for tomato seedlings. We have had a couple warmer days, up in the 40s F, but nights are still in the single digits to teens. Looks like we have a big snow coming in the next couple days too.

Electric update, we saw no visible increase in our electric usage for the last month, with the 2 Aerogardens and the big LED light on for 6 hours a day every day.

Thanks for reading! If you would like to look back on previous updates they are listed below...This is a Steemit original.

https://steemit.com/prepper/@elew/attempting-indoor-rv-gardening-and-card-of-the-day
https://steemit.com/prepper/@elew/update-on-the-aerogarden-test
https://steemit.com/prepper/@elew/indoor-rv-growing-update
https://steemit.com/prepper/@elew/indoor-rv-growing-update-2




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They look lush. Nice indoor set up

Thanks :) They do seem to be growing very well, I am excited for salad!!

Looking very healthy there obviously doing something right hey! Happy eating 💯🐒

Thanks :) They do seem to be growing very well...

Wow! look at them grow so fast, and what great results with the LED! 👍🏽

Yeah, I am amazed, and hardly any electricity which is awesome! We could run these on solar or other alternative energy with no problem... They seem to love the hydro though, I have never seen basil grow so fast.

Not only did the basil explode it looks tasty too!

It does, right? I am dying to eat some, but trying to wait until it branches one more time! I just plucked the tops again tonight...

Makes me wonder if Basil don't like being watched, sure
grew a lot while gone :-) Very nice setup!

It smells so good too! hehe, shy basil...it could be :)

We just got a basil plant for our window sill. Those pod thingies look soo cool. Is there a trick to get basil to grow the best? We always seem to kill our potted basil.

Agreed, lots of water. Mine never lived indoors until I bought a couple aeroponic starts and kept them hydroponic. Hill Billy style, lol. I used two old dollar tree damp rid containers for pots. Planted them in soil and kept 1" of water in the containers. With a plastic bag over the top. Occasionally a few days with no water. they are doing so well, I am taking them on a move across country with me!5877D048-CC1B-49CE-A8B9-E0DC77F109B3.jpeg

beautiful :) maybe I need to make a little greenhouse with a bag over mine too.

I am not sure if there is a trick to it. Basil has always grown well for me. I think it knows how much I love it...

It does seem to like alot of water though. In soil I always but basil in a pot with a water reservoir...and now this aerogarden is all water with no soil, just a peat pod to start them. We do use filtered water or rain water for the plants too...no straight tap water.