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Post by serri588 on Dec 22, 2017 20:54:05 GMT -5
Patriot seeds. The peppermint has a few leaves now. I had to add a couple seeds to the catnip (they are super tiny) but now it is just below the top of the sponge. The plants in the back of the machine are chamomile, bergamot and hyssop. They are larger bush-type herbs, so once they get a bit larger they'll go in my last farm.  |
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Post by MaryL on Dec 31, 2017 11:57:09 GMT -5
Nice selection of herbs.
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Post by serri588 on Jan 2, 2018 20:03:04 GMT -5
I got my hands on some spearmint seeds during my last Home Depot trip, so that is now in the front right. The two I had in the back left didn't take, but the chamomile is doing well. I think I can get away with leaving it in the harvest for a bit yet before I transplant it to one of the farms.  |
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Post by MaryL on Jan 4, 2018 5:57:17 GMT -5
They’re looking good.
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Post by jcosmo on Jan 4, 2018 21:02:02 GMT -5
Which one is the catnip? I've wanted to grow it, but I'm afraid my cats would eat it as soon as it has a few leaves!
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Post by serri588 on Jan 4, 2018 21:11:11 GMT -5
The catnip got transplanted to the left side Harvest 1 this past week, so the most recent picture in that thread has it. It really depends on the cats, some aren't that interested in it, so you would be fine, but I'm sure others would destroy it. My mom used to grow cat grass, and I think she kept a clear plastic dome on it until it got well enough established. It was much larger than the AG ones and did vent a bit to let the moisture out. After that, the cats kept it well pruned but didn't completely destroy it. |
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Post by serri588 on Jan 23, 2018 22:09:34 GMT -5
I've been hacking away at the peppermint pretty liberally, trying to get it to bush a bit as well as giving the spearamint time to catch up. The spearmint has a few true leaves now, so it won't be long.  |
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Post by jcosmo on Jan 23, 2018 22:29:48 GMT -5
Looking good! A lot better than my peppermint, though I haven't been pruning it at all... will need to start doing that.
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Post by drbanks on Jan 23, 2018 23:36:30 GMT -5
I've always wanted to grow some of that, and even have the seeds.
Yours looks wonderful and offers me encouragement.
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Post by Shawn on Jan 24, 2018 4:53:52 GMT -5
One of the reasons I bought an AG for my daughter, so she can grow mint. Looks great!
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Post by serri588 on Apr 22, 2018 10:59:32 GMT -5
Didn't grab a pic of this one either, but the peppermint is now in it's second generation from cuttings from the first plant. I want to try to make peppermint oil, so I'll need a lot more plants. It does seem a lot happier in the tall machine with more space to grow.
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Post by serri588 on May 6, 2018 9:44:42 GMT -5
Some of these are now in their third generation cloned from the original plant. There is only one spot open, and I have another trimming happy and healthy in water. I just need to wait for it to root and I'll have all 9 slots planted. I'm trying a new harvest strategy. I'm going to continue pruning stalks where one plant starts hogging space from another and trimming tops to prevent flowers. However, as leaves get big, I'm plucking them off the stalk so that the stalk can continue to branch out. Not sure if this is going to increase yield, but it does seem to be producing more compact plants.  |
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Post by MaryL on May 13, 2018 14:58:49 GMT -5
Fun that you have cloned so many.
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Post by serri588 on May 20, 2018 14:21:46 GMT -5
These poor plants got horribly neglected while I was prepping for a conference. I had a lot of trimming to do. Post haircut:  What I hacked off:  Even after pulling out the stems and yellow leaves, that's a lot of mint:  |
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Post by MaryL on May 20, 2018 18:05:37 GMT -5
That’s quite a haul.
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Post by Shawn on May 21, 2018 4:20:35 GMT -5
I agree! That is a lot!
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Post by serri588 on May 21, 2018 14:35:07 GMT -5
I'm filling up a pickle jar with dried peppermint, though I'm betting I'll need two or three jars before I get enough to get a decent amount of oil. I'm really hoping I get something usable out of this. I'm seriously in love with peppermint scented things. I just planted some lavender, and I need to plant myself a eucalyptus bush, and then I will be a very happy girl.
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Post by MaryL on May 24, 2018 23:59:45 GMT -5
and then I will be a very happy girl. .  |
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Post by serri588 on Jun 9, 2018 17:37:50 GMT -5
I did a dumb and forgot to plug the pump back in after a cleaning. It did not work out well. They really tried, but they all ended up dying off. I am going to try to restart from seed and I have a couple healthy cuttings that might root for me.
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Post by MaryL on Jun 9, 2018 20:34:11 GMT -5
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