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Tactical Error Aug 14, 2022 17:06:04 GMT -5 lynnee likes this

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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 14, 2022 17:06:04 GMT -5

So, having tried herbs in a Harvest and seeing the 2 basil plants (1 Genovese, 1 holy) take over I realize there could be a planting strategy.

So I then proceed to confuse how quickly the peppers will mature with how quickly they will grow and plant the Santa Fe grande peppers two weeks before the red and yellow mini bell plants.

So the Santa Fe grande is twice the size of the mini bells and on top of that, one of the mini bells is a week behind the other growth wise.

They all seem to be doing well. I just need to prune of any Santa Fe grande leaves that are shading the mini bells.

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Tactical Error Aug 14, 2022 17:25:36 GMT -5 lynnee and tompepper7 like this

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Post by scarfguy on Aug 14, 2022 17:25:36 GMT -5

Yes, tompepper7 , there is a lot to know about plant size, growth rate, and germination rates. To complicate things more, a lot of it seems to depend upon your particular conditions. I planted a harvest with my favorite herbs, dill and parsley, and found the dill germinated first and out grew the parsley and overwhelmed it. SO... my last attempt was to plant the parsley first, wait until it germinated and was about an inch tall, then planted the dill. That worked out fine.

Sometimes you get lucky. I planted two dwarf tomatoes (monetka and birdie rouge). So far these are growing evenly. They look like twins! BUT, I've got two peppers in a bounty, planted at the same time, and one is way larger than the other one.

I guess what I'm saying is, you have to do your own trial and error. Take your past experience to plan your future planting combinations. Of course, you could always play it safe and plant just 1 plant in each aerogarden... but that's no challenge.

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Tactical Error Aug 14, 2022 17:42:39 GMT -5 lynnee likes this

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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 14, 2022 17:42:39 GMT -5

I have found one can "move" plants fairly easily early on from one Aerogargen to another. (Yeah, basil from a harvest to a farm).

I wonder if this is a good case for the Harvest in that one could start twice as many plants as one intended to grow elsewhere and choose the best ones, leaving a little less to chance.

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Tactical Error Aug 14, 2022 18:41:03 GMT -5 lynnee and tompepper7 like this

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Post by scarfguy on Aug 14, 2022 18:41:03 GMT -5

Yea, I've moved some seedlings from one AG to another for a variety of reasons (not to mention the harvest elite that died!). I'm a little leery if they have much roots. There are others on here that I know are a bit bolder at moving pods, perhaps, we can get some words of wisdom from the experienced ones.

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Tactical Error Aug 14, 2022 21:27:06 GMT -5

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Post by lynnee on Aug 14, 2022 21:27:06 GMT -5

Oh heck, if you damage a seedling in moving it around, you can always start another one! That said, I find that plants started in AGs are remarkably resilient.

When I let flower seedlings go too long before transplanting them to soil-filled pots outdoors, I just cut the roots apart with scissors. It's the only way to pull the plants up and out of the grow deck.

With plenty of water at start-up, the transplants nearly always do fine. Ditto for moving seedlings from one AG to another! Just use common sense--the younger the seedlings are, the more gentle you need to be with the roots.

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Tactical Error Aug 23, 2022 22:29:47 GMT -5 Shawn, maskedsonnet, and 1 more like this

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Post by tompepper7 on Aug 23, 2022 22:29:47 GMT -5

The Santa Fe Grande pepper plant has basically taken over the Bounty and is flowering and starting to produce peppers.

The mini bell plants were doing well but were not getting tall enough to hold their own.

I removed the mini bell pods today rather than prune the Santa Fe Grande peppers more than would be good.

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