pfunnyjoy
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Nov 13, 2024 20:29:56 GMT -5
2024-11-12: Day 0
Seeds: AG Spicy Microgreens
Aerogarden: Harvest Elite
Location: North 40, kitchen
Water: tap
Grow Medium: food-grade silicon mesh
Preferred pH: 5.8–6.0
Preferred EC: 1.0–1.5
Nutrients: none yet, add at day 3
This will be a thread for my 2024 microgreen experiments, tray, AG, whatever.
Right now, the plan is to use two Harvest Elite models in the kitchen and stagger plantings. The first section (right) has been planted with the AG Spicy Microgreens seeds. (Next time, I think I'll go L to R, wasn't thinking so much when I planted.)
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pfunnyjoy
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Nov 15, 2024 15:53:31 GMT -5
2024-11-14: Day 2Germination has begun. 2024-11-15: Day 3Seeing some green already! Time for a water change and some nutrition. Time to plant the left-hand side with broccoli microgreens. 1-1/2 tsp of seeds. Meanwhile, I’ve unpacked the open box eBay Harvest Elite, it’s working, and I’m running a sanitization cycle on it (it may have been on display or possibly tested, as it was dusty and looked like it might have had water in it at some point) and the new Microgreens tray kit from Amazon. That came with AG Superfood Microgreens, which is new to me, but sounds nice. The plan is to have it clean and ready to roll so I can plant in another 3 days. Nutrients: 1.5ml GH CALiMAGic 5.6g GH MaxiGro 5.0ml 3% food-grade Hydrogen Peroxide
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pfunnyjoy
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Nov 17, 2024 1:15:27 GMT -5
2024-11-16: Day 4Rolling along! Some signs of germination on the broccoli sprouts (left) already and lots of nice growth on the right! 
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pfunnyjoy
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Post by pfunnyjoy on Nov 18, 2024 14:52:27 GMT -5
2024-11-18: Day 6The AG Spicy Mix greens are coming right along. The plain jane broccoli microgreens on the left are on Day 3, and you can see that they are nicely on their way as well. I did a water/nutrient change again today and got the second Harvest unit started on microgreens, this time, seeds from the Rainbow Heirloom Seed Company, their Eastern Sun Asian microgreens mix. Purchased on Amazon. L–R: Broccoli day 3, AG Spicy Mix day 6
 For those new to growing microgreens with the Aerogarden Microgreens Kit, the AG instructions suggest changing the water at least weekly, or better still, twice a week. I've found that I don't like to go more than 4 days, and 3 seems optimal. At 3 days, the reservoir water looks funky, but does not yet smell bad. At 4 days, it usually starts to smell for me. I think this is especially needful if using other grow media than the AG felt pads, which, now that AG has essentially gone out of business, will be in short supply for most quite soon. Using reusable silicone grow media like I do, or even Micro-Mat Mini grow media pads, some seeds/sprouts WILL escape and fall into the reservoir to start decaying. Do bear in mind that the water pictured is not quite as bad as it looks, some of the color here is from the nutrients. The cloudiness however, is NOT from the nutrient water. Reservoir water after 3 days: Sorry for the reality picture, but it's good for folks new to microgreen growing to know. Cleanliness is a good idea with microgreens! And if you leave this reservoir go for an entire week, you almost certainly will get less than pleasant smells.
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