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Post by jfla on Mar 1, 2018 17:29:50 GMT -5
Imgur Album of my Day 1 - Day 25 growth of Aerogarden Harvest. Please bear with me as it is my first imgur album post ever. I am going to check as soon as it posts and fix if it is screwed up. I started on a Sprout, but it was much too loud and the vibration annoyed me. I bought a Harvest and returned the sprout which was already planted on about day three. Since I had extra spaces in the Harvest, I bought a grow anything pod kit and got seeds at WalMart. Mesclun salad Mix was added to the three empty spaces. Day 25, today, was my first meager salad harvest to which I added some chives and a tomato. Post work salad snack was awesome! I trimmed the basil using the advice on a post here about trimming after the 3rd set of real leaves after the cotyledon(?) leaves to promote bushiness on the basil. it really helps. I also trimmed the roots since the salad is very prolific. Bonus garden-in-a-can growing in the excess light from the aerogarden. Basil is rocking in both and is a welcome addition to pizza and spaghetti! It really is that easy and quite satisfying. Aerogarden day 1 - 25I checked it works for me, but please let me know if you all cannot see the pictures...
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Post by Kate on Mar 1, 2018 17:36:29 GMT -5
Imgur Album of my Day 1 - Day 25 growth of Aerogarden Harvest. Please bear with me as it is my first imgur album post ever. I am going to check as soon as it posts and fix if it is screwed up. I started on a Sprout, but it was much too loud and the vibration annoyed me. I bought a Harvest and returned the sprout which was already planted on about day three. Since I had extra spaces in the Harvest, I bought a grow anything pod kit and got seeds at WalMart. Mesclun salad Mix was added to the three empty spaces. Day 25, today, was my first meager salad harvest to which I added some chives and a tomato. Post work salad snack was awesome! I trimmed the basil using the advice on a post here about trimming after the 3rd set of real leaves after the cotyledon(?) leaves to promote bushiness on the basil. it really helps. I also trimmed the roots since the salad is very prolific. Bonus garden-in-a-can growing in the excess light from the aerogarden. Basil is rocking in both and is a welcome addition to pizza and spaghetti! It really is that easy and quite satisfying. Aerogarden day 1 - 25I checked it works for me, but please let me know if you all cannot see the pictures... It's great! Nice images and text! I did wonder about the Sprout being loud and vibrating. Mine doesn't vibrate and really all I hear are the bubbles. Go figure.
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Post by jfla on Mar 1, 2018 17:45:02 GMT -5
Thank you. Awesome that someone else can see the pictures! I was worried about that.
Yeah, the sprout was very loud. I think it is because it has an Air Pump in it. I believe the installation of the air pump can effect how loud it is, and let me tell you mine was loud. i guess it is luck of the draw, but mine was a no go.
I actually ordered it online after seeing the harvests in Bed Bath Beyond ( which i rarely venture into) and after the noise, I read the posts here and on Aerogarden site and saw the Harvest has a different pump type which is much quieter. I do not hear the harvest and it only cycles on 5 min each hour. Being in the kitchen, it is much better now.
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Kate
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Post by Kate on Mar 1, 2018 17:52:45 GMT -5
I have a Sprout LED and an Extra. Neither is especially noisy, other than water and bubbling sounds. I have an additional external air pump and airstone for the Extra.
It's possible I suppose that your Sprout pump is just louder than mine, but perhaps the pump isn't properly seated in the unit. That might explain the noise and vibration.
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Post by Shawn on Mar 1, 2018 18:31:49 GMT -5
I see the pictures jfla. Great shots and like Kate said like the info that goes along with them.
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Post by MaryL on Mar 2, 2018 5:44:07 GMT -5
Nice timeline shots. I’m glad it’s going well, and I like your mesclun mix.
I’ve read others have problems with how loud the Sprout is also. I think some units might be louder than others, for some reason.
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Post by serri588 on Mar 2, 2018 11:44:12 GMT -5
I also found the Sprouts too loud. I don't know that it's that they are actually louder, but possibly that the sound is unsettling. Mine are banished to the bathrooms and just have flowers in them.
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