To celebrate the fact that our first Deluxe AeroGarden is three weeks old, we ordered two more. However, I could not wait to get some new seeds started, so I got adventurous and fabricated a little device to hold some of the smaller plants and hopefully keep them alive until the new gardens arrive.
I chose the basil for this experiment because I have rooted it from hydroponic cuttings before and thought it would be the most likely to survive the abuse.
My $14.95 micro-mini wannabe is covered with a flexible cutting mat that I trimmed down to size. I then cut holes in it to allow insertion of the AG baskets. The base is six inches square and I had to transplant these herbs from AG3 baskets to standard ones, as the height of my gadget is less than three inches.
I dropped 1/2 of one of the nutrient tablets that came with the herb kit into the base along with one drop of Superthirive. The Deluxe hulking to the right of this micro planter will, I hope, provide sufficient light.