How to TRANSPLANT Aerogarden Herbs and Vegetables | Growing food in small spaces
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- Sometimes you get to a point when you want or need to switch out what is growing in your Aerogarden. So it’s great to know how to transplanting Aerogarden plants into soil. That way they can continue to grow in containers and keep producing food for you. There are just a few things you need to know to increase your chance of success when transplanting Aerogarden herbs and vegetables into soil! Luckily there are just a few tips and tricks that will help ensure success when you transplant Aerogarden plants into soil! #makefoodgrow
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Happy gardening!
Kir
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Let me make a suggestion to you. Next time you have large plants that you want to pot then try this. Let the water level in the aero garden drop slowly until it's just above the pump intake. Your plants will have two types of roots. You have air roots above the water and water roots below. The goal here is to get plenty of air roots. Then when you remove the plant from the water trim off all the water roots. They will rot in soil quickly so you don't want them in the potting mix. Now you can pot the plants. Many plants like the tomatoes and basil you can cut off a runner and root it and then plant in soil. I have a couple of hydro beds and each season I trim off many tomato runner ends around 8" long and stick them in the beds. They root is a week or so and can grow right where I plant them. They can likely root in your aero garden as well. Just stick the cutting in the foam and place it in the aero garden to root.
Great suggestion on the dropping water level. Tomatoes are such hard plants, half the time I just pop suckers right in the ground and they take right off!
Thank you for your video. You have more patience than I do! Because Basil is so easy to transplant, I would have ditched the old roots by making a clean cut on the stem, dipped it in root hormone and just stuck it in your pot of soil. I have never had basil refuse to re-root by doing this. Basil is amazing. You can actually just cut the stem and sit the plant in a glass of water without any root hormone and it will root itself! I have multiplied one Basil plant into more than I'd ever need this way! Tomatoes will root themselves in the same way, but because yours are fruited, I'm not sure that would work. Probably would though! Both Tomatoes and Basil are such wonders! Anyways, I enjoyed your video! I couldn't believe how patient you are!!! ❤
Moving plants from water to soil was scary for this newbie Aerogardener. Your video gave me the confidence to try it (allowing for failure). After 45 days a couple of transplants--dill and parsley-- are thriving. Thanks, Kiri.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm new to the aerogarden and I'm going to try to do the transfer to soil. My fingers are crossed...but I feel much more confident after watching this video!
Awesome! If you have any other questions let me know...just keep them really wet for a week or so and you should be good!
I'm transplanted lots of basil from my aero garden. (I had so much that I dehydrated my basil.)
I also transplanted my cherry tomatoes last year...well...the neighbor kids picked them all. I got a mini green house to set up on my patio this year, so we will see. Thank you for your tips.
Hi Malika,
I'm so glad you found the tips helpful. Basil does grow insanely well in a hydroponic environment. I have had some massive leaves, as big as my hand, when growing it indoors hydroponically.
Kiri
@@The_IndoorGardener that big!? Wow! That would keep my dehydrator or my blender busy making pesto or pizza sauce.
I transplanted my plants yesterday and I am praying they make it. Good information on this video. You really helped on my transplant.
Hi Jamerro, Thanks! Just keep the soil very wet for about a week and your plant babies should be ok! What did you transplant?
Great advice I will give it a shot. Thank you!
I love how detailed your instructions are for the Aerogarden videos! I potted some items and did Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden)
boiling method (youtube) where you boil water, pour it over top of the potting mix so it is fully saturated (but not soup), stir well, cover with saran wrap and aluminum foil and allow to sit for a few hours before using so it creates a steam inside of the bowl. It kills any eggs of insects that would then normally hatch and cause a horrible mess with the neighboring plants in the home. He uses a liquid fertilizer afterward, and for seeds he waits 24-48 hours before planting seeds in the potting mix.
Thank you so much! That's not a method I have tried before. I do try and keep my outside plants outside and my indoor plants indoor to prevent cross contamination.
Bad idea. Kills all the good microbes in the soil. You have to remember soil is a living thing-actually, full of life and the plants have a symbiotic relationship with the life forms in the soil.
Hey thank you for your help wow I’m glad I found your channel you share all the stuff that I need to know
Happy to help!
Thank you!! I couldn't find any clear directions on the gardens website so this was much needed information!!
I’m so glad you found it helpful Pamela! Hope your plant babies thrive!
Thank you! I just tried this. I’m excited 😆
Awesome Kelly! Let me know how it goes. They can look a bit rough to start but mine have always pulled through!
I appreciate your honest review!
Glad it was helpful!
Another excellent tutorial.
Thank you!
Great tips - thank you!
You are so welcome!
Throw a dish pan in the sink and then all the potting soil is saved. You can pour the water/soil out in a pot outside or the garden.
Great idea
I’m so happy I found your channel! 😊
Yay! If you have any ideas for videos let me know.
Very good information. Thanks
Glad it was helpful! Happy growing
Great video thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Nice video. I purchased some new pods, but didn’t want to just throw away the older plants. The older plant keep getting scorched on the tops, from the lights.
Thank you good job
Welcome 😊
THANK YOU. GREAT VIDEO. I JUST STARTED MY AEROGARDEN. DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN GET A TOMATOE PLANT STARTED IN DIRT TO MATURE USING THE KRATSKY METHOD?
I am a first timer and have never had a green thumb in my life. I was wondering do they have to be transplanted to a pot or can I put them in a planter bed on wheels. I have one in our yard. I am doing this my son is on the autism spectrum and thought this would be a cool way to expose him to tomatoes, carrots and basil he likes on his pizza but right now they have grown tall in the hydro. I have a hopegarden and they are getting so tall the light thing I keep having to prop up taller with a lego piece lol. Also I live in Phoenix AZ where its starting to get hotter outside and so now may not be the time to transplant. So does that mean I need to just cut them and have them grow until fall? So those are my questions after watching your video and thanks for your expertise.
Thank you! Can you transplant fully grown petunias from the Aerogarden to potting soil? Their website says to do it when the leaves start to shoot, but my petunias are now very large and growing out of room in my Aerogarden Harvest!
I haven’t done petunias but I have done pretty much full grown plants. The older they are the more chance they will go into shock and could die. Maybe do a few to see how they adapt. Just don’t move them right outdoors. I would adjust them to soil, keeping it very damp for a week. Then start hardening them off outside… if it goes well with the first few then do the rest. That way you haven’t lost all of them if it doesn’t work out. That’s what I would do 😉
hi
how do you use plant food in soil transplant.
daily, weekly how much ml, litre
example daily 500ml/1litre per plant or weekly?
😳oh wow
i like the aerogarden but my kale is growing to big for the 12in light. i would like to keep it in but its growing half way up and leafs are big. i want to transplant the arugula its seems to be struggling when the others are doing great, thanks for the tips.
Awesome Derek! Glad the video was helpful. I find things that struggle usually perk up when planted outside…just make sure to harden them off first! Best of luck
I cut pool noodles into 1" sections instead of the plastic baskets
Ok this is neat...I am going to have to try this!
Can you explain more how you do this? It sounds like a great idea!
I’m not sure if you know the answer to my question but my mint and Thai basil are stealing light from the other plants in my aero garden. Seeing as those are the only two that I very rarely cook with I’m wondering if I can just cut them off at the roots and dispose of them to make more room for the others to thrive. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
I would just prune the leaves that are stealing light
Can you move them outside at some point? If so about how long should you wait before putting outside?
I move them out all the time. You just need to harden them off (I have a video talking about how to do it). If you just move them straight outside they could very well die as they are not equipped to deal with the sun, wind and difference in temperatures.
What kind of soil you used
Those black roots look like root rot to me, I would have cut off the black roots.
When you water your soil, especially after JUST transplanting, do you use any of the liquid nutrients from the Aerogarden to nourish your potted plants? I’m just thinking it might be easier for the shocked plants to absorb during the transition.
I have never done this and they have always done ok but it’s an interesting point. Have you tried it?
@@The_IndoorGardener I have not, but maybe I’ll experiment! I’m just trying to game plan how to move my Aerogarden herbs. I transplanted some lettuce and parsley a few months ago and I’m guessing I didn’t keep them wet enough so they all died.
Honestly, I love doing experiments, it’s how I figure out what works best for me! I’m working on a root trimming experiment now. Let me know how it goes!
After the week next to the aerogarden, do you then put them outdoors?
I slowly transfer them outside. I put them out in a shady spot for a few hours. Then bring them back in…every day I put them outside a bit longer and gradually give them a bit more sun. I do it over about a week or two…so they get used to being outdoors
I'm late to the party, getting ready to move sage to a larger pot from the aerogarden preparatory to moving it to its permanent home after last frost. I have my favorite cilantro ready to go too. I hope it works - scary.
You can do it! Sage is pretty damn hardy too. Mine comes back every year now.
So now they have been transplanted when do you do it again to plant them outside?
Hi Cindy,
That would depend on where you live. I am in Zone 5b so I won’t be moving anything outside until mid-May. You will also need to make sure that you harden them off as they have been grown inside and won’t be prepared for the elements outside. I wrote a blog post on how to harden off you seedlings, here is the link ourlittlesuburbanfarmhouse.com/harden-off-seedlings/
Hopefully you find it helpful.
Thanks,
Kir
I use rooting powder
Hey there! I came back to watch this one after a while. And I just noticed something new. How did you hang those peppers over your window?
I threaded a needle and thread through the stems and then hung the ends on screws in each corner. I love drying my peppers this way! Hope that helps
@@The_IndoorGardener Yes it does, I am going to try it myself. Thanks so much!
@@The_IndoorGardener thank you for the video. Just thought I'd share a memory from my aunt who was from the old country (Morocco). She would string the peppers up on the bottom grate of her refrigerator during the winter so that she could dry them out to make paprika. In the summer she'd hang them on the balcony.
@@joncohen4691 Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I am going to try to make some more paprika this year
How long can herb plants last? Specifically cilantro and basil?
Hi Kathleen, I have found that they both last MUCH longer in a hydroponic environment. But honestly I think that has more to do with the consistent temperature inside the house. Cilantro is bad for bolting outside as soon as it get warm. I have had basil going in my AeroGarden for months...to the point that the stem started to get woody at the bottom. Cilantro I haven’t been able to keep going for as long, but still a month of two!
@@The_IndoorGardener thank you!!!
Glad to help! If you have any other questions just let me know :)
So how did these 2 turn out over the longer term?
They did fine, but I wouldn't say they thrived. In my opinion, the younger the plants are when you transplant them the better :)
@@The_IndoorGardener I think I recall that the basil plant you had was already flowering which signals that it is at the end of its lifespan.
Looks like you have a lot of gnats. Im in the midst of dealing with mine, that and aphids.....
Fungus gnats are wee devils! Sometimes it feels like it’s always something! I’m playing around with carnivorous plants to keep them in check (and the yellow sticky traps)
Have you had to call the plumber yet?
😂
Should have used some mykos
That's a lot of root rot. You should wash out all of the bad roots and give it a hydrogen peroxide treatment to help treat the roots.
Yes 100%...I severely neglected the Aerogarden playing outside in the real garden! My goal for 2021 is milky white roots :)