the other bits
Why you should grow your own strawberries According to the EWG you really should be growing your own tomatoes, spinach hot peppers and especially strawberries. The strawberries came top in their ‘dirty dozen’ for the most residual pesticides. Strawberry growers ‘sterilize’ the ground by pumping poisonous gas into the ground – removing every weed, pest and other living … Read more
My plants aren’t growing very well what’s wrong One thing that can go wrong is the plant food. No not the nutrient – that is pretty much bullet proof if you are using the Aerogarden nutrients. It is the water I am talking about. If that is not good to start with then that … Read more
Whether you want to grow herbs, chillis, flowers or a mix you are covered with the seed pod kits from Miracle-Gro Aerogarden. Let’s find out what they have got. Once you have grown your first crop you are either bitten or fed up. If you are bitten you will be planning what to grow next. … Read more
Once you have started with the Aerogarden you become addicted to
it.
Watching your plants growing quickly, using the fresh herbs in your cooking, to the delight of your family – you don’t know what you did without it.
So what do you do when you want a break?
Get the NEW style Aerovoir.
A number of years ago, I forget how many now, I came across theAerogarden 7 pod unit. Now the (#ad)Aerogarden Classic.
I was starting to get into hydroponics and had tried a few systems outdoors and wanted a system for indoor gardening.
I managed to find a cheap one on ebay and bought it.
Well everything the plants need is run off the mains in most systems.
You have heaters, pumps, timers and sensitive electronics all required to keep your plants alive.
Without electricity for a few hours your plants will suffer and some will never recover.
So how can you reduce the chances of the mains outage disaster?
You get yourself a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), a home battery backup power supply. This device, when the mains decides to disappear will keep your computer alive – preventing a catastrophic crash.
Looking around you will see a whole ream of them – how do you decide which one is suitable.