First Plantings

This year we planted two tomato plants.  They were planted at the end of September.

Here is a pic of how they looked two weeks later. 

Hydroponics Follow Ups

The hydroponics experiment was great.  I remember when we started Mrs. Burkett told us about a really long time ago the people relied on hydroponics to eat.  And I found it quite interesting.  When we started to place the plants in we put cilantro,basil, parsley,and dill.  We put nutrients and a special type of water.It was really fun.  We also saw the dew form on the see through cones that was on the seeds.

Hydroponics are plants that grow without soil.  They grow with water, a specific nutrients and light.  We have to cut them sometimes but they almost always grow back. It had took them at least 5 days to grow.  Once they sprouted we were so happy!   In conclusion, this is part of the story of our hydroponics.

I remember the hydroponics,the plants were growing a lot,we planted a lot of basil. It took a lot time like 4 weeks and then then then they grew finally. We ate the basil with cream cheese and salsa with cilantro.

Hydroponics are plants that grow under lights but, they are in a machine that has holes and holds all of the nutrients the plants need.We planted Dill, basil and more. We put some of our plants in cream cheese then we put it on pretzels.

In class we have been growing hydroponics.  We are growing different herbs and testing them.  We had cream cheese and pretzels, salsa and chips using herbs .

Time to eat

A few days ago we cut our plants.  After lunch we had  cream cheese with our plants dill, thai basil and all those other ones. 

Eating!

We have cut the herbs and even tried a few:  Basil and Dill.
Check out our picks below to see how much they've grown.
We have also had to had water daily since last week.

We have Spouts!

We removed the domes on dill, Thai basil, cilantro, Genovese basil.
Our sprouts are measuring 1.5 inches, 1 inch, 1 inch and 1 inch.

Can't wait to see what happens next!

The Day We Planted

Hello!

The first thing we did was plug in our garden and start.
All the lights came on and then the screen asked us if we wanted to start a new garden and we did!
We took turns pouring distilled water until we hit the water line.
We then put our herb pods into the growing deck with a grow dome on top.
Lastly we added 2 capfuls of nutrients.

Spring Update!

Our original lettuce plantings, did not do so well being transported back and forth for school vacations.
We had one more pod that we used and that is doing very well!
We will be eating some very soon!

December 9th 2016

Our plant has been doing well but some plants are dying. We added 2 cups of nutrients today. This is the 42nd day of growing. It says the water is OK. The lettuce is not growing anymore. This is our blog about garden giants TUNE IN NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/21/2016

We harvested a little bit of lettuce and we each got to try a bite.  Delicious!

Garden Giants

11-17-16

Wow these garden greens are growing like crazy.There already at 5'' and it looks like a jungle.

It is the 21st day of growing . 7 more days till more nutrients needs to be added.It also seems like the water cycle is OK.Join us next time for more jungle fun  

Weekend Growth

Over Veteran's Day weekend, we saw a boost in growth and water supply.  When I came in on Monday, I had to add water for the first time since we planted.

November 10th

November 14

2 domes off 4 to go

November 3ed 2016

So far we took 2 domes off and they have been planted 9 days ago. All of the  plants are starting to grow but the domes are not off quite yet. Stay tune fore more of this fun.

Seedlings!

I came in this morning from the weekend and we have multiple seedlings.  This is very exciting.  I took a grow dome off (and then replaced it) of one of them so the progress can be seen clearly.

A Tiny Sprout 10/27/2016

We have a tiny sprout today in one of the pods.

First Day 10/25/2016

Today we learned the steps on how to set up our "AeroGarden" in our classroom. This system does not use soil only water and nutrients! First we plugged it in and set it up. The light came on. Second, we measured 10 cups of distilled water and poured it into the water bowl/bucket. Next, we inserted 6 salad green pods along with a grow dome on top. Then we poured in 2 capfuls (or 8 Ml) of nutrients. Finally, we were done and we watch it grow. Stay tuned!

Thank you Corn Plant!

Our corn plant didn't make it! We learned a lot though. Thank you for teaching us!

12-12-11

We added water and it grew 1 foot and 8 inches.Also we added the nutrintes. It stared to die.

12/8/11

it is about one foot and nine inches

12/7/11

we put water and nutrients.it is one foot and 9 inches

12/6/11

it was one foot 9 inches.we put water in it.