An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s Top Chefs

Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by arciini on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:04PM (#16386104)

This reflects my experience of growing 1-2 herbs at home. It requires little space and you usually only use a tiny amount. Most of all, it's tastier and cheaper over time than the dried stuff.

If there were a simple-to-maintain herb garden hydroponics set, I'd totally be interested!

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by sizimon on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:22PM (#16386270)

Aerogarden makes a dead simple, self contained 3 herb hydroponics set complete with reservoir and light. You basically just plug it in and eat herbs in a couple weeks. I've been using one for a couple years to grow basil and some other stuff, and I really like it. Not sure if linking to products on HN is discouraged, but should be easy to find with a quick search.

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by virtuexru on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:07PM (#16386593)

Can I grow "herb" with one of these? Asking for a friend, of course.

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by rs999gti on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:00PM (#16387046)

Yes: https://www.aeroweed.info/

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by LifeofPi314 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:19PM (#16386248)

I have a 9 pod aerogarden, It's beautiful, have had it for 45 days. All 9 pods have plans coming out now and love growing basil at home - Doesn't take space, Auto controlled Minimal maintenance

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by module0000 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:25PM (#16386733)

Another plug for Aerogarden - along with the obvious output, it's been a terrible lot of fun for me.

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by IntronExon on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:05PM (#16386122)

I grow basil when the temp is right, and its remarkable just how good it is. I agree with your takeaway about a hydro set too.

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by pavel_lishin on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:11PM (#16386169)

Our basil always ends up wilting - I almost suspect that we're not eating it fast enough.

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Re:An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s T... by IntronExon on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:15PM (#16386211)

It does wilt in a hurry, and that's been sn issue for me too. If I'm making pesto though, it can go surprisingly quickly.

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