Transfer Aerogarden To Soil
Wait until there s no risk of frost and move your plants outside then.
Transfer aerogarden to soil. Use containers that have bottom drainage holes or drill three to four 1 4 inch diameter holes in the bottom of the containers before adding soil. This will stabilize your plant. Fill your pots with a mix of 3 4 potting soil and 1 4 vermiculite or perlite.
Mix it together with your fingers so that the vermiculite or perlite is fairly evenly distributed throughout the pot. Take the entire aerogarden basil and plants to a place with a lot of countertop space to work. Similarly it s generally a bad idea to transfer plants in the hottest months of summer.
Remove the first plant pod from your aerogarden. Fill in the hole gently surrounding the roots and the bottom of the stalk. Jazzyvibes is correct about the can of worms it opens.
Hardening off seedlings eases their transition from the aerogarden to the outdoors where they will be exposed to full sunlight temperature variations and wind. Reduce the amount of light hours. In my ag class the instructor said when you go from hydro to soil you want to plant them carefully gently and loosely or you ll damage the root hairs i m making an assumption but why you d want to grow m j in soil is beyond me.
Once you ve hardened your seedlings simply dig a hole in the soil remove the plant and including the roots and grow sponge from the space in the seed starting tray and place it in the hole you just dug in the soil. How to transplant aerogarden plants into containers and flower pots. Keep soil moist at all times but not soaking make sure the pot you are using has drainage use a loose rich soil.
You can transplant your aerogarden plants to soil. Aerogarden seedlings have been protected inside from the harsh elements outside which can lead to transfer shock if they re transplanted too early in a growing season. When you are putting it inside your moisturized soil spread the roots around as much as you can to enable spreading horizontally and also to wake them up.
Inside i think hydro is the way to go for m j and my choice thus far is the aerogarden. Remove the bowl with seedlings from the base and place it outside in a shady location for a few hours each day gradually increasing to 24 hours outside. Ideally it has perlite to make it light and airy plus some form of compost to make it nutrient rich.
Be careful so you do not damage the stem or the root ball. You need to be careful as they have been in a controlled environment but with care they can be relocated with the minimum stress. This should take about a week.
Prepare a flower pot or plant pot thanks p and a lot of potting soil. I like using miracle gro potting mix mainly because it s. When you are doing this also make sure to plant your seedling deep enough.
