Answers To Your Questions About Chia Herb Garden
Daniel asks…
Chia pet question?
This may seem silly, but I got one of those Chia herb gardens last Christmas. My husband is good with plants, but 3 out of 4 have died. I still have a little basil plant going.
So if you’ve ever tried to grow Chia plants, how long do they last? I’d love to have basil by winter.
Green Thumb answers:
They can last years, make sure your basil has good light, not left to dry out too much. Add a good fruit and vegtable food to the water once a month, I had chives and cilantro for over 4 years from a chia..I did re-pot them the 3rd year, they needed soil to keep growing! Finally put them outside..and moved soon after.
Lisa asks…
Herb plants and seeds?
I’m growing an indoor herb garden and is it normal for parsley seeds to grow a thick opaque blue film around them before and during germination? Also do cilantro seeds get slightly … fuzzy(?) before they germinate? Help !
Im usgin the “Chia” herb garden. So the seeds are resting on top of the “sponge”
Green Thumb answers:
They appear to be contaminated. They should just look like always when they send out their shoots for roots and cotyledons. A couple of tonics to help before planting are: Seed Starter Tonic. Indoors or outdoor plantings. 1 cup of white vinegar. 1 Tsp, of baby shampoo or liquid dish soap. 2 cups of warm water. Mix all three together in a bowl and let the seed soak overnight before planting. To prevent Damping off, that’s when seedlings rot off at the ground or lower level and die. Use 4 tsp of Chamomile tea and 1 tsp liquid dish soap added to a quart of boiling water let steep for an hour. Strain and cool.
Mist on seedlings as soon as they appear. The seeds are contaminated from something, molds?. Perhaps from their source? Maybe in handling? Perhaps the planting medium? Did you follow “Chi’s” pre-cleaning and planting instructions? They want their product to work so you and your friends are repeat customers. These two recipes will greatly aid you in a healthy herb garden. Your environment in the house is perhaps drier than a desert. You will have to water the herbs more frequently than if they were in the ground outside. Watch for drooping to indicate dryness. I bought a moisture meter from Walmart for about $5. To help me get the correct soil moisture every time, instantly.
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