Lemon Balm Grows Well in Water
By Dr. Ann
@drannhh (15219)
United States
September 27, 2015 9:56am CST
I am not a good dirt gardener, so for me it is such a blessing that so many fine plants flourish without soil. This lemon balm lives in one of AeroGarden's newly designed space saving electronic planters. The roots are thirsty so I do top off the water several times a week and put a few drops of liquid nutrients in the water several times a month. The planter does the rest, turning it's grow lights on in the morning and off at night, and showing a red light when the water gets low or needs nutrients.
Lemon balm can be used in place of lemon grass in recipes and is highly nutritious. I like to pinch off a few leaves daily to put in tea and other beverages.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
27 Sep 15
there's a vast buffet 'f plants that thrive in such 'n environment. lemon balm is a fav 'f mine 's well, though i've no electronic planters fer such.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
27 Sep 15
buffet is a good term @crazyhorseladycx because so many of them are in fact edible.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
27 Sep 15
@drannhh do ya grow lettuces 'n such in this contraption 's well? i've thought 've investin' in such 't times. but 'm blessed with an abundance 'f south facin' windows to grow those sorta thingies.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
27 Sep 15
@crazyhorseladycx Sadly, at this home I have zero south facing windows, but I do grow a full salad bar in my 7-hole Aerogarden. I set out a lot of jars of cuttings of herbs and greens all around the AG planter to soak up the extra light. I usually start red leaf lettuce, romaine, amaranth, magenta spreen, golden purslane and a couple of herbs in the AG-7. It takes about 40 days from seed to edible, and then I grow more plants from cuttings. I also grow petunias and other flowering plants in the contraptions. I tried to add an image here to show you, but it didn't take. I'll just put it in a new discussion ;-)
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
28 Sep 15
Thanks for this information 
New thing learned! Do you love gardening?
New thing learned! Do you love gardening?1 person likes this
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
29 Sep 15
I am nuts about nontraditional gardening. "Bf" asked "How many hours a day do you spend with your plants?" (loose translation: "Why are you wasting time with plants instead of paying attention to ME?") I just gave him an icy look. It is the same with the computer, rflol.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
29 Sep 15
@ria1606roy Yeah! look up aeroponics, hydroponics, and aquaponics! All very cool.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
29 Sep 15
@drannhh haha Yeah just cultivate your passion more like you cultivate your plants. I like what you do. I'll look up non-traditional gardening. 
Yeah just cultivate your passion more like you cultivate your plants. I like what you do. I'll look up non-traditional gardening. 1 person likes this
