2022-12-16
As of this date, I have:
SIX Smart Garden-3s,
FOUR AeroGarden Harvests with
FOUR Aerovoir reservoirs,
THREE iDOO 12-pod gardens,
ONE iDOO bucket,
FOUR Amber 32-ounce Mason Jars with Kratky adapters, and
FOUR Halo grow lights type 1
TWO Halo Grow Lights type 2
FOUR Halo Grow Light Stand type 3
Over half my equipment came directly from Click & Grow or AeroGarden or from Etsy. Some even came from Walmart. But all the links above are to Amazon.
Names
All my hydroponic equipment is named.
The Click & Grow Smart Garden-3 units are collectively named “the Ranch” or "the Ranches." The individual units are labeled Rancho Cero (Ranch Zero in Spanish.) and Ranch One through Ranch Five.
The AeroGarden Harvests are named Harvey[1], Harvey Too[2], Seble[3], and Teresa[4]. Each Harvest is served by a reservoir. They are named for water deities (female). respective to the Harvest they feed, they are named Shirley[5], Nancy[6], Lassy[7], and Anny[8].
The three iDOO 12-pod units are Phredd and Ethyl and Lucy[9].
The iDOO 6-pod unit is Sheba[10].
The four amber Mason Jars. are Katemcy, Pontotoc, Dallas, and Grit[11],
Inventory
Inventory falls into broad categories - what seed pods are planted where and what seed pods are available to plant. A third category might be what seed pods are on order, and a fourth might be what hardware is there. I'll start with what's planted and where, using the same list as above.
The Click & Grow Smart Garden-3 Template
Four of the ranches are removed from service pending moving day.
Ranchero Cero:
Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper plants, in blossom and fruiting. 2022-12-18 Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper plants, in blossom and fruiting. 2022-12-18 Empty. Covered
Ranch One:
Some kinda pepper plant, at least three peppers. 2022-12-18 Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Ranch Two:
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Mini Tomato plant in fruit, one ripe tomato. [2022-12-01 Several unripe tomatoes]
Ranch Three:
Yellow Tomato, planted 2022-11-15
Empty. Covered
Yellow Tomato, planted 2022-11-15
Ranch Four:
It's peppers of some kind. [2022-11-20 harvested a handfull] 2022-12-18 Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Ranch Five:
Empty. Covered
One Yellow Sweet Pepper plant. The ripe ones have been harvested. More are ripening. 2022-12-18 Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
The AeroGarden Harvest Template
Harvey: Over 110 peppers have been harvested this week alone. A more accurate count would include the peppers used to prepare a salsa, mixed with pearl onions, and would be on the order of 150. Considering the move ahead, harvesting now includes pruning. If there weren't so darn many peppers nearing ripeness, I'd take Harvey out of service.
A prolific Red Fire Pepper plant bearing many peppers in various stages of ripening. Many have been harvested already.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
A prolific Red Fire Pepper plant bearing many peppers in various stages of ripening. Many have been harvested already. 2022-12-17 I harvested another dozen peppers and removed the plant, though it was quite possible it would continue to bear fruit. Empty. Covered.
Harvey Too: has been removed from service, cleaned, and boxed in preparation for moving day.
Seble: Light deck raised to maximum. It should go higher.
Empty. Covered
Pepper Joe's Sweet Pepper, thirteen inches tall. Blossoming and fruiting. No ripe fruit yet.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Teresa : has been removed from service, cleaned, and boxed in preparation for moving day.
The iDOO 12-pod Template
Lucy: The light deck is raised to its maximum height.
Empty. Covered
Pepper Joe's Mini Bell Pepper planted 2022-10-22. Maximum height. Blossoming and fruiting.
Empty. Covered
Pepper Joe's Mini Bell Pepper planted 2022-10-22. Maximum height. Blossoming and fruiting.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Pepper Joe's Mini Bell Pepper planted 2022-10-22. Maximum height. Blossoming and fruiting.
Empty. Covered
Pepper Joe's Mini Bell Pepper planted 2022-10-22. Maximum height. Blossoming and fruiting.
Empty. Covered
Ethyl: has been removed from service, cleaned, and boxed in preparation for moving day.
Phredd: The light deck is raised to it's maximum height.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Golden Harvest Tomato Plant 13 inches tall lots of baby tomatoes, twenty-four of them. The ripe ones were good in a salad.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Sheba: (No template) the bracket from which the lampshade around Sheba hangs has been raised. The screws were removed. The lower screw was re-installed using the upper hole. Then the upper screw was installed in a new, higher hole. It raised the bracket four inches. A halo grow-light Type 2 was wired to the spokes of the lampshade. It operates at 50%, 12-on/12-off. The top of the tomato plant is twenty inches tall now. The integral light and fan fixture has been turned as shown - It isn't tall enough.
Sheba's light and fan are at full extension and the tomato plant is taller. Leaves were getting burnt. Now the integral plant light is sort of off to the side and the halo lamp sits atop the lampshade's spokes.
One Heirloom Cherry Tomato Plant, thirteen inches. Blossoms. At least fifteen ripening red tomatoes.
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
Empty. Covered
The Wide-Mouth Mason Jar Kratky Templates
Grit:
AeroGarden Mini Jalapeño, 13.5 inches tall, Lit by a halo on a stand.
Katemcy:
Click & Grow Wild Strawberry, ten inches tall, in blossom, Lit by a halo on a stand.
Pontotoc:
Pepper Joe's Super Hot Pepper Seeds - 2. Lit by a halo on a stand. Started 2022-11-03, six inches tall.
Dallas:
AeroGarden Italian Parsley. Two inches tall. Lit by halo on a stand.
What's available to plant:
Click & Grow Romaine Lettuce, 1 seed pod
Click & Grow Red Romaine Lettuce, 3 seed pods
Click & Grow Red Sweet Pepper, 4 seed pods
Click & Grow Yellow Sweet Pepper, 3 seed pods
Click & Grow Chili Pepper, 2 seed pods
Click & Grow Yellow Tomato, 2 seed pod
Click & Grow Chives, 3 seed pods
Click & Grow Basil, 15 seed pods
AeroGarden Romaine Lettuce, 26 seed pods
AeroGarden Salad Greens, 18 seed pods
AeroGarden Marvel of the 4 Seasons, 9 seed pods
AeroGarden Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes, 10 seed pods
AeroGarden Golden Harvest Tomatoes, 4 seed pods
AeroGarden Pablano Pepper, 1 seed pods
AeroGarden Bell Pepper, 1 seed pods
AeroGarden Mega Cherry Tomato, 1 seed pods
AeroGarden Italian Parsley, 1 seed pods
AeroGarden Gourmet Herb Pouch, 2 pouches of 6 seed pods each
Pepper Joe's Mini Bell Pepper Seeds - 1
Sweetest Red, Yellow, Orange Mini Mini Bell Pepper Seeds - 20
Caribean Garden Yellow Miniature Bell Pepper Seeds - 50
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
EZ-Gro Gourmet Lettuce
loose seeds, 4 packets of various tomato seeds were Marie Condoed (disposed of) for failing to give me joy.
Hardware:
Spare Sponges suitable for Click & Grow, bring your own seeds, 2 each
Spare Sponges suitable for AeroGarden AND/OR iDOO, bring your own seeds, 120 each
Spare Seed baskets suitable for Click & Grow, 13 each
Spare Seed baskets suitable for AeroGarden only, bring your own sponge/seeds, 13 each
Spare Seed baskets suitable for AeroGarden AND/OR iDOO, bring your own sponge/seeds, 13 each
Spare Click & Grow Hothouse domes, 16 each
Spare iDOO Hothouse domes, 15 each
Spare AeroGarden Hothouse Domes (fits iDOO, too), 200 each (every seed pod kit comes with 1 per seed pod, plus a bottle of nutrients)
iDOO cactus pod covers, 20 each
iDOO regular pod covers, 15 each
AeroGarden pod covers, 50 each
Green Onion Seed Baskets, 12 each
Scallion Seed Baskets, 3 each
Flexible Pod Covers, 40 each, for surrounding plants to keep light off the sponge.
10 16-oz clear Mason Jars with neoprene covers
9 32-oz amber Mason Jars
Other stuff, lots and lots. (Thermometers, pH meters, conductivity meters, remote temperature detectors, fast-reading meat thermometers... stuff.)
10 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar AeroGarden Adapter as shown in the template
4 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar 2" Basket Adapter
3 Etsy 2" Basket Adapters for Smart Garden-3s
3 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar AeroGarden Offset Adapter with air bubbler.
3 Etsy Kratky Wide Mouth Mason Jar AeroGarden Center Adapter with offset air bubbler.
NOTES Harvey is short for Harvest
Harvey Too is a play on Harvey the second and Harvey also
Seble is a female Eastern African, Amharic name that means Harvest
Teresa in numerous languages, also means Harvest
Lassy is from Thalassa- primeval spirit of the sea. She was a consort of Pontus and together they presided over the seas.
Nancy is from Naiad. In Greek mythology, the naiads are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
Shirley is short for Chalchiuhtlicue ("She of the Jade Skirt"), an Aztec deity of water, rivers, seas, streams, storms, and baptism.
Anny is for Anuket, the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract
Named for Fred and Ethel or The Mertzes, a married couple on I Love Lucy television show. Lucy is, of course, named for Lucille Ball.
It is far easier to refer to Sheba the She-bucket than to the "iDOO 2-in-1 Hydroponics & Soil Growing System, 6 Pods Hydro Indoor Herb Garden Up to 13.8", Plants Germination Kit with LED Grow Lights, Automatic Timer for Kitchen, Countertop, Home." That is just too weird, and way too long.
All of the amber mason jars are named for towns or cities in Texas. Grit, Fredonia, Pontotoc, and Katemcy are specifically towns in Mason County. The pun was irresistible.