![]() So you can throw away the screw tops.Ĭovering the jars with a plastic bag helped keep the grow medium moist during seed germination Keeping the Grow Medium Moist It was difficult to unscrew and I had trouble to not disturb the grow medium. I screwed the tops onto the jars anyway, which anchored down the net pot to the jar, but they were awkward to use, as I discovered when I went to refill the water about a week later. However, the kit includes a screw top, such as you would use with a canning jar, but it doesn’t seem to serve any purpose. The directions were reasonably straightforward so this part was easy. The plants are grown in a soilless grow medium that’s held in “pots” made out of netting (net pots) that don’t come in direct contact with the water.įollowing the directions, I inserted the wicks into the net pots, filled the net pots with grow medium, and sprinkled the seeds on the grow medium. The Modern Sprout Garden Jars use a type of hydroponic system in which a wick (basically a piece of polypropylene fabric) is placed in water and brings moisture to the plants. The colors were somewhat off-putting, and I would have preferred plain transparent glass, but that is just an esthetic preference. The jars resembled oversize canning jars, in different colors (blue, amber, green, and pink). The insert in which the plant grows, which is called a “net pot,” fit into one of my husband’s beer steins quite nicely, so I used that instead of the broken jar. When the Garden Jars arrived, one glass jar was broken due to poor packaging. Refills are not currently available from the vendor, but the jars and insert can be reused for the same purpose by obtaining your own seeds and a similar growing medium. ![]() There was no indication about whether or not the plant food or grow medium was organic. The jars arrived with seeds, plant food, and soilless growing medium.The seeds included basil, Greek oregano, parsley, and mint (this has since been replaced with cilantro on the company’s website). ![]()
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