Aerogarden Classic - The Rebirth

Ok, our classic garden came with an herb kit.  That did ok, and you can see the results in a past post on the root growth.  We replanted using a master gardeners kit.  This kit comes with 12 sponges, 12 holders, labels, domes, nutrient to last for one year. The catch is that the kit is not designed to work with the classic.  I had to modify it.  I saved the plastic holders that came with the original herb kit. The new holders that came with the master gardeners kit are really designed for the 3 and 6 piece unit as they are long and narrow.  If you try to use these with the classic model, the holder sits in water and will wick it in addition to the pump irrigating from the top.  In addition, the classic model used 2 plastic rails on either side of the center to help disperse water from the top.  You can remove these rails and put in the master gardener kit holders, which will still wick the nutrient, however.  If you don't remove them, the new holders will not fit in the classic unit, as they are right in the way.   So, to rectify this, I used scissors to cut the lower 1/3 of the grow sponges off.   I then inserted these modified sponges into the original plastic sponge holders that came with the classic herb kit.  I put the domes on and here we are.  These are baby yellow bellpeppers.  We planted the seed in the kit on March 21.  Here we are 1 month later!