Hydroponic Herbs Kit

Description

Included in the Hydroponic Herbs Kit

Every Hydroponic Herbs Kit contains all you need to grow your chosen herb. Hydroponic Herbs kits use a recycled wine bottle to construct the body of the system, with all edges filed down by hand to ensure there’s no risk of hurting yourself on the cut edge of the bottle.

Watering the kits could not be simpler, just keep an eye on the water line (clearly visible) and top up when needed, around every 2 weeks.

Each Hydroponic Herbs Kit contains enough organic hydroponic fluid for you to be able to grow your herbs for approximately two years. The kits also come with spare parts so that if your horticultural skills require a little honing there’s a second chance waiting!

About the Hydroponic Herbs Kits

Basil has a very distinctive flavour profile that is unmissable, so if you enjoy the flavour of this indoor-only herb, you really need to grow it yourself.

Belonging to the same family of plants as basil, mint has a very different taste all of its own with a punchy flavour profile more resilient to heat than basil. Ever popular, especially with boiled potatoes mint finds its way into a great many recipes and is a herb that all kitchens should have a ready supply of.

Recognised as a great source of flavonoids and antioxidants, including amongst others folic acid and vitamins C and A, parsley is a biennial plant that can grow all year round indoors. It is a late germinator taking up to 4 weeks in some cases so don’t be disheartened if it’s running behind your other herb kits. Although flat parsley is favoured in the UK for outside growth (due to its hardy nature) the fact is nothing garnishes as well as curly parsley and as for taste concentration, well they taste the same to us.

Oregano has been used in the Mediterranean region for centuries becoming popular in America after the second world war when returning GIs brought back a liking for what was often termed the ‘pizza herb’. Unlike most of the other herbs in our family of Hydro-herb kits, oregano benefits from being picked and dried, this process allows its flavour to fully develop. Oregano is a great addition to meets particularly lamb, going very well with any kind of kebab recipe. If you’re looking for a means to add some pep to your salads, look no further oregano is a great addition to Greek-style salads. Growing hydroponically means there’s no mess and as the growth fluid is clearly visible in the lower part of the bottle it’s very hard to run out without you noticing. There is enough fluid in the pack for at least a year’s growth and you can always buy some more to keep your garden growing once you’ve got the hydro’ bug.

Coriander, or cilantro as some people know it, is a very popular herb. Coriander is a versatile herb with its seeds being used as a spice and the plant itself being used as a herb.

Crimson King is a Genovese-type basil reaching 18+ inches. This type of basil is the culinary aristocrats used in Italian cooking, ideally suited to those favourite pesto and tomato-basil recipes. They are known for having crinkly turned-in leaves with a rich spicy clove scent. The level of redness in their leaves is dependent to some extent on the temperature of the environment they grow in varying from a red tinge to almost full red leaves. Freshly harvested leaves of Crimson King basil mixed with juicy tomatoes, olive oil and garlic, a true feast over hot pasta.

Purple Basil Herb Plants produce eye-catching purple leaves, which makes an attractive plant for the ornamental border. It still has the full basil fragrance and flavour to compliment many dishes.

Tarragon – Before we go any further there are a couple of points that we would like to clarify regarding this offering. As you may know, ‘French’ tarragon may only be cultivated using cuttings from the mother plant, this is in the main due to the way that their roots are formed. There is a commonly known second type of tarragon (these are found in most gardening shops) ‘Russian’ tarragon, unfortunately, ‘Russian’ tarragon tastes of very little more than grass. To be clear my good people ‘THIS IS NOT RUSSIAN TARRAGON!’, we use a variety of tarragon commonly known as ‘Mexican’ or less commonly ‘Spanish’ tarragon. The flavour profile of this type of tarragon is very nearly as strong as ‘French’ tarragon, so we would suggest you use just a little more than you would normally use in your cooking to obtain the same desired taste.

Another member of the Lamiaceae family along with both mint and basil, thyme has long been related to medicinal practices as well as culinary practices around the world, sometimes being burnt as incense.

Rocket – Arugula, also called roquette, salad rocket, garden rocket, or rugula, is an annual herb of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), grown for its pungent edible leaves.

Native to the Mediterranean, arugula is a common salad vegetable in many parts of southern Europe and has grown in popularity around the world for its peppery, nutty taste and its nutritional content. The young leaves are often eaten raw and are a great source of calcium, iron, and vitamins A, C, and K. So much like basil are great to aid in immunity and healing.

It’s also the fastest germinating of all our herbs usually getting started in 12 to 24 hours. So if you are thinking of using the kit for educational as well as culinary reasons, Rocket is great at keeping young ones interested from the very start.

Rosemary – It’s with great pleasure that we are able to announce the newest member of the Hydro-herb family, it has taken sometime for us to identify a cultivar of Rosemary that is both organic and suited to the moist environment found in Hydroponics.

Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen shrub with leaves similar to hemlock needles. It is native to the Mediterranean and Asia, but is often seen to be reasonably hardy in cool climates.   Rosemary flowers in spring and summer in temperate climates, but the plants can be in constant bloom in warm climates; flowers are white, pink, purple or deep blue.^[3] Rosemary also has a tendency to flower outside its normal flowering season; it has been known to flower as late as early December, and as early as mid-February.  Unlike some other herbs such as Basil flowering does not indicate the beginning of senescence with the plant continuing on to grow after flowering.  It is one of the slower growing herbs in part due to its’ smaller leaves, although this is off set by its’ longevity (recorded as being up to 25 years in some cases) .

Rosemary is a very popular herb being a great complement to many different meat and vegetable dishes.  It has a very distinctive aroma/taste profile that remains strong even during lengthy cooking, unlike some other herbs that really need to be served fresh to enjoy fully.

Dwarf basil boasts all the same benefits as regular fresh basil but is more compact. Its aromatic leaves have a spicy, clover-like flavour popular in tomato dishes, soups, stews, spaghetti, fish, poultry, and salads.

Not only is it in some of your favourite recipes, but its strong scent can also aid as a pest deterrent. This is a perfect Hydro Herb plant with small pungent leaves on a dwarf-statured plant that only grows to about 10–12″.  Consider it like a basil bonsai!

It’s the perfect plant to have growing in your kitchen when a pinch or two adds a great peppery flavour. It’s amazing for savoury dishes and will spruce up an otherwise plain meal.