One of my Christmas gifts from coworker was the "Gourmet Chia Herb Garden" How fun I'm thinking.
Has anyone ever tried these? Is the Special patented Chia Growing Sponge conceived in sin? :O :O
Meaning... made of non organic matter? Just curious.

It says it is made of peat moss, tree bark, and sponge material.

I bought my wife one of those for Christmas years ago but we never planted it. It was put out in the garage until spring and forgotten about. We found it as we were packing up to move to our new place but it was so old I just threw it out.

I can’t tell you if it was “conceived in sin” or not. :^O

Well, I had to spend Christmas Eve home alone... So I got my Chia Herb Garden out and decided to try Cilantro and Dill. One nice thing about the Chia herb garden kit is that the seed packages contain the regular number of seeds one gets in a "stamdard" package. There are at least 100 seeds in most packets So I thought I would try to start Dill and Cilantro since those plants seem to do better with less intense sun. I have enough seeds left to start another batch later on. I'll keep the gang posted on how it goes.

I will be waiting to hear how it turns out. B-)

:^O :^O :^O ....Cha, Cha, Cha, Chia!

I want the Bugs Bunny Chia that grows wheat grass out the top, between his ears...really!(for my cats)

I *gulped* at the price...on sale, $15.99, reg. $20+. :O

I got something like Chia, but it was long ago! I planted the seeds. They came up, prospered for a month or two, then died. I used teh sponges for cutting....Which, also, prospered for about a year, then died....Odd...

Chris J.

I got one of those Chia heads in my Christmas stocking a couple of years back. I planted it, watered it and just when it was starting to sprout, the dog discovered it. Now this dog was obsessed and was firmly comvinced that anything with green fuzz on it just had to be a tennis ball- chewed up bits of Chia sponge from here to kingdom come...he didn't get sick though so I guess it's not toxic. :^O :^O -LJB

So far, the seeds haven't germinated. I had to put the pots inside a ziplock bag to hold the moisture in. I'm not crazy about those sponges.

Well, the dill and cilantro have come up. So now we'll see how they do with these short days.

Since we are having unseasonally warm weather, I have the chia pots out on the back porch. They seem to be doing rather well. They are getting over the "Leggy" growth looking more normal. Our weather has moderated here, so I'm going to keep the chia things outside unless the temps get below 25.

I don't like the potting things they provide. Is it organic? If it is.. I don't like the texture. I don't like the texture of the Organic herbs I got from Jackson&perkins.
It is too tightly contained,. I guess... I prefer soil to that stuff that I don't know. What do you guys know about the Jackson/perkins organic herbs? It seems like really tight/vaccumns peat pots. Something I do not like. Feed back please!

i have no idea what you are talking about in this 'thread'.
My indoor herbs are simply seeded in pots in a potting soil blend. No 'kits' chia or otherwise.
There is no limit to your imagination with herbs growing this way.
Thus,you can use a variety of 'cute' pots, wire baskets, rattan baskets,etc. for the sunny kitchen window sill. Your creativity is not restrained by a store bought kit. (if this is what you mean)

I got the kit as a Christmas gift. I think I'll try just growing the stuff in my own soil. At least I got a lot of seeds to plant!

Hello everyone@
Just HAD to add my 2 cents, here!

A few years ago, I decided to try homemade Chia people heads with the residents at my nursing home...

I used old pantyhose, cut them and tied them with one open end...we put grass seed in (for the top of the head)...filled with potting soil...tied the other end...drew faces on them with markers...put them on dishes, and kept them moist. We turned the ones that had both ends tied, on their side, so the tied knots became their ears!

They grew like crazy...we put them outside during the day & brought them in at night if the weather was gonna cool down (they kinda felt like they were taking care of a pet, or something)...

They did so well, that we had to give them several haircuts, which was also fun for the residents!

You could do the same with most herb seeds, I would think, for almost no cost...nothing like the cost of "real Chia Pets"!

Good luck!
Vicki

That's a great idea!