Ball 1440016022 Self-Watering Herb Growing Kit, Clear

I purchased this as a gift for myself and to add some color above my sink. The box came with everything intact and would make a great gift. I only gave the item 4 stars because the directions to put this together were difficult to understand. I eventually gave up and looked at the picture on the box, tossed the directions and hoped for the best. 10 days later and all 3 seed packets are sprouting! Highly recommend!

The setup for these planters was really easy the first time, but thats really all that went well. The hydroponic system overwatered the plants and caused white mold buildup in the soil. It couldn't properly dry out because of the charcoal covering. I will be trying these again, perhaps outside this time and without charcoal, but they are much harder to set up/adjust for a second round.

It's a good idea one pack of seeds had two seeds in it. So I called the company and told them and it was then a hassle to get help. So I went to lowes and bought the seeds for .99 and placed them in a jar and watch them grow.

I bought 3 sets for my daughters. Only 1 had success. The other 2 they grew a little and died. These prefer to be in small hothouse as that is the one that survived. Maybe they don’t like air conditioning?

First of all, let me be clear that I followed all instructions as written. Yes, the seeds did germinate but never grew taller than 3 inches with very delicate stems. I had them on a windowsill that only received about two hours of direct sunlight so I transitioned them outdoors to full sunlight and that fried them! The final layer of soil is a black charcoal type rock which may have been the culprit. It's too bad...I was hoping for a steady supply of cilantro. I gave it two stars because although it did not work for me, it was packaged well. Now they are just very expensive mason jars I use in my pantry.

Three boys plus three jars plus three herbs made this the ideal purchase! Once it arrived we gaudily opened it up. READ the directions and there should be no problems! Our cilantro is the only one that fizzled out but we plan on trying other herbs to see if they can grow. Mint and Basil coming along. Our boys have tuned this into a distance learning science project

Followed directions. They only sprouted and then died. I found out that the roots aren't supposed to get sunlight. How to avoid that with a glass jar?

It seemed like a good concept, however, after following the directions implicitly, all of the seedlings died. This occurred after the plants had developed to the point that the plant food was to be added.I may, at some future time, try using it again but it will be with another form of plant food. This will help to determine if the fertilizer and not the system is the problem.I have had much better success transplanting small herb plants to water and being able to harvest from them for a couple of months.