Wick System Seed Collection Low-maintenance crops perfect for passive hydroponics. Thrive with consistent moisture and minimal input

Low-tech. Low-maintenance. High reward.

The Wick System Seed Collection is specially crafted for passive hydroponic setups, where plants draw water and nutrients through a simple fabric wick. This minimalist system requires no pumps, no electricity, and no moving parts, making it perfect for beginners, educators, and anyone wanting a low-maintenance way to grow fresh herbs indoors.

These plants are chosen for their compact size, consistent moisture needs, and shallow root systems, making them perfect for jars, bottles, Kratky-style setups, or DIY hydro kits using cotton, felt, or nylon wicks.

🪴 What’s Inside the Collection?

Each of these 7 varieties is well-suited for constant low-moisture access, ensuring steady growth in passive water setups:

🌱 Why These Varieties?

These herbs are naturally suited to self-watering systems, thriving in setups where moisture is slowly and constantly delivered to the roots:

• Spicy Globe Basil – 50+ Seeds – A dwarf basil with tight growth and a zesty flavor. Perfect for small pots and window setups.

• Spearmint – 100+ Seeds – Refreshing, aromatic, and fast-growing. Grows best when root spread is confined in small containers.

• Greek Oregano – 200+ Seeds – A Mediterranean classic, rich in flavor. Grows steadily with low intervention.

• Common Chives – 100+ Seeds – Grass-like leaves with a mild onion taste. Ideal for constant cut-and-come-again harvests.

• Common Thyme – 250+ Seeds – A woody herb that thrives on steady, low-level moisture. Great for seasoning and container growing.

• Upland Cress – 100+ Seeds – Quick to germinate and packed with peppery flavor. Can be harvested young like microgreens.

• Fenugreek – 100+ Seeds – Earthy, clover-like leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. A hardy favorite in Indian cuisine.

💧 What Is a Wick Hydroponic System?

Wick systems are the most beginner-friendly method of hydroponics. They rely on capillary action to pull nutrient solution upward into the growing medium, providing constant moisture to plant roots without pumps or electricity.

• 🧵 Simple and reliable

• 💧 Self-regulating moisture delivery

• 🌿 Ideal for herbs and small greens

• 🪴 Great for recycled containers and DIY projects

• 🔌 No electricity or moving parts required

Perfect for those who want to grow indoors with minimal upkeep or reduce their reliance on traditional soil gardening.

🍽️ Culinary Uses & Benefits

Fresh herbs at your fingertips—no store run required:

• Basil, Mint & Oregano – Excellent in sauces, teas, and salads

• Chives & Thyme – Bring depth to eggs, soups, and meats

• Upland Cress & Fenugreek – Great in health drinks, curries, and wraps

Grow year-round in kitchens, balconies, or sunny windows, even with minimal gardening experience.

✅ Why Choose This Collection?

• ✔️ Perfect for passive hydroponic wick systems

• ✔️ Compact, low-root-volume crops for indoor growing

• ✔️ Thrive with consistent low moisture—no overwatering worries

• ✔️ Ideal for beginners, kids, classroom kits, or off-grid setups

• ✔️ All non-GMO, untreated seeds for clean growing

• ✔️ Culinary, medicinal, and microgreen uses all in one pack

🌎 Ideal For:

• Indoor herb gardens and countertop containers

• DIY wick planters and recycled bottle systems

• Solar-free, electric-free growing

• School hydroponic projects and homestead experiments

• Prepper gardens and low-tech sustainability setups

🧵 With the Wick System Seed Collection, gardening becomes as simple as placing a wick in water. Grow fresh herbs without the fuss—no pumps, no timers, just pure, passive, productive growth.

🌿 Start growing the easy way, the wick way. ✨