Hydroponic Gardening

Found these little kits in Tokyo.  Everything is included to begin a soil-less garden.  Just add water.
In a few days little leaves sprouted.  I then moved the basil outside into the planter with soil.

My traveling friend, Susan, was so enthused that she researched the components and created her own bottle-planter from a used plastic soda bottle.  She also found that the growing medium is called "rock wool".  Not fabric but  something used to germinate seeds for hydroponic gardens.

Here is step two:  Found these rock wool cubes at the local Hydroponic store.  After a few days the little seeds sprouted.