Review: Eggling

What is an eggling you ask? It's something quite nifty: It's shaped like a small egg and you can grow a variety of plants depending which one you decide to get. You can get one for around $10. I got the strawberry one which comes in the cute box pictured above, instructions, as well as an extra packet of strawberry seeds (in case it doesn't grow properly) and the little brown tray.

How it works:

• You tap the top of the egg gently with the back of metal spoon until you have a big enough hole that you're satisfied with
• Place the egg on top of the brown tray and slowly but do not overly water the egg until you see water coming to the tray from underneath the egg (it has a small hole and white cloth covering the hole there to soak up the water)
• Now you keep it on a windowsill where it can get plenty of sun to stay warm
• Water it at least twice a day, you can now pour water directly onto the tray rather than pouring it through the top. If the the top seems dry, pour a tiny bit of water so it is moist
• Tada! Within 2-3 weeks you should see your eggling sprout. However, flowers take 3-4 weeks for any sign of life
• When it becomes big and full, you can transport the plant onto a pot and allow it to keep growing. It can grow up to 2-4 months

When cracking the eggs on top, be aware that the cracked white pieces fall onto the soil. I had a bunch of small white pieces fall onto mine and it was pretty tedious to scoop them all up. If you see a white piece of paper in the middle of the soil of the egg, don't be alarmed, it's just where the seeds are (yes, already in the egg). So, when you water it, the seeds come out. Seems like a no brainer right? However, when I attempted this with my strawberry eggling, there were no results at all although I diligently kept watering it everyday and  kept my eggling nice and warm. Perhaps I just got the bad one out of the bunch but I was disappointed there wasn't one single strawberry that I could pluck and eat. Oh eggling, why do you deny me? A great gift, if it works like it is advertised.