Description
- INDOOR GARDENING MADE EASY: Enjoy abundant harvests year round with the AeroGarden Harvest, an indoor hydroponic gardening system that grows your favorite vegetables, herbs, or flowers in water without the mess of soil
- ROOM FOR 6 PLANTS: This compact countertop garden features a spacious grow deck and water bowl so you can grow 6 different live plants at once, all up to 12 inches tall
- HIGH-PERFORMANCE GROW LIGHT: The full spectrum 20W LED grow light with an automatic on/off timer mimics natural sunlight to help plants germinate up to 5x faster than in soil
- FEATURES AND BENEFITS: Our indoor gardenās touch-sensitive illuminated control panel reminds you when to add water and plant food, making for a simplified, worry-free gardening experience
- WHAT’S INCLUDED: The AeroGarden Harvest comes with a 20W LED grow light system, power adapter, one 3 oz. bottle of liquid plant food, and the Gourmet Herb Seed Pod Kit featuring Genovese Basil, Curly Parsley, Dill, Thyme, Thai Basil, and Mint
Terracool –
I received one Aerogarden Harvest as a gift from my in-laws for Christmas. It came with the heirloom salad greens kit. We had sprouts less than 1 week after starting, and it provided salad greens for nearly 4 months before the plants matured and stopped producing more leaves. This provided 2-3 large salads per week for two adults. Some weeks we had 3-5 small side salads for two adults, per week.
The lights on the base tell you when it needs more water and when to add more food. I have a reputation as a black thumb and it made me really happy to have such great success with growing plants. In 2022 I think everyone should be doing something to produce some of their own food, due to the supply chain crisis and crazy inflation rates that just keep going up. It’s added a lot to my peace of mind knowing if nothing else I can grow my own salads. I realize it will take a while for the savings of my grocery bill to offset the initial cost of the aerogarden, but it’s really empowering to feel that I can provide even a little of my own food right now.
I have enjoyed the Aerogarden so much that I ordered a second unit which I have been using for growing herbs. I got the herb kit from Aerogarden and had very mixed results with this. The mint got an aphid infestation after a few weeks, when the mint plant was very large. This surprised me because all the articles about aphids that i read suggest adding mint to your garden because aphids are “supposed” to dislike mint. The dill and basil grew INSANELY well. I’ve harvested and dried dill and basil three times in the past 2 months. I filled 5/6 trays in my Cosori dehydrator with each batch. The thyme has stayed very small and the parsley also didn’t grow very well.
So, I think that the success of the Aerogarden is a bit situational and depends on the type of plant you are trying to grow. Salads are easy and very successful. Herbs…. your mileage may vary. Also, the size of the plants can sometimes be a hinderance to the growth of different plants in the same unit, or easily harvesting the leaves. I had a much easier time harvesting when the entire planter had only the same type of plant growing in it. For example, the basil plants got so large that they completely shaded the thyme and parsley because these grew much slower at the start of the garden. The basil had so many leaves that I had a little difficulty accessing the plants in the center of the planter. So I don’t think i will ever try to grow large plants such as tomatoes or peppers in the aerogarden, simply for the convenience of being able to easily access any other plants in the unit.
i am actually considering buying a THIRD aerogarden so I can have two units both growing a large variety of salad greens so that we have enough greens for two adults to have a large salad every single night.
Renata –
I’ve seen ads for these things for years and thought they had to be the biggest white elephant known to man – some vaguely more sophisticated cousin of the Chia Pet. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!
This thing is great. It does everything it says and more, is easy to use, and will give me fresh greens all winter.
I’m looking forward to having bright fresh greens while blizzards rage outside – and this gives more than enough for one person – I have trouble keeping up with a few things. It’s given me more beautiful dill than I can use, by a mile (the photo is less than half the dill that I finally had to hack back because it was crowding other things).
Best part is that this is almost zero work. Top off the water every now and then (up to every day or two as the plants get bigger) and add two capfuls of plant food every two weeks when the light goes on. Could. Not. Be. Easier.
I learned a few things from my first round, so here are some helps and hints:
– I started with only four items, planning on planting the other two after 2-3 weeks so my harvests would be staggered. Mistake. This stuff grows so fast that the greenery from my first round blocked the light from getting to the later plantings. I spent a few weeks trying to pull back the higher stuff to create a path for the light to the newer stuff but finally gave up. Learned for next time, though.
– Ditto with not putting things that take a few weeks to sprout (the plant cone has est sprout time written on the top) next to things that sprout in days or the later items may struggle to get light. Next time I’ll arrange plants so that things with similar sprout times are somewhat together.
– This one’s no joke. Plant things that you will use a lot. Things like basil, parsley and chives can go on almost everything, but uses for something like dill are more limited. Next round I will favor things that are versatile and have wide use, because this grows A LOT of everything.
– And final comment on balance, next time I will plant maybe four salad greens and two herbs. You use the greens in more volume, so they will balance out with the herbs if you plant more. So 4-2 or maybe 3-3
– The light is really, really bright. Pick a place where it’s easy to walk to from the kitchen with a bowl and scissors, but not in your face where it could get irritating. If you cycle it on during the day, it won’t be so intrusive. This thing throws zero heat, so you can block the light easily if needed with stacked items or even a paper bag over top.
– The bigger your plants get, the more they suck up the water. At first I only had to top off the water once a week or so. Now I’m adding about a pop bottle of water every few days. I worry about what happens when travel resumes because I can see it running out quickly when I’m not here. There is a model of AeroGarden with a vacation mode that adjust lights so the plants grow less and need less water while you’re away, and if I get a second AG, it will have the vacation mode.
That’s it! This thing really works and is a lot of fun. For a single-person household, it almost works too good because there’s a lot of greens to eat! I will solve that by using better balance and targeted selection of plants for the next round.
Terracool –
I really enjoy this unit , very easy to use and setup . Very quiet can’t hear it even standing next to it . Very bright light and will stay on for 15 hrs so put it somewhere at night where the light won’t bother you . I planted it on Dec28th 2021 and this picture is from today Jan 18th 2022 , 2 of the plants did not come up the mint and the thyme but I guess if you go to the website you can get a replacement pods .
Nice little unit takes up little space and would recommend this unit .
Allan (Canada) –
Bon produit, pratique, sans dĆ©gĆ¢t et peu d’entretien. J’ai aimĆ© l’expĆ©rience. Cependant, il y a seulement eu 3 pousses sur les 6. Et les 3 plantes qui ont poussĆ© n’ont pas rĆ©sister Ć la transplantation. J’ai donc tout perdu, ce qui m’a vraiment dƩƧu.
Janele –
This is my most favorite purchase!!! I can bro fresh herbs, flowers, and tea varieties right on my kitchen counter. The light stays on for about 15 hours so if you donāt have a way to get away from it, you may not like it, but itās okay for me. Itās easy to use and it works great. Itās very quiet, the pump works great and thereās no leaks whatsoever. Thereās some areas on the inside that are a little hard to get to in order to clean it. I love mine and itās definitely worth it!
Amazon Customer –
I got one for myself after a long delebration and planted all the gourmet herbs that came with it. They all did great. I wish it came with seeds that I liked like tomatoes and strawberries. I eventually transplanted the herbs to pots and I’m now growing strawberries with the harvest (with my own seeds).
It is easy to assemble and maintain, and the water and plant food reminders are quite handy. Overall, great purchase for people who love to watch plants grow.
Allan (Canada) –
Overall I love the aerogarden but the lettuces I grew were infested with aphids and no matter what I did I was not able to get rid of them. Finally I threw the lettuces away. The aphids were not in the house prior to starting the seed pods and since the lettuce has gone they are greatly decreased. So, love the idea but hated having to take everything apart and clean every few weeks trying to solve the aphid problem. The basil is growing amazingly well and so is the parsley. The thyme did not germinate.
Sean Tegbe –
Pour faire pousser des fines herbes
Renata –
For the first time ever, Iāve been able to grow and keep herbs alive! The aero garden is so easy to use, and has flashing light indicators reminding you to add water or plant food. The lights turn on/off automatically. Itās so easy to set up and get started – pretty much just drop in the pods, fill up water/food and let it do its thing. I just need to find more recipes using the herbs because they grow faster than we consume them!