Product Description

For use with the Aerogrow AeroGarden Garden Kit

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8416 in Lawn & Patio
• Color: salad greens
• Brand: AeroGrow
• Model: 0003-00Z
• Released on: 2006-06-01
• Dimensions: 1.75" h x 5.25" w x 9.75" l, 5.00 pounds

Features

• Grows 5 times faster than in dirt
• No dirt, no weeds, no mess
• Organic based, 100 percent natural
• Always fresh, always available
• No gardening experience necessary

Amazon.com Product Description
Grow delicious salad greens right in the kitchen with this handy seed kit from AeroGarden. Quick and simple, with AeroGarden's "Plug 'N Grow" seed system, each pod has a dome that creates a perfect, mini-greenhouse environment for young seedlings. The pod label tells you how much and how often to water seeds for proper humidity and optimal germination and make it easy to identify plants. Pre-seeded grow sponges balance the amount of water and air the young seedling receives. Each seed pod's location is mapped inside the box. Nutrient tablets are bagged and clearly marked for use in the correct order. These time-release nutrients contain all the micro and macro nutrients plants need, plus seaweed and a patented secret ingredient that keeps tap water pH acid levels in the perfect range for growing plants, so you get fresh-from-the-garden greens in the middle of winter!

From the Manufacturer
The AeroGarden Seed Kits feature the "Plug 'N Grow" Bio-dome Seed System. Each pod has a dome that creates a perfect, mini-greenhouse environment for young seedlings. The pod label helps optimize humidity for germination and identifies your plants. Inside is the pre-seeded grow sponge which balances the amount of water and air the young seedling receives. Each Seed Pod's placement in the AeroGarden is mapped inside the box. Each kit has its own nutrient tablets bagged and clearly marked for use in the correct order. These time-release, nutrient tablets contain everything: all the micro and macro nutrients each plant needs, plus seaweed and a patented secret ingredient that keeps the pH (acidity) of your tap water in the perfect range for growing plants. The Salad Greens Kit is the fastest growing kit with germination in 24 hours and salad ready to eat in 2 1/2 weeks. The Salad Greens kit contains a proprietary mix of 7 varieties of lettuces. Including: Green Leaf lettuces • Green Summer crisp lettuces • Red Leaf lettuces • Red Butterhead lettuces. Harvest up to 75 dinner salads over a two to three month period

Customer Reviews

Waiting for the tomatos
Can't wait to get my first cherry tomatos, so far they are growing like the book states.

Worthless
The plants grew huge, flowered, but never produced tomatoes. We shook them like the instructions said, but zero tomatoes. On top of that, over the last few weeks, it has gotten very loud. Sounds like the pump is loosing a bearing or something. We have cleaned it, but still loud. Very disappointed. My wife wants to toss the whole thing in the trash.

More fun than cost effective
Having gone through two herb seed kits, I have had mixed results. For my first kit, the basil really thrived and provided me with far more leaves than I could possibly use, and the dill also did well. Unfortunately, the cilantro never sprouted, the mint provided enough harvest for maybe a few mojitos before it died, and the chives were just barely alive. I had better luck with the second herb kit: both types of basil and dill did very well again, and the mint was at least respectable. The cilantro sprouted this time and provided enough leaves for a bit of salsa, but results were still underwhelming. Once again, the chives again were disappointing and barely did anything beyond surviving. I do enjoy watching the plants grow, but the operating costs alone ($20 that seed kits costs plus a few dollars per month on electricity that the bulbs use) are probably far more than it would have cost me to buy these herbs from the grocery store. Still, I'm just not inclined to go and build my own hydroponics garden, and I do plan on using the aerogarden in one way or another until it falls apart. It only kind of works as advertised, but it is an interesting introduction to hydroponics, and I can't imagine making this product any easier to use.

Update: I tried the salad greens kit and would not recommend it. The lettuce plants grow quite well, but I find the leaves to be limp and flavorless.