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  • Page 1 ourmet & Tending Harvesting Guide Planting Date:...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Special Tips for Purple Founder and CEO and Italian Basil..13 AeroGrow International, Inc. Plant Problems and Remedies ....15...
  • Page 3 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help E N T S Harvesting Your Garden Harvest Your Herbs ..16 Herbs Galore! ... 23...

  • Page 4: Your Aerogarden

    our AeroGarden AeroGarden Features Lamp Hood Lamp Cord Bio-Dome Lamp Arm Seed Pod Grow Surface Opening Grow Surface Bowl View Door Power Cord Smart Garden Base Control Panel Your AeroGarden...

  • Page 5: Seed Kit Components

    NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Seed Kit Components Dome (7) Seed Pod (7) Nutrients: 2 Starting Nutrients 14 Growing Nutrients Smart Garden Control Panel Features Water Level Low Add Nutrient Light blinks when Light blinks when it is time to add...

  • Page 6: Tending Your Garden

    ending Your Garden A little bit of care for your Garden will ensure rapid growth and bountiful harvests. You will start to see sprouts in a few days. In just a few weeks, you will experience the transformation of your seeds into seven varieties of aromatic and flavorful herbs ready for your table.
  • Page 7 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Gourmet Herb Planting Layout Check that your Bio-Dome Seed Pods are in the same position on the Grow Surface as they appear in the Seed Kit Tray. We find that this...

  • Page 8: Remove Domes

    Remove Domes • A few days after planting your AeroGarden, tiny plants will appear through the center hole in the Label on each Seed Pod. When this occurs, remove the Domes from each Seed Pod and discard or recycle. Do not remove the label! •...

  • Page 9: Add Water

    Add Water • When additional water is needed, the “Water Level Low” light on the Control Panel will blink. Add water to raise the level up to “Fill To Here” inside the Bowl. “Fill To Here” • It is okay to add water up to “Fill To Here”...

  • Page 10: Feed Garden

    Feed Garden Every 2 weeks, both the “Add Nutrient” and “Water Level Low” lights will blink on and off. At that time: First Feeding After Planting Add 2 nutrient tablets from the bag labeled “Growing Nutrients.” Add water to raise the water level to “Fill To Here”...

  • Page 11: Raise Lights

    Raise Lights As your plants begin to grow, leave approximately 1-2 inches of space between the top of plants and the lights. Before raising lights, make sure that your plants are the same height (refer to “Pinch Basil Plants” on page 14 of this guide for details). To raise the lights: Unplug the AeroGarden (the backup system will save your...

  • Page 12: Keep Your Herb Garden Healthy

    Keep Your Gourmet Herb Garden Healthy Keeping a watchful eye on your Garden is not only a joy, but also a smart way to make sure your herbs stay healthy. As your herbs grow, you may see some dead or brown leaves around the base of your plants.
  • Page 13 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Uprooted Chives You may see chives that look Uprooted chives like they’re “jumping out” of the Seed Pod. This is not actually a problem. Sometimes the delicate roots of chives don’t anchor properly...

  • Page 14: Special Tips For Purple And Italian Basil

    Special Tips for Purple and Italian Basil Pruning 3- to 5-Week-Old Basil Plants About 3 to 5 weeks after planting your Garden, it is time to prune the young basil plants to encourage the plants to branch out. Plants with many branches will produce large quantities of basil.
  • Page 15 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Pinch Basil Plants (Ongoing after 4 weeks) Pinching will help your plants grow full and yield larger quantities of basil. • Initially, your basil plants will grow taller than the other herbs in your Garden.

  • Page 16: Plant Problems And Remedies

    Plant Problems and Remedies These pictures show plants that are stressed. Follow the suggestions to restore your Garden’s health. Wilted Burned Herbs are not getting enough water. Herb plant is too close to the Grow Check water level. Bulbs. Raise the Lamp Hood or prune the plant.

  • Page 17: Harvesting Your Garden

    arvest Your Herbs About 5 weeks after planting your Garden, you can begin harvesting your herbs. Harvest your herbs with pruning shears, household scissors, or by gently pinching off with your fingers. Following the harvesting tips below will help keep your plants productive and healthy. Harvesting Advice for All Herbs •...
  • Page 18 Harvest Your Herbs (Continued) Harvest Dill Harvest dill where two stems join (termination point). • Find the termination point by look- ing near the base of the dill plant. • Cut the widest of the two stems. This is what your dill might look like after harvesting.
  • Page 19 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Harvest Mint • Harvest the outer most stems and any branches that are shading other plants, as well as the tallest stems that are growing into the lights. •...
  • Page 20 Harvest Your Herbs (Continued) Harvest Cilantro and Parsley Harvest cilantro and parsley near the base of the plant, cutting an entire stem – just the stem, not the entire plant! Cilantro shown before harvest. • Select the oldest stems, found near the outer edges of the plant.
  • Page 21 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Harvest Chives When chives start to hang over the edge of your Garden and grow up into the lights, it’s time to harvest. NOTE: Chives can be harmful to pets if ingested.
  • Page 22 Harvest Your Herbs (Continued) Harvest Purple and Italian Basil Purple Basil is shown in the photos, but the instructions apply to Italian Basil as well. To keep your basil plants productive and flavorful, focus your harvesting on the following 3 areas… Large Leaves Cut or pinch off large leaves that shade the lower parts of the basil...
  • Page 23 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Uppermost Leaves Continue weekly pinching of the uppermost leaves of basil plants (See “Pinch Basil” on page 14). This is what your basil might look like after harvesting. The Garden at right is the same 8-week-old Garden shown on page 16.

  • Page 24: Herbs Galore

    3 times as much fresh herbs as the recipe calls for. • Add fresh herbs to stocks, soups, and stews just before serving, and taste how much richer the flavors are at the table. For more recipes visit www.aerogrow.com Harvesting Your Garden...
  • Page 25 Harvesting Your Garden...

  • Page 26: Appendices

    Please use the Quick Start Guide included in your original AeroGarden box for more detailed setup instructions. If you no longer have your Quick Start Guide, you can find a copy of it on our website at www.aerogrow.com. Setting up Your AeroGarden Did you put a Dome on each Is the Lamp Arm firmly...
  • Page 27 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Appendices...

  • Page 28: Questions And Answers About Your Nutrients

    Are the nutrients organic? and select the “Place an Order” The AeroGarden nutrient tablets option. are organic, according to current AAPFCO (American Association of Plant Food Control Officials) standards. NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Appendices...

  • Page 29: Questions And Answers About Your Lights

    Questions and Answers About Your Lights Do I need to turn the Others prefer to use the AeroGarden lights on and AeroGarden as a nightlight. off manually? Even if you place your AeroGarden No. Your AeroGarden includes in a sunny location, you can still a built-in timer that turns your set the lights to go on at any time.

  • Page 30: Set Your Light Timer

    Set Your Light Timer Your Built-In Light Timer 5 Simple Steps... Your AeroGarden has lights In order to make this as simple as and a built-in timer that possible you only need to set the automatically provide your time you want the lights of your plants with 17 hours of AeroGarden to go off (Off Time) “sunlight”...
  • Page 31 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Lights Button Blinking Light Now, each day, your AeroGarden lights will automatically • Turn off at the time you set using the steps on the previous page • Remain off for 7 hours •...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    Replacement bulbs can be If you are concerned about the ordered from our website at: health of your garden, please go www.aerogrow.com. You through the following before should replace your Grow calling Customer Service… Bulbs after 6 months of use.
  • Page 33 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help What do I do if I see bugs? This is the easiest way we’ve found to get rid of bugs: Occasionally bugs might decide to visit your herbs. If you see...
  • Page 34 Troubleshooting (Continued) How do I take care of my On the “Herbs/Basil” setting, Garden when I go out of town? the AeroGarden moves water through the Seed Pods whenever Add water to raise the level up to the lights are on to achieve maxi- “Fill To Here.”...

  • Page 35: Prepare For Your Next Garden

    Prepare for Your Next Garden After the final harvesting of your herbs: Unplug the AeroGarden. Grow Carefully remove the Bowl Surface and Grow Surface from the Base and bring to a sink. Bowl Base Set the Base and Lamp Hood aside. NEVER SUBMERSE BASE AND CONTROL PANEL IN WATER.
  • Page 36 After cleaning, there may still be a few roots in your Pump Stand or Pump Filter. This will not affect the operation of your AeroGarden. *IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend replacing the Pump Filter after growing two Gardens. Order Pump Filters at: www.aerogrow.com. Appendices...
  • Page 37 Call: 1-800-476-9669 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Clean the Bowl and Grow Towel dry the Bowl and Grow Surface. Surface before putting them back together and setting • Use a soft cloth or sponge to them back on the Base.

  • Page 38: If You Have The Aerogarden Pro 100

    If you have the... To take full advantage of the enhanced features on your AeroGarden , please refer to this section when using this Tending & Harvesting Guide. Enhanced features on the AeroGarden PRO include: • Replace Grow Bulbs – indicator light lets you know when it is time to replace your Grow Bulbs.
  • Page 39 Tend Your AeroGarden PRO Garden For the most part, tending your garden with the AeroGarden PRO is identical to the original AeroGarden. You still set the unit to your specific plant type and indictor lights will tell you when to add nutrients and when the water level is low.
  • Page 40 • Quickly press and release the “Reset” button. The “Replace Grow Bulbs” light will blink once and the plant selected light will stop blinking. • The “Replace Grow Bulbs” timer is now reset. Order replacement Grow Bulbs at: www.aerogrow.com Appendices...
  • Page 41 Adaptive Growth Intelligence ™ (Light and Pump Cycles for Gourmet Herb) The AeroGarden PRO automatically adjusts the amount of light and water your plants receive based on plant growth to provide optimal growing conditions for every stage of your plants’ life. The green lights on the Control Panel track garden growth from germination through mature growth.
  • Page 42 Adaptive Growth Intelligence ™ (Continued) If you find the new timing of the light cycle inconvenient, you can reset the time your lights turn off. Please see “Set Your Light Timer” on page 29 of this Guide. Use the table below to help you with changing the light timer.
  • Page 43 “Super Grow” (24-Hour Light Cycle Setting) The “Super Grow” 24-Hour Light Cycle allows you to override the built-in light timer and keep the lights on and the pump running for up to 24 hours a day. With this feature, you can automatically keep the lights on all day, or manually adjust the amount of light your plants receive by using a standard light timer.
  • Page 44 “Super Grow” (Continued) Using the “Super Grow” Setting Once your AeroGarden PRO is set to “Super Grow,” the lights and pump will remain on for 24 hours a day. From this setting, you can turn the lights off manually by using the “Lights” button, or turn the lights and pump off by using a standard light timer.
  • Page 45 Prepare for Your Next AeroGarden PRO Garden Before planting a new garden in the AeroGarden PRO it is important to restart the nutrient timer and set the “Adaptive Intelligence” program to “Germination” – the first phase of plant growth. Before planting a new garden: •...
  • Page 46 Garden Notes NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help Appendices...
  • Page 47 For unsuccessful harvest, AeroGrow International, Inc. will replace this Seed Kit with an equivalent Seed Kit of AeroGrow’s choosing. For a non-germinating seed pod, AeroGrow will replace it with a new seed pod of the same seed variety. AeroGrow International, Inc.’s sole obligation and your exclusive remedy under this warranty shall be limited to such repair or replacement.
  • Page 48 AeroGrow International, Inc. P.O. Box 18450 Boulder, CO 80308 NEEd AdditiONAl HElp? Call: 1-800-476-9669 Email: customerservice@aerogrow.com Visit Our Website: www.aerogrow.com/help 300053 AK 6/26/07 © 2006-2007 AeroGrow International, Inc. Patents Pending...

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