AeroGarden Grow Anything Seed Pod Kit (7-pod)

Aero grow is a great way to have fresh greens and more year round. I have a small 6 pod unit on my windowsill as there are more grey days in Vermont winters than sunny. With the light and indicators it takes no effort at all.

I recently came into possession of an AeroGarden and was very excited to start using it. It had been unused from a previous owner and based on the information that came with it, was probably made ~2007 but still works perfectly. The old kit had plant food tablets that were mighty creepy looking, so ordering the new kit I was very excited to see that the tablets were replaced with a liquid plant food. I used this to start tomato seedlings to later transplant and it worked great, however my Aerogarden could only fit 3 of the planter cages instead of the full amount that I wanted/ordered. The older Aerogardens appear to have been made much more shallow, so I have 4 dead spaces where the cages either hit a plastic support in the water reservoir, or they hit a sloped side and pop out. Overall products are good, just didn't account for age differences with newer vs older products.

The directions to plant did not correspond to the pods. The directions said to slit the pods and put the seeds in and label. The pods already had covers and seeds had to be inserted through the top, which is not a problem, but not correct according to the directions.

I'm a huge fan of AeroGarden-anything! I've had tremendous success with all of my gardens - herb, tomato and flowers. My seed starter has given me wonderful initial yields that I was able to later transplant into abundant plants including bush beans, lettuce, swiss chard, lemon balm, echinacea, daisies, even cat nip! My most recent purchase (50 grow pods) enables me to grow a completely customized garden - what fun! I can hardly wait to get started - but first need to transplant one of my current gardens, first. Or, maybe I should buy a 3rd AeroGarden?? Your products are great and keep my hobby growing!

The idea of this is nice but the seed pods are very thin and have a tendency to sink to the bottom of the holders. This does not work very well for seeds that are not supposed to be buried deeper then 1/4 inch such as lettuce. Maybe there is a way around this but it isn't obvious.