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The Miracle-Grow AeroGarden Classic Planter Kit
Miracle-Grow AeroGarden (Photo: AeroGrow)
The Miracle-Grow AeroGarden costs quite a bit more than the other brands described here, but it is no doubt the most sophisticated, stylish, no-mess compact herb growing kit available on the market. It can grow not just herbs, but other plants as well. What is special with this kit is that no soil or natural light is needed! Therefore, even low-light spaces can be used to grow your plants. This is possible because of two unique features:
1. AeroGarden uses the NASA-developed aeroponics technology that enables plants to grow in air and water 5 times faster than in soil.
2. It has a built-in and energy-efficient plant-lighting system that allows herbs and plants to grow anywhere with no need for natural sunlight. This is achieved with 2 high-performance, full spectrum CFL (Compact Flourescent Light) Grow Lights.
The unit measures (10x18.5x21) inches, and it comes with just about everything an "indoor farmer" may need. It is also equipped with an easy-to-use Control Panel which can be used to automatically create optimal conditions for your plants by turning Grow Lights on and off and regulating water and nutrient delivery as needed.
You can grow herbs, cherry tomatoes, chili peppers, lettuce, and even edible flowers in an energy-efficient organic environment. If instructions are correctly followed, the growing process starts immediately, and germination may occur within 24 hours! The Miracle-Grow AeroGarden has a built-in microprocessor based system that monitors itself to create ideal growing conditions for each plant and lets you know when it's time to add more water and nutrients.
The AeroGarden 7 can be set up in minutes: you just need to insert the seed pods in your AeroGarden, add water and nutrients, and then watch it grow! Now you can garden indoors, year round, and your plants are guaranteed to grow!
Finally, note that the unit comes with 7-Pod Gourmet Herb Seed Pod Kit that contains Genovese basil, Thai basil, chives, cilantro, curly parsley, dill and mint.
1. AeroGarden uses the NASA-developed aeroponics technology that enables plants to grow in air and water 5 times faster than in soil.
2. It has a built-in and energy-efficient plant-lighting system that allows herbs and plants to grow anywhere with no need for natural sunlight. This is achieved with 2 high-performance, full spectrum CFL (Compact Flourescent Light) Grow Lights.
The unit measures (10x18.5x21) inches, and it comes with just about everything an "indoor farmer" may need. It is also equipped with an easy-to-use Control Panel which can be used to automatically create optimal conditions for your plants by turning Grow Lights on and off and regulating water and nutrient delivery as needed.
You can grow herbs, cherry tomatoes, chili peppers, lettuce, and even edible flowers in an energy-efficient organic environment. If instructions are correctly followed, the growing process starts immediately, and germination may occur within 24 hours! The Miracle-Grow AeroGarden has a built-in microprocessor based system that monitors itself to create ideal growing conditions for each plant and lets you know when it's time to add more water and nutrients.
The AeroGarden 7 can be set up in minutes: you just need to insert the seed pods in your AeroGarden, add water and nutrients, and then watch it grow! Now you can garden indoors, year round, and your plants are guaranteed to grow!
Finally, note that the unit comes with 7-Pod Gourmet Herb Seed Pod Kit that contains Genovese basil, Thai basil, chives, cilantro, curly parsley, dill and mint.
The EarthBox Planter Kit
EarthBox Planter Kit (Photo: EarthBox)
The EarthBox kit (and the Garden Patch Grow kit that will be described in the next section) differentiates itself from the kits described above in that it is more suitable to use on porches, balconies, decks, gardens and courtyards, even though it could also be used indoors where there is appropriate light. The reason is that it is larger and aesthetically not as decorative as the other kits presented above. However, the big plus with this kit is that it is designed to grow not just herbs, but all kind of plants, and in much larger quantities.
The EarthBox is 30-inch long, 13.5-inch wide and 12-inch high, and it has a reservoir that can hold 3 gallons of water. Plants absorb the exact amount of water they need from the reservoir, so over-watering is not possible. You just need to make sure that there is always water in the reservoir. The box rests on four wheels and can easily be moved around. It is a maintenance-free growing system that controls soil conditions and eliminates guesswork, so plants can grow faster and better.
The growing kit includes an EarthBox container, an aeration screen, a water fill tube, two reversible germination covers for jump-starting your garden, fertilizer and dolomite and an instruction sheet. To get going all you need to do is add planting mix, seedlings and water. Almost any brand of peat-based planting mix for containers or hanging plants can be used. The box is UV protected. As mentioned, this kit is great for cultivating not just herbs but various types of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and cucumbers, as well as flowers. Note however that while you may also experiment with root vegetables, because the limited depth of the box, you may not get a substantial yield like you would normally with above-ground vegetables.
The EarthBox is 30-inch long, 13.5-inch wide and 12-inch high, and it has a reservoir that can hold 3 gallons of water. Plants absorb the exact amount of water they need from the reservoir, so over-watering is not possible. You just need to make sure that there is always water in the reservoir. The box rests on four wheels and can easily be moved around. It is a maintenance-free growing system that controls soil conditions and eliminates guesswork, so plants can grow faster and better.
The growing kit includes an EarthBox container, an aeration screen, a water fill tube, two reversible germination covers for jump-starting your garden, fertilizer and dolomite and an instruction sheet. To get going all you need to do is add planting mix, seedlings and water. Almost any brand of peat-based planting mix for containers or hanging plants can be used. The box is UV protected. As mentioned, this kit is great for cultivating not just herbs but various types of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and cucumbers, as well as flowers. Note however that while you may also experiment with root vegetables, because the limited depth of the box, you may not get a substantial yield like you would normally with above-ground vegetables.
Garden Patch Grow Kit
Garden Patch Grow Kit (Photo: Garden Patch)
Like the EarthBox previously described this product is also more suited to people who wish to grow not just herbs, but all kinds of vegetables, and not just indoors, but even more so outdoors, on porches, balconies, and decks, as well as in yards and gardens. It is 28-inch long, 14-inch wide and 12-inch high, and it has a reservoir that can hold 4 gallons of water. It has 42 liter soil capacity (1.5 cubic feet). The large filling hole on the side of the box makes it easy to fill the reservoir and check the water level. The right amount of water is automatically provided to the plants as needed. It is impossible to over-water the plants.
The product also comes with a nutrient patch cover that automatically releases premium fertilizer, stops weeds, properly spaces the plants and keeps the correct temperature. Air enters from the top and bottom to prevent fungus, root-rot and disease. A simple potting mix is used for green-house quality results. The box is UV protected and comes with simple instructions.
As mentioned, this products will let you grow not just herbs, but a variety of plants, including tomatoes, onions, peppers,berries and even flowers. Note that the box is not equipped with wheels so moving around the box is harder than with the EarthBox box. On the other hand its water reservoir is larger than EarthBox's, and thanks to its large hole on the side of the box, filling it and checking the water level is easier.
The product also comes with a nutrient patch cover that automatically releases premium fertilizer, stops weeds, properly spaces the plants and keeps the correct temperature. Air enters from the top and bottom to prevent fungus, root-rot and disease. A simple potting mix is used for green-house quality results. The box is UV protected and comes with simple instructions.
As mentioned, this products will let you grow not just herbs, but a variety of plants, including tomatoes, onions, peppers,berries and even flowers. Note that the box is not equipped with wheels so moving around the box is harder than with the EarthBox box. On the other hand its water reservoir is larger than EarthBox's, and thanks to its large hole on the side of the box, filling it and checking the water level is easier.
So which Planter Kit should you get?
(Photo Credits: Garden Patch)
EarthBox and Garden Patch presented above are suitable for not just growing herbs, but other vegetables as well. They are equipped with more sophisticated watering and drainage systems and provide more growing space for the plants. So, if you wish to grow large quantities of herbs and other vegetables, and you want to be worry free of watering and drainage problems, these are the products you should be considering. Note that both of these products provide the self-watering feature which eliminates water excess related messes and provides water to the plants as needed. On the other hand, these two products are not as decorative as the AeroGarden kit, and customers usually use them on their porches, decks or balconies, or in their yards or gardens, rather than indoors. But they could also be used indoors where the light is adequate.
-> So, if you are interested in worry-free cultivation of lots of herbs and other vegetables, and you prefer to grow them on decks, balconies, porches or in yards and gardens, then you should definitely consider the EarthBox and Garden Patch kits.
The AeroGarden kit is stylish, and therefore it can be used inside the home, and it allows the cultivation indoors of large quantities of herbs, and even other plants such as cherry tomatoes, chili peppers, edible flowers, etc. It can be placed even where the lighting is not adequate as it generates it's own light! It provides a worry-free, sophisticated, no dirt, microprocessor based environment that creates ideal growing conditions for each plant.
-> So, if you want to grow lots of herbs and other vegetables indoors, you are looking for the latest and greatest that technology offers for worry-free indoor cultivation, and finally you don't mind paying a bit more, then you should definitely consider the AeroGarden kit.
-> So, if you are interested in worry-free cultivation of lots of herbs and other vegetables, and you prefer to grow them on decks, balconies, porches or in yards and gardens, then you should definitely consider the EarthBox and Garden Patch kits.
The AeroGarden kit is stylish, and therefore it can be used inside the home, and it allows the cultivation indoors of large quantities of herbs, and even other plants such as cherry tomatoes, chili peppers, edible flowers, etc. It can be placed even where the lighting is not adequate as it generates it's own light! It provides a worry-free, sophisticated, no dirt, microprocessor based environment that creates ideal growing conditions for each plant.
-> So, if you want to grow lots of herbs and other vegetables indoors, you are looking for the latest and greatest that technology offers for worry-free indoor cultivation, and finally you don't mind paying a bit more, then you should definitely consider the AeroGarden kit.
The Selected Planter Kits Are All Available on Amazon
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