Customer Reviews

AeroGarden VeggiePro Indoor Gardening System

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought the $200 large size that comes with the herbs, that one grew great. Did we have much use for the herbs? No, it grew fast, when we need to make a large dish, it wasn't enough, you can't pull off everything or you will kill it. But when it's not being used daily, then it just dries up and dies when the leaves get close to the bulb. None-the-less, it was fun to watch it grow, and just occasionally using it on a dish, just makes the dish taste better because I grew it, I cooked it, now I can eat it. Good feeling.

So why the 2 star deduction? Well, after the 1st batch of herbs, got the tomato seeds for xmas. out of the 3 seed pods, 0 grew. Okay, that didn't discourage me, I thought I messed up somewhere. Got another set of seeds mixed Romaine. Out of 6 pods, 2 never came out, of the 4 that did, the leaves are so wimpy, it's like leaving lettuce out on the counter for a week soft. So, another batch of failure. By now, I think this is only good for small items like herbs and maybe flowers.

It's a cool gadget to use one time, if you are trying to save $ or actually treating this as a garden that you plan to really use for cooking, it's not a good choice. Considering the energy cost, the high cost of light bulb, adding water on a daily basis ( once the plants get big, you need to refill every day ), it's really not worth the hassel.

I couldn't resist buying this item when it was on a Lightning Deal for $120. I've now had this AeroGarden with the herb kit planted for two weeks. All 6 pods have sprouted and are growing nicely. It's been very fun to watch, and the maintenance involved is minimal. Just need to add some water every few days and every 2 weeks add nutrient tablets that come with the herb kit.

Some people have complained about the noise, but it hasn't bothered me at all. It's very quiet - much quieter than I expected. The lights, on the other hand, are extremely bright. I have it set up in the kitchen, so it doesn't bother me, but in the bedroom or the living room it would be another story. I definitely wouldn't recommend this for someone living in a studio apartment.

All in all this was a very worthwhile purchase for me. I am thinking of getting another one to grow salad greens. :-)

I bought my aero garden back in January 2010 and it is now May 2010. My tomato plants did both sprout (though after 2 months...but my house was right at the bottom of the listed 'ideal temperature' in the manual). They continue to grow to this day, but so far even with me hand pollinating all the flowers I see at least once a day per the instructions, only two tomatoes have grown (and both of them started growing about 2 months ago and still are green and small). I'm assuming I just had the misfortune of receiving a bad batch of fertilizer or something since many others have stated having bumper crops of tomatoes. I did buy a separate garden green's kit, so I guess I'll chop down my tomato 'trees' and try my hand with them and hope for better results.

Also, just as a warning...the manual does say the lights need to be replaced every six months of use as they start to lose effeciency. The lights run around $20 each and it requires three of them.

I purchased this as a gift for my husband to grow tomatoes over the winter. After sorting through the various models I choose the VeggiePro with Ruby Heirloom tomato seed kit. He set up as directed on Dec 4 and we waited. Directions are easy to follow. Plants sprouted nicely but after growing a few weeks we became suspicious about the appearance of the two plants. The leaves did not look anything like tomato plants. Apparently we are growing pepper plants! Everything is clearly labeled as "Ruby Heirloom tomato" but we're not exactly sure what variety of pepper we are actually growing. Very disappointing since my husband hates peppers. I contacted Aerogrow by email and they responded that they've never heard of this happening before and would send out a replacement seed kit (we'll see...). Mistakes happen and I hope we actually receive the new kit. Meanwhile I have adopted the mystery plants which are growing nicely.

Great idea to have an automated garden during the winter. Recently ordered the second system. There is a slight problem though - noise, which is appears after couple of weeks and is noticeable even few rooms away. Ended up by cutting the internal air pump off and replacing it with the external Whisper pump for aquariums.
Also, I find it rather funny, the seeds which came with the system suppose to be tomatoes according to the labels on it. After 2 months it's clear that I've got peppers instead.
Overall, we enjoy the new toy.

LOVE IT!!!! Teeny bit noisy, but still great!!!! Might sill have 6 pods & not 7 but it grows more than 7 small plants would. Doesn't grow fast but not slow. (written by Jack, 7 y.o., owner of two AeroGardens constantly in use -- GREAT for kids, too).

This product works great, very easy to use, simple to set up, very quiet, and low maintenance. My plants began flowering in just a couple weeks. I recommend a ph control kit with this, I had 1 plant almost die due to low ph, but was able to bring it back. Perfect for 1st time growers, easy to raise the plants and you gain a tremendous amount of knowledge from the experience.

I got the pro-100 and I love it I'm growing herbs right now but I have noticed problems with their seeding company, they are not bad seeds just get nocked out some times that's probably more packaging. I lost my basil but, just went and got some at the local grocer and they are doing better then the herbs that came with it but everyone sprouted and appear to be the right herbs. This product is so easy to work with it makes gardening very easy, if you're not an experience gardener you may run into problems like tending, but gardeners love the aerogarden because their is more tending to outdoor plants. I'm getting another because the yeild seems to need more their isn't enough out of one but if you live in a cold climate, this product is great, if you unable to tend a traditional garden this is great. The noise issue I see addressed by others, I've never had a problem with. It sounds like a small stream dripping over pebbles and is very soothing, I think.

So bought knowing i was gonna grow herbs,and it made them great features with auto cycle 12 hr on and off and it's huge grew my 2.5 foot crop in it. It was delicious:)

I read the reviews here decided to try it despite some unhappy people and mine is fine and works great.this is my first kit and so far so good.the plants are growing just fine at about five inches tall now and everything is working as it is suppose to.

I havent had any problems yet and i am very happy with it.