Posted 23 January 2007 - 09:06 PM
When theres nothing good on television late at night, I watch infomercials. The other night when I came home from work I could not get to sleep. I was flipping through the channels and I came upon a informercial that was new to me. The product is called Aerogarden. Basically, its a dirtless garden that grows tomatoes, herbs, petunias, and chilies. Strawberries are going to be availible next month. All you have to do is put water into the planter when the light tells you to and add some nutrients. Sounds like one of the coolest ideas in a long time since lots of people don't have access to their own garden. However, the price is 150 dollars.
I so want one of these. I love gardens, and I love cooking. I live in an apartment and I dont have a garden, or space for one. Im super lazy and I hate grocery shopping. Usually, the produce I buy winds up spoiling and I never get to eat it. I was thinking of getting the lettuce set and eventually maybe one for strawberries.
Does anyone here have one of these gardens, or know someone who has one? Please try to talk me out of buying it. The product and shipping to Hawaii will probably be an arm and a leg. My guess-estimatation $180ish. If you know of any similar products, please let me know.
Pros:you can grow your own garden and have some fresh produce availible to you. The harvests last for a relatively long time.
Cons:The price, and you cant really mix the plants. (lettuce with peppers, etc.)
www.aerogarden.com<read more about it and watch the commercial
http://www.aerogrow.com/index.php?clicknam...E%20(Top%20NAV)
click to read the articles mentioning this product, as well as shows
What is Aeroponics?
A: Aeroponics is a dirt-free growing method where plant roots are suspended in air within a 100% humid, highly-oxygenated growing chamber. Because the roots are bathed with ideal levels of nutrients, water and oxygen, plants grow significantly faster, are healthier, and have a higher nutrient content than plants grown in soil.
Salad Greens
Green Leaf lettuces Red Leaf lettuces Red Butterhead lettuces
Harvest up to 75 dinner salads over a two to three month period
The Gourmet Herbs Kit contains a festive variety of colorful herbs including:
Cilantro Chives Italian Basil Red Rubin Basil Dill Mint Parsley
Provides continuous harvests for four to six months, begin harvesting in about three weeks.
The Chili Pepper Kit contains three varieties of miniature plants including:
Mini Jalapeno (a Hispanic cooking favorite) Purple Super Hot (color and punch) Red Fire (great for Asian dishes)
Harvestable fruit in ten weeks, with hundreds of peppers produced over four to six months.
The Cherry Tomato Kit contains two Red Heirloom and one Golden Harvest cherry tomato plants bursting with flavor and color.
Flowers bloom in 30 days, tomatoes appear in six weeks, with harvestable fruit in ten weeks.
The Cascading Petunias Kit contains a multi-colored array of Petunia plants sure to delight and entertain.
Flowers just 30 days from planting with big, colorful blooms for four to six months.
The International Basil Kit contains seven aromatic varieties of basil:
Lemon Thai Napolitano Marseilles (French) Genovese (Italian) Globe Red Rubin
Continual, daily harvests starting at three weeks for four to six months.
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kits without pictures because the ones on the site were too small
Italian Herb Kit
A mixture of herbs gives you just the right flavors for cooking all your favorite Italian dishes.
Mint Basil Savory Italian Parsley
Garlic Chives Oregano Thyme
Yield
Provides continuous harvests for four to six months, begin harvesting in about four weeks
Japanese Herb Kit
Grow an exciting selection of herbs for Japanese cooking and sushi making:
Mitsuba Red Shiso Green Shiso
Nira Chives Cress Shungiku
Yield
Provides continuous harvests for up to six months. Begin harvesting in about four weeks
French Herb Kit
Grow sophisticated French flavors right in your kitchen:
Chervil Sorrel French Basil
Parsley Sage Savory Chives
...everything is expensive to ship here.
. its 150 for the garden alone and im sure they will charge tax. also, most of the sites will probably charge more since they have to ship across the ocean to hawaii . ahhh but a girl can dream. perhaps, one day i will have my little aerogarden 
