Worried about food safety? Grow your own!
One of the best things about growing in an AeroGarden is that you are able to feed yourself and your family food that is not only good for you, but safe for you. Giving people the ability to grow their own fresh lettuces, herbs and vegetables year round brings people one step closer to their food and knowing where it comes from, who has handled it, and how it’s been treated. When you watch your food grow on your kitchen counter, you’ll know that it’s as fresh and healthy as it can be, because you picked it yourself, minutes before enjoying it. Hopefully, that closer relationship with food gets people thinking about where the rest of their food comes from, and how sustainable, healthy and good for them (and the planet) all their food is.
Produce grown in your own kitchen does not carry the risk of food-borne illness via bacterial contamination that can come from commercial packaging, handling, or soil organisms (e.g., bacteria such as E. coli). (For references, click here.) During cold and flu season, or with recent wide-spread virus concerns, knowing who has handled your food is a concern that weighs heavily on our minds.
And we know that food grown in an AeroGarden can actually be better for you than produce from your supermarket. There are actually more vitamins, antioxidants and phytonutrients in AeroGrown produce than in most “certified organic” produce purchased from the supermarket: (References to studies cited below may be found here.)
Hundreds of studies have shown that many vitamins, antioxidants, and other phytonutrients degrade during post-harvest transportation and storage (average time 5-14 days) before reaching the consumer. Supermarket produce is often picked before ripe - before vitamins, antioxidants, and phytonutrients reach maximum levels.
AeroGarden produce is as “local” as you can possibly get! Keeping your food chain short maintains the nutritional value of what you eat, is better for the planet and keeps illness-causing germs at bay.
I’m interested in the garden but it doesn’t specify which plant is in each pod. Only says herbs. What are those herbs?
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Gurv
Is this available?
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Annette Indovina
Now cannot see display on on light shield. How to see display without climbing a ladder. 76 yes old no ladders.
Anything we can do.?
Growing well otherwise.
Will lettuce and spinach regrow well when you cut it?
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Lettuces will grow back after pruning or harvesting. For more information on how to harvest lettuce, check out our page here: https://www.aerogarden.com/blog/its-a-harvest-party-salad-greens/
If this is not the garden you're referring to, you can find the full collection of product guides here: https://www.aerogarden.com/product-guides
Then I noticed something was eating my mint and basil. I also noticed several tiny bugs on the windowsill would that be because of the water even though it’s enclosed?
Any suggestions to both questions
So glad you are enjoying your garden!
I’ve ordered the bounty elite artisan, it has not shipped yet, I would like to order other items
Can I have them shipped with the garden to avoid shipping.
On m’y garden order it said I get free shipping, why is there a $40+ shipping charge?
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Brigitte
You can chose "Check Order Status" or "General Question" as the drop down selection. We'll also give the Customer Service team a heads up to make sure they look out for your email. Thanks for reaching out!
How much nitrate residual is in plants ready to harvest grown with the Aerogarden? I have read that hydroponic gardens produce plants with a high nitrate content. Is this accurate?
Is customer service answering emails? I have tried contacting them a few times over the last month via phone and email trying to get an idea of when the Bounty Elite will be back in stock on aerogarden.com but have gotten 0 response. Reviews all around the web say customer service via email is terrible (even before the pandemic). This mirrors my own experience is making me wonder if I should consider other vendors?
So far I have had three pods that will not sprout - have followed all directions correctly and have left them for up to three weeks even though they should have sprouted between 4-8 days. Disappointing to say the least!