http://www.aerogarden.com.au/default.asp?tag=SEMG&utm_campaign=aerogarden&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_content=herbs&utm_term=herb%20grow&type=Search&bhcp=1

This is getting a fair bit of air play on our local TV station. For a unit with not much gardening space….think it wouldn’t be so bad.

Though I do wonder about such things as organic and also if not as popular as what they think…..how long will the little seed containers be available??

i seen this on tv i was wondering about it.

$290 for a plastic thingy??
i’ll stick to slow gardening thank you very much.
‘organic based fertiliser’ – why not just plain organic?
its a bit like one lawn fertiliser – ‘organically advanced’ – huuumpth!
i’m a skeptic – $300 will buy you 10 trailer loads of compost.

pepe said:

$290 for a plastic thingy??
i’ll stick to slow gardening thank you very much.
‘organic based fertiliser’ – why not just plain organic?
its a bit like one lawn fertiliser – ‘organically advanced’ – huuumpth!
i’m a skeptic – $300 will buy you 10 trailer loads of compost.

yep, you still have to sow seeds, i reckon it wouldn’‘t really help the planet.

pepe said:

$290 for a plastic thingy??
i’ll stick to slow gardening thank you very much.
‘organic based fertiliser’ – why not just plain organic?
its a bit like one lawn fertiliser – ‘organically advanced’ – huuumpth!
i’m a skeptic – $300 will buy you 10 trailer loads of compost.

yep, you still have to sow seeds, i reckon it wouldn’‘t really help the planet.

Lucky1 said:

http://www.aerogarden.com.au/default.asp?tag=SEMG&utm_campaign=aerogarden&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_content=herbs&utm_term=herb%20grow&type=Search&bhcp=1

This is getting a fair bit of air play on our local TV station. For a unit with not much gardening space….think it wouldn’t be so bad.

Though I do wonder about such things as organic and also if not as popular as what they think…..how long will the little seed containers be available??

they say, “The AeroGarden® nutrient tablets are organic, according to current AAPFCO (American Association of Plant Food Control Officials) standards.” whatever that means. But how sustainable are they if you are using electricity to run it?

I see it as a gimmick to the “norm” of people. But I guess in a housing unit…. it maybe a interest.

Lucky1 said:

I see it as a gimmick to the “norm” of people. But I guess in a housing unit…. it maybe a interest.

more of a “feel good” product? Won’t make any difference, but makes you think you are…

Just for fun I think, $250 worth of it. It’s a novelty and would give “someone who has everything” except a garden an interest. A nice gift for the well-off to give.

Given that it runs on electricity and one assumes the little plastic pot things are ditched its probably adding to the earth’s problems rather than solving. Gardening is environmentally friendly in so many ways; it can :

• cut down transport carbon (you’re not travelling to buy veg; the veg aren’t travelling to a store etc)
• enrich the soil, which aids in water management, and general plant nutrition
• create natural pest controls
• support local wildlife
• sequest carbon in the plants and ultimately in the soil

An electric gadget running 24/7 in the kitchen isn’t doing any of those things; except some minor carbon sequestration in the plants. I assume it runs 24/7 so you don’t have to remember to turn that light top on and off all the time.

I saw a different type at Bunnings today. It’s a huge big monster on wheels but it still only has holes for 9 plants and costs $249.

the power of television….to convince people they can grow a salad + all the herbs in about 2 square foot space. maybe if you eat one leaf for dinner every day. in any case, the commercials are the typical lie.

aquarium said:

the power of television….to convince people they can grow a salad + all the herbs in about 2 square foot space. maybe if you eat one leaf for dinner every day. in any case, the commercials are the typical lie.

I agree with you Aqua……. though I must confess…. there is that little tiny bit of me deep down that gets egg-cited about growing herbs/salads (or given the chance to) if no space is available. So for a hard over work exc who is hard done by at work….might want to grow one of these systems to cheer them up at home in their sterile unit.

I noticed the things at Bunnings today too. Didn’t bother looking at the price! Pity people think veg gardens have to take up a lot of space.

My pop had two racks of garden troughs. Pity I don’t have any photos cause I’ll probably mess up the explanation. He had lengths of concrete pipe, cut in half. About, ohhh, I guess 6, maybe 8 inch radius. He had them on a steel rack – one length at about knee height, one about midriff. He added a piece of board on either side of the pipe half to build it up to about 12 inches in total. He two racks (eg four pipes), about 3 metres long each. At one end, arched between the top two pipes he had a piece of mesh, about 1 metre wide. Aside from really big stuff – like cucubits, he grew all his veg in these two racks. Climbing stuff like beans and peas was planted near the mesh, so the fruit hung down over your head. Strawberries and hangers like cherry toms were planted in the bottom pipes. Roots and leaves were planted in the end away from the mesh.

A very rough drawing of the pipe from the end. Have to go through my old photos and see if I can find any of the set up. I’ve kept it in mind, ‘cause the same pipes and racks have been used for about 20 years, and since I have limited space anything that helps out is considered.