AeroGarden PRO100 User Manual
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Planting Date:
Planting & Tending Guide
PLANT ROSES IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVAL!
planting and what to do if it is not
Please see pages 3 through 6 for directions on
possible to plant immediately.
CONTENTS
Welcome
Thank you for your
purchase of our
AeroGarden. We
have spent years
developing and
refining our technology to
create a growing system that
assures you will have a pleasurable and successful yearround gardening experience.
I sincerely hope you enjoy
your AeroGarden and
sharing your beautiful roses
with family and friends.
Best Regards,
Michael Bissonnette
Founder and Chairman
AeroGrow International, Inc.
Starting Your Garden
Prepare Your AeroGarden .....3
Plant Your Mini Roses ........4
A Note About Shipping
Live Plants.................6
Tending Your Garden
Add Water.................7
Raise Lamp Hood (Light[s]) ....7
Feed Garden
AeroGarden 3/Mini.........8
Other models .............9
Prune Mini Rose Plants ......10
Keep Your Mini Rose
Garden Healthy............11
Plant Problems
and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Appendices
Questions and Answers
– Light(s) ................13
Set Your Light Timer........ 14
Replace Bulb(s) ...........14
Troubleshooting ..........15
Before Getting Started…
Whether this is the first or fifth garden being planted in your
AeroGarden
Start Guide.
If you have planted a garden in your AeroGarden prior to
this one, you will need to reset the nutrient timer. Please
refer to “Replanting Your AeroGarden” in the
Guide
To download the most current version of your model’s Quick
Start Guide, go to www.aerogarden.com.
, you will need to reference your model’s Quick
Quick Start
before you proceed.
Whoever
plants a garden
plants happiness.
– CHINESE PROVERB
tarting Your Garden
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Plant Your Roses As Soon As They Arrive!
If you are unable to plant roses immediately, keep them sealed in
air-permeable shipping bags and store in refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Prepare Your AeroGarden
•
Fill the Bowl with water to “Fill To Here” and place Bowl on Base.
• Lower Lamp Hood to lowest setting and plug in your AeroGarden.
• Add one nutrient tablet (AeroGarden 3/Mini) or two nutrient
tablets (all other AeroGarden models).
• Reset nutrient timer (refer to your model’s latest Quick Start Guide
located on our website at www.aerogarden.com).
• Select a plant setting on the Control Panel (select models only):
– AeroGarden Classic - “Flowers”
100,
– PRO
– SPACE•SAVER and AeroGarden 6 models - “Live Plants”
Your AeroGarden is now ready for your Mini Roses.
• Use room-temperature water. Very hot or very cold water will hurt
your young plants.
• We recommend using municipal tap, bottled or purified water. Well
!
or softened water SHOULD NOT be used because the extra minerals
in these sources may be harmful to aeroponically grown plants.
PRO
200
or Deluxe - “Strawberries & Other Live Plants”
Please use the Quick Start Guide included in your original AeroGarden box for
more detailed setup instructions. If you no longer have your Quick Start Guide,
you can nd a copy on our website at www.aerogarden.com.
Starting Your Garden
3
NEED ADDITIONAL HELP?
Call: 1-800-476-9669
Visit Our Website: www.aerogarden.com
Plant Your Mini Roses
To plant your roses:
• Open the top of the air-permeable
shipping bag with scissors, taking
care not to cut the plant.
• Remove Plant Pod from bag by
holding the Grow Basket. Keep
the entire Plant Pod assembled
(i.e., the Grow Sponge, Grow
Basket and plant.)
Short Plant Pod shown. Plant
Pods may also be longer.
(Continued on next page)
Starting Your Garden
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Starting Your Garden (Continued)
Begin planting:
• Place Plant Pod in the Grow
Surface Opening.
• Press down on edge of Grow Basket
until the rim almost touches
the Grow Surface.
• Record Planting Date on the cover of
this Guide.
That’s it! Your roses are now planted!
Short Plant Pod shown. Plant Pods
may also be longer.
Positioning Your Plant Pods
As your Mini Rose plants begin to grow, you will notice that some of
the plants grow taller than others. When this happens, we recommend
moving shorter plants to the front openings on the Grow Surface.
Starting Your Garden
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NEED ADDITIONAL HELP?
A Note About Shipping Live Plants
Your plants have been tossed about in planes and trucks on their
journey to your doorstep. As a result, you may see:
• Bruised leaves or broken stems on your plants –
Simply remove the damaged part and your plants will recover.
• Drooping flowers/buds –
These perk up after a few
hours under the light(s) of your
AeroGarden.
• Browning on some leaf edges or
a yellowish cast to the leaves –
As your plants grow, they will
recover from the stress of travel
and new leaves will be green
and will not have browned edges.
(If however, your plants are significantly damaged or blackened,
please contact us at 1-800-476-9669.)
• A delay of about one week until your plants start growing –
This delay occurs because your plants need time to recover
from the shock of traveling.
Call: 1-800-476-9669
Visit Our Website: www.aerogarden.com
Starting Your Garden
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T
ending Your Garden
A little bit of care for your roses will ensure healthy growth and
plentiful blooms. Please take a moment to review this section
shortly after planting your Mini Rose Garden.
Add Water – All AeroGarden Models
There should always be water in the Bowl of your AeroGarden.
For instructions, see the “Add Water Using a Spouted Container”
section in your model’s Quick Start Guide.
•
Use room-temperature water. Very hot or very cold water will hurt
your plants.
• We recommend using municipal tap, bottled or purified water. Well
!
or softened water SHOULD NOT be used because the extra minerals
in these sources may be harmful to aeroponically grown plants.
Raise Lamp Hood (Light[s]) - All AeroGarden Models
As your roses grow, you will need to raise the Lamp Hood.
Leave 1-2 inches of space between the top of plants and the
light(s). Before raising light(s), we recommend pruning any in-
dividual branches that are taller than the others in your Garden
(refer to “Prune Rose Plants” on page 10 of this guide).
For instructions on how to raise the Lamp Hood (Light[s]), refer to
“Raise Lamp Hood (Light[s])” in your model’s Quick Start Guide.
If Grow Bulb(s) are too close to the plants, the leaves may brown and
burn. If they are too far away, your plants will “stretch” toward the
light(s) and look floppy and unhealthy.
Tending Your Garden
7
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