Prepare For Your Next Garden

Cleaning Instructions for your AeroGarden

Use only water and mild soap when cleaning your AeroGarden (except when Sanitizing - Step 7). Do not use abrasive cleaners or run through the dishwasher.

When your garden has completed it’s growing cycle…

1Unplug AeroGarden.

2Carefully remove Bowl and Grow Surface from Base and bring to a sink. Set Base and Lamp Hood aside.

NEVER SUBMERSE BASE AND CONTROL PANEL IN WATER.

3Remove Grow Surface from Bowl and place on a counter near a sink.

4Empty contents of Bowl in sink.

5Remove Seed Pods and plants from Grow Surface.

•Pull Seed Pods out of Grow Surface openings.

Grow

Surface

Plant

Growth

Seed

Pod

Roots

7	Sanitize AeroGarden.
	• Fill Bowl ¾ full with water.
	• Add ¼ cup (59ml) of chlorine
	bleach.
	• Replace Grow Surface on Bowl,
	place Bowl on Base and plug in
	AeroGarden for 1-2 minutes.
	(Select Salad Greens on Control
	Panel to be sure water is flowing.)
	• Unplug AeroGarden and empty
	bleach water from Bowl.
8	Rinse AeroGarden.
	• Refill Bowl with tap water and
	replace on Base.
	• Plug in and run AeroGarden
	for 1-2 minutes. (Select Salad
	Greens again.)

•Throw away Seed Pods and plant debris (plant growth and roots). If you compost, plant debris can be composted.

6Rinse and clean Grow Surface, Pump Stand and Pump Filter.*

•Use a soft scrub brush to clean tangled roots from underside of Grow Surface and Pump Stand.

•Remove Pump Filter from Pump Stand. Gently scrub roots from Pump Filter.

•Place Pump Filter back into Pump Stand.

After cleaning, there may still be a few roots in your Grow Surface, Pump Stand or Pump Filter. This will not affect the operation of your AeroGarden.

Pump
Stand	Pump
	Filter

• Unplug AeroGarden, empty Bowl

and repeat this step (step 8) one

more time.

9 Towel dry the Bowl and Grow

Surface before putting them back

together and setting them back on

the Base.

10If your Grow Bulbs have been in use more than 6 months, they should be replaced at this time (see page 12).

Your AeroGarden is now ready for replanting.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend replacing the Pump Filter after growing two gardens. Order Pump Filters from www.aerogardensupport.com or from your retailer.