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AeroGarden 1-Season Harvesting Your Garden, arvest Your Garden, common plant types, Leafy Greens

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Harvesting Your Garden

Harvesting Your Garden

If you grow culinary plants, it is important to continu- ally harvest to keep plants healthy and productive. Here are some general guidelines for harvesting plants grown in an AeroGarden..

•Do not remove more than a third of leaves or stems from any one plant at a time..

•Harvest just before using for best flavor..

•Remove ripe fruit..

•As you harvest, try to keep plants at about the same height so they all receive enough light..

•After harvesting, lower light(s), if necessary..

How to harvest each plant depends on plant’s structure Hand growth.. Here are some general guidelines for some

common plant types..

arvest Your Garden

Leafy Greens

(such as lettuce varieties)

•Remove entire leaves by

cutting at base of the leaf..

•To ensure healthy new growth, do not harvest all the leaves from any one

Grow Pod.. For continuous harvesting, we suggest you never harvest more than

1/3 of a plant at any time..

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AeroGarden 1-Season Harvesting Your Garden, arvest Your Garden, After harvesting, lower lights, if necessary, Leafy Greens

Contents

English MASTER GARDENERGUIDE Plant & Grow Your Own SeedsIntroduction C O N TPlanting Your Garden Feeding Your GardenAppendix E N T SIf you no longer have your model’s Quick Start Guide, you can obtain the latest version at3 Introduction IntroductionAn Iron Additional Supplies NeededIntroduction An AeroGarden5 Designing Your Garden Designing Your Gardenlant Type lant HeightNLamp Hood so plants all receive P lant Height Continuedutrients ife Span7 Designing Your Garden P lant Habit & LayoutHorizontal Spreading Quick Start Guides available atNumber of Seeds Building a Grow PodMake sure Grow Sponge base rests in bottom of Split-Apart Basket P lace Seeds & Grow SpongeInsert Grow Sponge into Split-Apart Basket 9 Building a Grow PodPlace Pod Label on top of Split-Apart Basket Attach Pod LabelsIf you are planting SEEDS in your Grow Pods… Attach Pod Labels11 Building a Grow Pod P lace Stem CuttingsRooting Stem Cuttings Before placing cutting inWith all Grow Pods placed in Grow Surface… Quick Start Guides available atAeroGarden Bowl has water up to “Fill to Here.” Lamp Hood is at the lowest setting on Lamp ArmPlanting Your Garden Make sure that…“Large” Nutrient Tablets Feeding Your Gardenaeroponically grown plants “Small” Nutrient TabletsFeedings Nutrient Feeding Schedule OptionsNutrient Recommendations for Plant Types 15 Feeding Your Gardenyour Quick Start Guide Add Nutrientsigns of Stress tablets 6- or 7-Pod AeroGardens to the BowlOnly remove Domes from Grow Pods with emerging plants Tending Your Gardenemove Domes Rgeneral guidelines to follow as your Garden growsQuick Start Guides available at Add Water and Raise Lamp Hood LightsThin Plants Tending Your GardenPlant Examples Pollinate PlantsPollination Methods for Common Garden Plants 19 Tending Your GardenTending Your Garden Prune PlantsFruiting Plants with Upright Main Stem Ongoing Controlling HeightLamp Hood Prune Plants ContinuedFruiting Plants Ongoing Continued Controlling SpreadingQuick Start Guides available at Unopened BlossomDead Blossom Keep Your Garden Healthy Support PlantsSuggested Materials to Use Tending Your Garden How To Support Fruiting Plantsb stands upright when tie is pulled toward Lamp Arm to bring main stem to an upright position25 Tending Your Garden Support Plants ContinuedSupport for Full-Size Fruiting Plants Loop strap around stem and snap shutAfter harvesting, lower lights, if necessary Harvest just before using for best flavor Remove ripe fruitHarvesting Your Garden arvest Your GardenBranching Herbs Harvest Your Garden ContinuedBunching Herbs such as chives and parsleyCan the Grow Sponges be re-used? TroubleshootingWhat do I do when a Grow Bulb burns out? AppendixContinually remove dead leaves and flowers Troubleshooting ContinuedWhy haven’t my seeds germinated? My Garden doesn’t look healthy. What can I do?How do I care for my Garden when I go out of town? Troubleshooting Help and Quick Start Guidesat lowest setting possible without burning plants What do I do when my garden has completed its growth cycle?U..S.. Patents Pending AeroGrow International, Inc507314-0000 AA 8/28/08 2007-2008 AeroGrow International, Inc