AeroGrow Featured in Holiday Gift Guide Segments on National TV and in High-Profile Publications and Websites.(Aerogarden)

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AeroGrow International, Inc. (AERO) ("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden® kitchen garden appliance, announced that they have recently been featured in top Holiday Gift Guides on television, in print and online.

On November 27, 2007, the AeroGarden aired on "The Today Show" segment "Countdown to Christmas: The Holiday Gift Guide for Every Price Range" with Allyson Waterman, of Lucky Magazine. Within two weeks, the AeroGarden appeared a second time on "The Today Show" in their segment "12 Fun (and Slimming) Gifts" with nutrition authority, Joy Bauer, on December 10, 2007. "The Today Show" has been the highest-rated, most-watched morning news and talk show in the world since December 1995 and recently registered more than 6 million daily viewers, a million more than the next highest-ranked morning show.

The AeroGarden was also featured as a great gift on "In the Loop with iVillage," a television and online media production, on December 4, 2007. A division of NBC Universal, iVillage is the number one online destination for women, exceeding 17 million unique visitors per month.

On December 17, 2007, the AeroGarden will be featured on "The Tyra Banks Show" in a cooking demonstration with celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. "The Tyra Banks Show" is a daily, nationally syndicated talk show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, one of TIME Magazine's 100 "People Who Shape Our World" in 2006 and 2007. Check your local listings for dates and times which are subject to change.

The AeroGarden has also been featured in top Holiday Gift Guides both in print and online, including:

--  The New York Post featured the AeroGarden in the "Kitchen Tools"
   section of their online Holiday Gift Guide.
--  New York Magazine featured the AeroGarden as a great gift for "hobby-
   loving grandparents" in their online gift guide.
--  The Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post featured the AeroGarden Pro100 in
   their Holiday Gift Guide. The article stated that "if you have a black
   thumb, no space for an outdoor garden or a hankering for homegrown produce
   on those bleak winter days, this clever Boulder-born invention could be
   your new best friend."
--  The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) featured the AeroGarden in a
   holiday gift article on November 28, 2007. The Plain Dealer is Ohio's
   largest daily newspaper with over 778,000 readers daily and more than 1
   million on Sundays.
   

About AeroGrow International, Inc.

Founded in 2002 in Boulder, Colorado, AeroGrow International, Inc. is dedicated to the research, development and marketing of the AeroGarden®, the world's first kitchen garden appliance. The AeroGarden features NASA-proven, dirt-free aeroponic technology, allowing anyone to grow farmer's market fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers, strawberries and more, indoors, year-round, so simply and easily that no green thumb is required. See www.aerogrow.com.

CONTACTS:

Corporate
John Thompson
AeroGrow International, Inc.
(303) 444-7755
Email Contact

Investor
Budd Zuckerman
Genesis Select Corporation
(303) 415-0200
Email Contact

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AeroGarden - Aerogrow AeroGarden - AeroGarden Reviews.(Aerogarden)

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Everybody says when kids grow vegetables they're more likely to eat them. But not every parent has the time or patience to maintain a garden or involve their kids in the process.

Enter the AeroGarden.

This nifty indoor gardening system uses hydroponics, rather than dirt, to nourish the plants. It uses full-spectrum light bulbs, rather than the sun, to help them grow. But at around $150, is it worth the money?

The Pros

First let me say I'm a huge fan of the AeroGarden. When they first came out a few years ago, I got one for my then 8-year-old. We both enjoyed watching the cherry tomatoes grow from little sprouts to full-grown, thriving plants.

I also felt it taught both of us how to successfully grow plants from seeds to fruit. We didn't have to wait months to watch the seeds grow into little sprouts. It happens in just two weeks with the AeroGarden.

And we didn't have to water, fertilize, or, in my case, pray, the plants would actually produce fruit. (Yes, I have the only "black thumb" in my family -- a real sore subject, since I come from a long line of farmers.)

We discovered the importance of pollination (you have to do that by hand since there are no bees indoors). And we liked the fact that the system reminds you when to water and add nutrient tablets.

A Great Way to Get Kids Interested in Food

It also got everyone in the family interested in what we were growing, which is part of the idea for kids. Even my then four-year-old couldn't wait to try a yellow cherry tomato as soon as it was ready.

Top Customer Support

The customer support is fabulous. Really A+. As a totally ignorant gardener, I had some questions and concerns about trimming back the plants (how could I cut them when I'd never been able to grow anything before!). They patiently walked me through it. We also ran into a problem with our pump when we did our second planting (peppers), and they immediately resolved it.

The Cons

Price is definitely a drawback. At around $150 for the basic system, this is an expensive purchase.

I could definitely see it for classrooms (although kids would have to be taught that vegetables don't grow nearly as fast under normal, outdoor circumstances). But I'm not sure it should take the place of a say, a new bike, or a doll house on a child's birthday list.

On the other hand, it's a gift that definitely keeps giving. You can expect to enjoy fruit from your AeroGarden for 4 to 6 months. That's longer than most kids play with their hot new toys anyway.

Don't Expect to Get What's Pictured on the Box

The yield isn't necessarily what is pictured on the box or in the commercials -- at least not in our experience. Although our AeroGarden was lush and green for six full months, we didn't get more than two or three tomatoes at a time. My visions of making homemade tomato sauce every week never came to be.

On the other hand, our experience with the peppers was quite the opposite. We got tons of peppers at once -- almost too many. I mean, really, how much salsa can you make?

Bright Lights, Big Garden

The lights are bright! It wasn't an issue for us, since we keep the AeroGarden far from where we sleep, but I've heard some people say it keeps them up at night, especially if they live in an apartment.

The Bottom Line

In sum, I wouldn't want to give up our AeroGarden. I can't wait to try strawberries, salad greens and Italian herbs.

But I wouldn't necessarily run out and buy it for a child either. Some of the kids I know are only interested in food in terms of making cookies or decorating pumpkins. Other kids, like my 15-year-old cousin, have knife skills that rival (okay surpass) my own, and would find tons of ways to enjoy the AeroGarden.

As with any gift, keep the recipient in mind. If the parents will enjoy it as much as the kids, it's probably worth it. But if price is a concern, get some seeds from the local nursery instead.

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Indoor Hydroponics Systems - Your Key to Year Round Fresh Vegetables.(Aerogarden)

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Growing vegetables (Aerogarden) year round can be a challenge in most of the US. The winter months won't support any type of outdoor gardening in most of the US, and in the southern states many types of vegetables ( Aerogarden ) won't survive the summer heat and drought.

But growing vegetables indoors ( Aerogarden ) can be a real challenge as well. Proper lighting is always an issue, as most vegetables want 8 hours or more of sunlight a day. Of course many vegetables such as corn or large vining plants like cantaloupe are just not practical even if you could create enough lighting to support them.

But it's not at all out of the question to grow small leafy vegetables for salads, and many herbs can be grown indoors as well. These generally are not heavy feeders, so they are also well suited for a hydroponics system ( Aerogarden ).

One of the more popular systems ( Aerogarden ) for growing container vegetables indoors is the Aerogrow Aerogarden system. It includes room for several seed pods and a built in adjustable height grow light. With a microprocessor based controller, the flow of nutrients in the hydroponics system and the timing of the grow lights are optimized for the specific type of plant that you are growing at the time. By varying the height of the grow light as the plants increase in size, you are able to maintain the optimum growing conditions for weeks at a time.

Another advantage to the Aerogarden indoor garden system is the variety of seed types available for the system. You can grow a variety of lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, herbs, chili peppers and even petunias. With this large a variety of plants, some folks find they need more than one hydroponic system to keep up.

But there are a handful of things to watch for when you are growing vegetables indoors...

To learn more about the Areogarden system (or Areogarden as some spell it), take a look at our Aerogarden review at http://howtogardenguide.com to see videos of the Aerogarden in action.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=J_Ruppel

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AeroGrow AeroGarden Hydroponics Kit Review - Indoor Hydroponics for the Rest of Us.(Aerogarden)

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Looking for something different for a gift for your gardener? Or something for the cook in your life. It's not often that something completely novel shows up in the world of gardening, but the Aerogrow Aerogarden Indoors Hydroponics kit is something new, that uses technology that did not exist ten or fifteen years ago, and at one point was actually featured in Time magazine.

The Aerogrow system is a completely self contained hydroponics system. Hydroponics is a soil-less system, in which the plant's root system actually grow in enriched or fertilized water. Because the Aerogarden is a soil-less hydroponic system, it eliminates a lot of the mess associated with indoor container gardens. There is also no risk of soil-borne diseases or pests when using a hydroponics unit.

The Aerogrow Aerogarden kit includes not only the hydroponics system, complete with a computer controlled pump, but a built in adjustable grow light as well. Because of this level of automation, you can set the system up and not bother it for up to two weeks. It includes seed sets for many different types of plants. Ranging from herbs to to salad fixings to small vegetables there are seed kits for many different types of vegetables. You simply set the computer control for the type of seeds you have selected, and you are set to go.

Because this is an indoor hydroponic unit, the Aerogrow system can be used year round. Harvesting herbs and vegetables in the middle of winter is not a problem, and it can be used indoors in the heat of the Southwest summers to keep a supply of vegetables that would normally wilt that far south.

How well does the this indoor hydroponic system work? To learn more you can go to our complete Aerogrow Aerogarden Hydroponic System review along with time lapse videos of the assembly and operation of the unit at How to Garden Guide

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