Harvest Lite in Green, Soil-Free Indoor Hydroponic Garden with LED Grow Light for Year-Round Gardening of up to 6 Herbs and Vegetables

I've seen ads for these things for years and thought they had to be the biggest white elephant known to man - some vaguely more sophisticated cousin of the Chia Pet. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong! This thing is great. It does everything it says and more, is easy to use, and will give me fresh greens all winter. I'm looking forward to having bright fresh greens while blizzards rage outside - and this gives more than enough for one person - I have trouble keeping up with a few things. It's given me more beautiful dill than I can use, by a mile (the photo is less than half the dill that I finally had to hack back because it was crowding other things). Best part is that this is almost zero work. Top off the water every now and then (up to every day or two as the plants get bigger) and add two capfuls of plant food every two weeks when the light goes on. Could. Not. Be. Easier. I learned a few things from my first round, so here are some helps and hints: - I started with only four items, planning on planting the other two after 2-3 weeks so my harvests would be staggered. Mistake. This stuff grows so fast that the greenery from my first round blocked the light from getting to the later plantings. I spent a few weeks trying to pull back the higher stuff to create a path for the light to the newer stuff but finally gave up. Learned for next time, though. - Ditto with not putting things that take a few weeks to sprout (the plant cone has est sprout time written on the top) next to things that sprout in days or the later items may struggle to get light. Next time I'll arrange plants so that things with similar sprout times are somewhat together. - This one's no joke. Plant things that you will use a lot. Things like basil, parsley and chives can go on almost everything, but uses for something like dill are more limited. Next round I will favor things that are versatile and have wide use, because this grows A LOT of everything. - And final comment on balance, next time I will plant maybe four salad greens and two herbs. You use the greens in more volume, so they will balance out with the herbs if you plant more. So 4-2 or maybe 3-3 - The light is really, really bright. Pick a place where it's easy to walk to from the kitchen with a bowl and scissors, but not in your face where it could get irritating. If you cycle it on during the day, it won't be so intrusive. This thing throws zero heat, so you can block the light easily if needed with stacked items or even a paper bag over top. - The bigger your plants get, the more they suck up the water. At first I only had to top off the water once a week or so. Now I'm adding about a pop bottle of water every few days. I worry about what happens when travel resumes because I can see it running out quickly when I'm not here. There is a model of AeroGarden with a vacation mode that adjust lights so the plants grow less and need less water while you're away, and if I get a second AG, it will have the vacation mode. That's it! This thing really works and is a lot of fun. For a single-person household, it almost works too good because there's a lot of greens to eat! I will solve that by using better balance and targeted selection of plants for the next round.

This indoor garden exceeded my expectations. The build quality is solid, the design looks sleek on the counter, and the adjustable LED panel moves smoothly without feeling flimsy. The light covers the pods evenly, and the whole system runs quietly. Setup took just a few minutes, and everything feels thoughtfully engineered. If you want a compact, stylish hydroponic system that actually performs well, this one is a great choice.

When I want to try something new, I tend to dive right in. I wanted to try everything at once (not just herbs), but my space is quite limited. Thus, I purchased four of the Harvest units and several sets of seed kits. One month in and I am loving them so much I had to write a review. Before I get into what I planted, here's a few things to consider. The grow lights are on for 15 hour increments. You can adjust the time they turn on by pressing and holding the light indicator at the time you want it to turn on each day. You can also turn them on or off manually by tapping the indicator light. The lights snap to five different heights. In my picture, the first two are at the lowest level, third at the middle level and the last I raised to the highest for the picture, but lowered it back down to the middle height. One last thing about the grow lights. My eyes are quite sensitive to bright lights, be it sun light, headlights or phone screens, but the grow lights on these don't bother my eyes dispite being very bright. As for the indicator light for lights, it is always on and quite bright. I have these set up in my bedroom of all places, so to solve that issue, I've covered the indicator lights with a strip of red Tail Light Tape. The watering cycle turns on every 25 minutes, 24/7 and runs for 5 minutes. I already sleep with ear plugs, so not a problem for me. I have noticed the dripping gets louder if you let the water get low, so be sure to keep it topped off as they recommend. Now for what I planted (left to right in the picture). I have the herbs that come with it in the first unit. I did have a dud thyme which I swapped out after 20 days. (It grew fuzz instead.) The new one showed leaves in 3 days. Woohoo! It is still small, I still have the Grow Dome on it. From the Q&A section, I see you can contact Aerogarden for a replacement, but as I received a set of herb pods with each Harvest I bought, I didn't need to that. To allow the slow growers to get there share of light, I've already pruned/harvested dill four times, basil two time and Thai basil once. Speaking of Thai basil, I never tried this herb before, but found a delightful idea online for three cup chicken which I made last night. My roommate even told me I have to make that again for her. Not a problem as I will have a constant supply of that herb soon enough. The regular basil has turned into little appetizers with mozzarella balls and tomatoes. Can't wait to make these with home grown tomatoes as it is still store-bought in the picture. My second unit is filled with six Salad Greens Mix pods. Already harvested five bowls of salad for myself, and I've stopped ordering lettuce from the store. I harvest by picking off the largest leaves. My goal is to keep it below the lights at the lowest setting, but hard to keep up with these fast growing leaves. Looks like I'll be sharing it with my neighbors before long. They already took some of the dill off my hands. The third and fourth units have tomato and bell pepper plants. I used two of the Red Heirloom Cherry Tomato pods. They are the larger, faster growing tomato plants. I already trimmed some of the branches that were reaching too far out. I can see a few flower buds starting to form, so I have my Be the Bee Pollinator prepped with batteries and ready to go once they open. I used the Grow Anything Pods using a few seeds from a yellow bell pepper and an overripe grape tomato. Both sprouted nicely. The grape tomato seedlings turned yellow for a bit, but finally started to grow nicely. As for the bell pepper, I will need to wait and see if I can keep a plant at a manageable size in a Harvest unit. If you managed to read though my mini novel, you get one last word of caution. The fertilizer is on the pricy side. I accidentally bought one 3oz bottle for almost $20 on Amazon. Looks like the price has dropped now, but I found it much cheaper to purchase directly from the aerogarden website, caveat being you can manage meet the minimum amount for free shipping. They frequently have sales and you can checkout using Amazon Pay. At the speed I go through it with four units, I thought it better to purchase the 1 liter bottle size. Happy growing!!

This AeroGarden Harvest Lite is a fun little gadget! Planting was easy, and watching my herbs pop up has been super satisfying. The grow light is bright but not annoying. My only gripe is the tray size — could be a tad bigger. Still worth the buy!

This is honestly one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Having fresh herbs growing right in my kitchen has completely changed how I cook and eat. Everything grows quickly, looks healthy, and requires almost no effort. It’s incredibly easy to set up and maintain — just add water, drop in the pods, and let it do its thing. Within a short time, I had beautiful, fresh greens ready to use. If you love cooking or just want easy access to fresh herbs year-round, this is absolutely worth it. I use it every day and couldn’t imagine my kitchen without it now.

It's so easy to use and has completely changed the way I grow my herbs and veggies indoors. The compact design is perfect for my kitchen counter, and the LED grow light is amazing - my plants are thriving! I love that it's soil-free and mess-free, and the reminders to add water and nutrients are super helpful. It’s not loud which is a plus. Can’t wait to get some veggies.

I’ll preface by saying I’m a senior and a gadget guy. A year ago, I bought the Aerogarden Harvest (another gadget) on sale, but didn’t set it up for another 10 months. Why? Well, I sometimes buy things on sale, but really want them as a gift down the road for someone. Then, as a senior, I forgot about it until after Christmas. A few months later, I realized that the Aerogarden has a 12-month warranty, so I figured that I better get started with it. Unfortunately, the included pre-seeded herb pods looks like they were all opened, so I had no idea what I was really planting until they started to sprout and I did a lot of juggling their name stickers. The unit was brand new in its original packaging, but the seed pods were definitely tampered with. I’ll call this Harvest model the 1.0 to avoid confusion. Four of the six pods sprouted and I was happy with that. I could have contacted Aerogarden to get replacements, but I planned to get another Aerogarden, and I’d have more than enough things to plant, especially after I bought a lettuce greens pre-seeded pod kit. My wife saw what a fun time I was having with the Harvest 1.0, that she figured that she’d surprise me a 2.0 for Father’s Day. I had read about and watched review videos about the Harvest 2.0 being a dog of a system. I writing here to explain that in my limited experience, that’s not the case. One review mentioned the inconsistent grow light timing to the point that I thought it was going to be on a random schedule. That’s not what I experienced. There are instructions on how to set the 2.0 grow light and the two Harvests I own have the same exact 15-hour schedule down to the minute, but are set up differently from each other. My only fear about opening this present and making the return more difficult was that this person was correct and my light schedule would be based on random times. Nope, it works fine. I believe that this person may missed this point in the directions or received a defective unit. The same reviewer mentioned that his 2.0 unit did not come with clear grow covers for holding humidity and didn’t know if that was an error or if the unit wasn’t supposed to have the grow covers. The 2.0 doesn’t have the grow covers included. Several reviewers have also pointed out that the 2.0 only puts out 15w of light compared to the 20w of the 1.0. I’m not experienced enough with hydroponic gardens to know if this will be a significant Achilles heel going forward. It’s plenty bright and if I didn’t already own the 1.0, I wouldn’t even notice. The Harvest 2.0 doesn’t come with pre-seeded pods. It comes with six grow your own pods and a pack of Black Seeded Simpson lettuce. This setup has given me the experience setting up my own pods that I only used one pod for the included lettuce seeds, and used the other five to start growing my own select herbs and tomatoes. I plan to never purchase pre-seeded pods ago as this was so easy. A new user will probably want to simultaneously order either pre-seeded pods with herbs and/or vegetables to gain experience with growing something other than the included lettuce. I also noticed that the water pump is smaller than the 1.0 pump and has a correspondingly smaller sponge filter. I didn't notice the filter until the first cleaning because it's on the bottom of the removable pump rather than on the pump's side like the 1.0. I have no reservations about recommending the Harvest 2.0 as an introduction to hydroponics or to add to an experienced user’s collection.

I really like my new AeroGarden Harvest Lite! It’s super easy to set up and looks beautiful on my counter very sleek and modern. I started growing spinach and mint, and they sprouted quickly under the grow light. The LED panel gives off a nice soft glow and the plants already look so healthy! The only thing I wish was better is the instruction manual it would be nice to have a clearer step-by-step guide for assembly and more detailed instructions on how to use and adjust the light cycle. At first, I wasn’t sure if the light was supposed to turn off automatically or if I needed to press the button myself. Overall, though, it’s a great indoor garden for anyone who wants fresh herbs or greens at home with very little effort. I’d definitely recommend it just be ready to spend a few minutes figuring out the light settings!