gardening & growing tips

USDA Planting Zone Map and Hardiness Chart. Know when to plant what in the United States and Canada. What planting zone do you live in?

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Our first strawberry is ripening on a potted strawberry plant grown indoors on a windowsill. These are the first photos…

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Our first crop of baby bell peppers grown with the AeroGarden Pro 200 (AeroGarden Deluxe). Ninety days from seed to first harvest. Photos show red and yellow peppers ready for harvest with many green peppers ripening, soon to be red, yellow or orange.

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You can grow strawberry plants indoors in hanging baskets and pots, in windowboxes, strawberry jars and other containers. If you are wondering how to grow strawberries indoors on a windowsill, under lights or on a lighted plant stand, follow our progress from planting to harvesting.

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Growing baby bell peppers indoors in an AeroGarden Pro hydroponic unit. The seeds came from market-bought peppers and are self-pollinating – just shaking the plants gently in the morning pollinates the open flowers causing peppers to form in their centers.

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Our first AeroGarden PRO200 grow project: Baby bell peppers in red, orange and golden yellow. The AeroGarden PRO200 has an adjustable lamp that extends up to 24 inches in height to accommodate taller plants like tomatoes and peppers.

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Unboxing and set up of a new AeroGarden Pro 200 – fast, easy, and sleek! It runs like a dream, and it’s quiet, too.

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• Growing requirements - water, light, fertilizer, air circulation
• Propagation - in water, from leaf cuttings, or from seed
• Hybridization - African violet flower parts, how to pollinate