NATGAI Hydroponic System Growing Kit with Air Pump 12 Holes Soilless Cultivation Grow Box Garden Cabinet Box for Herbs, Lettuce, Vegetables

Grew veggies pretty quick.

My hydroponic AeroGarden is great for germinating seeds for my vegetable garden. I have never experienced seed failure, but one mistake I made helped me realize I needed more space. I added tomato seeds to 50% of my net pots and pepper seeds to the other 50%. The tomato seeds germinated quickly and soon after, the light needed to be raised. Pepper seeds began to emerge a week later and they needed that light lowered. I had to find a solution. I found these grow kits for outdoor use, and purchased two at an extremely reasonable price. After I received them, I read the reviews and was able to come up with solutions for the following concerns: Net pot too short and foam insert too dense for roots to grow easily and reach the nutrient solution. This was remedied by getting a supply replacement kit for my AeroGarden and using the replacement net pots and foam inserts. Amazon sells it, just take a look. It fits, it works well and allows enough depth to reach the nutrient solution. Replacing the short net pot and foam insert solves that problem. As to the noise made by the air pump, placing it on a soft surface makes a big difference and absorbs vibrations. I’m satisfied with the two seed starter kits I purchased. Practical solutions for small problems.

I love that all the holes for things are on the top. No chance of it leaking, unlike some other models. Perfect size for lettuce. I find these grow faster than the Kratky method. The pump is very quiet, I don't notice any noise from it in my little apartment, the fridge is much louder.

I’ve purchased three of these setups and will probably purchase more in the future. I initially bought one to grow small greens on my porch. I bought root riot to use instead of the foam because I saw the other reviews that said the foam didn’t work well. This setup with Root Riot rooting medium and Master Blend is exactly what I was hoping it would be. I’ve had amazing germination rates directly in the setup. Then I purchased one for a friend. She uses mini leca (clay pellets) in hers and they also working amazing. I purchased a third setup just strictly to propagate tomatoes so I can extend my growing season well into the fall here in zone 8a. I take suckers from my favorite plants and dip them in root hormone powder and stick them into the root riot and then into the setup and I’ve got roots and a viable plant within a week that I can put in another kratky setup, deepwater culture, or in the ground. They are extremely versatile but you just want to be very aware of space and how much growing room you may need for what you’re hoping to grow. Toy choy, mini romaine, and mizuna have been the perfect size for me.

The white sponge come with container had a high density, it slow done my seed to generate root, some of my seed germinated first but then die because root not developed as quick, so they dried out indoor in winter. Both basket and sponge are too short, not much help when u want seedlings developed long strong root faster going downward into water. To save my seedling from all dying out, and I am talking about basil, I first keep humidity dome on but it only prevented seedling dry out, not help on growing. Then I cut my two only left alive basil seedlings out of white sponge, insert then into other hydroponics long sponge and net, they quickly recovered and developed lots of new roots. However, if you have some hydroponics plant that already grows out decent amount of root, but about to grow out of height in a normal hydroponic kit. Move them into this container is a great choice. Like my pepper plant that I pruned too late, I transferred them into this container and hang grow light above at proper height, now the 2 feet pepper are flowering. One more minor issue if you are sensitive to noise as I do, pump works fine for my pepper but too loud. It is kind of noise that one with sensitive hearing can’t ignore and feel pre-migraine, I switched to a cheap submerged pump, that work too and much more quiet. The depth of this device not required full time pumping, I use 30min on/off and pepper grow well, bottom of my pepper already woody like. All works now, 4 star for the effort I committed to figure out everything, verse other hydroponic kit this is a lot more harder to begin with. But considering it is 1/3 price of other indoor hydroponic kit, I say it worth a try. All it take is some lower density sponge that is long enough to be half sit in water, then it work as fine as my other hydroponics system. I will recommend it, if u r not fresh new with hydroponics.