Green Beans: AeroGarden Seed Kit Review

I recently got an email notification that there was a new seed kit for the AeroGarden…GREEN BEANS! Now I just finished harvesting a bountiful crop of delicious stringless green beans and yellow wax beans from my outside garden…and as usual, it is a sad day when I have to tear them out of my garden as it means there will be no more fresh beans until next year. So I am excited to try this new seed kit! I have decided that it would be fun to start taking pictures of the AeroGarden Seed kits that I grow…so I will try to take photos at different stages and post them, so everyone can see what the kits look like.

I just planted the Green Bean AeroGarden Seed Kit on Wed, September 26th…so I’ll be updating this post shortly as things progress.

Progress Is Being Made…Oct 3, 2007

Well…talk about major progress! Here are some photos of the AeroGarden Green Bean Seed Kit so far

AeroGarden Green Bean Seed Kit Green Bean Seed Kit Review for the AeroGarden

A couple of things about this kit so far:

1) One pod didn’t sprout at all. I pulled it apart and the bean seeds were actually swollen and looked rotted…so I simply pulled one of the “extra” seedlings (each pod is has 2 seeds, but you’re only supposed to leave 1) and transplanted it into the pod that wasn’t growing.

2) The beans pushed the labels and lids up and off. To fit the labels back on you have to cut a slit in the label, the place it around the base of the seedling.

3) In case you are wondering what the little green spirals are, they are the plant braces that come in the seed kit. You have to form them into a spiral and place them around the seedling to give it support as it grows.

Progress on October 9th…

The beans seem to be doing pretty well. Here is the most recent photo of the AeroGarden Green Beans Seed Kit: AeroGarden Review of the Green Beans Seed Kit

Update to Aero Garden Green Beans Kit: November 8th, 2007

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on this kit. So here is a current photo of the kit in the AeroGarden. As you can see, it is rather bushy and takes up a lot of space. Many of the leaves on the underside have turned yellow and I’ve had to trim them off. To be honest, I thought I would see little beans growing by now…but I only see blossoms so far, and it seems like many of the blossoms are just drying up and falling off. I’ll post more hopefully next week.

AeroGarden Review of the Green Beans Kit for the AeroGarden

November 14th, 2007 : WHOOOHOO! I’ve got beans, beans…they’re the magical fruit, the more you eat em’…the more they, er’ grow? Yep, the beans appeared out of nowhere today! I was putting water in my AeroGarden, and then all of a sudden I realized that there were actually 4 inch long green beans hiding under the leaves! They just need a couple more days to ripen, but so far they are doing really well!

AeroGarden Reviews of Green Beans Seed Kit

December 19th, 2007 : Well. I must say that this kit was a dissappointment. So far it has only produce just a handful of beans…and a huge mess. I don’t know if I did something wrong with this AeroGarden kit or not, but it continuously shed dried up buds, flowers and leaves all over the place. I expected to see a little more production from this kit.

Overall AeroGarden Seed Kit Rating for Green Beans: C-

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