This is very timely as I have been considering whether to purchase the Harvest or Harvest XL for my next garden. Thank you so much for reporting detailed results of your experiments. Best Aerogarden channel I’ve found on KZfaq.

I have always used bounty to grow red heirloom tomatoes but now I’m going to try in my harvest model too Thank you for this demonstration

Might I suggest that in the future if you do something like this? Also track the total harvest weight for comparison between the different setups

This was so thorough thank you

I was excited to see a new video as always! Thank you!

Great experiment!...my wife purchased the harvest xl on sale for me for Christmas and I will grow taller peppers in it..but haven't had an issue growing them in my basic harvest model if I topped them young to grow bushy rather then tall.

First I have to tell you how much I enjoy your channel. You always try so many things and share all of your experiments, even the ones that fail, so that we can all learn more about our mutual gardening obsession. I had several thoughts while watching this video. First is the bowl size difference. When I first got my XL I called to see how much food I should put in, since there is more water volume. The person I talked to just kept saying "six pod garden you put in 8ml". That is accurate between the Harvest, the Slim, and the 360, because the only difference is the shape. But since one of the main points of the XL is a bigger size bowl, this "6 put in 8" mantra does not make sense. If there is more water, the same amount of food would mean a lower concentration in the water and the plant would have to work harder to get the same amount of nutrition. Working harder would take energy from growth, wouldn't it? The 9 pod Bounty has an even bigger bowl and they say to feed 12ml. (They never ask how many plants are actually in it.) So to me it seems like the XL, being in-between size should get an in-between amount of nutrition. My math skills are not so good, so maybe someone who has lots of Aerogardens of all three kinds could do some measuring...😁 The second thing I thought about is the light issue. Because of the extra extension arm, the XL's lowest position is a little bit higher the the original Harvest. Not a lot, but enough that even with the extra five watts, maybe the plants aren't quite getting as much light. It was notable that as the plants got bigger the difference was less, but the early starting advantage of the Harvest plants really gave them a boost, comparatively. Now those two thoughts made me think: what if you started the plants in one of the other gardens that have a super low light option and then move them into the Harvest or whatever larger garden you wanted, depending on the plants? You could use a low-light-position garden like a little nursery to get the plants off to a supercharged start, maybe. So that got me started thinking maybe I should buy one of those low-light-position gardens myself. Which would you recommend?

Thank you for this comparison video

Thank you for this information I needed to know if the money was worth it

Interesting as always ! 👍

I do have to wonder if the Harvest benefited a little from 'spill over' light from the Harvest XL, since it was underneath.

Very interesting. I have been researching all the different hydroponic systems and thinking the cheaper ones had lights with less wattage, meaning, “lesser quality grow.” Perhaps I am wrong! Have you compared Harvest with Bounty?

Thanks. Very informative.

Good experience. Question: can you lower the height of the lights until the plants grow taller? Next question: what grow best in harvest xl. Thank you.

I think it's a sample size issue and the Harvest plants got lucky. 25 watts (Harvest XL) should do better than 20 watts. I continue to be amazed at how many tomatoes you can grow with hydroponics compared to how many I grew in 100 days in soil (using a 120 watt light too). My Kratky hydroponic tomatoes also did very poorly - probably due to a lack of oxygenation. So next time I'm running an air pump. I grew GIANT plants, but only got as little as 1/10th of the fruit that you got. It'd be interesting to test whether there is a really a 5 watt difference between the two Harvests using a Kill-a-Watt meter to measure how many watts they are pulling. It's also likely that there is a declining rate of return for light and plants. So with 25% more light, you might only get 10% more yield (or even 0% if the plant is limited by another factor like oxygen, nutrients, water, etc).

Nice experiment, and makes sense. The Harvest XL has a 47% larger water capacity and lights do not lower to the deck as much as the standard Harvest. The "smaller container" of the Harvest standard model should produce a faster harvest and smaller fruit size. Have you compared against a standard Bounty model yet?

You have to try the AeroGarden Farm models. They are so big. Also, have you looked at ZipGarden?

Once you reach the end of the harvest, what do you do? Do you cut the plants way back and let them grow out? Will they produce another crop as they did before? Do you make cuttings from the old plants and will they produce well or do you just destroy the old plants and start again from seeds?

Great video! Where did you get the plastic pod covers for the plant baskets? Seems better than the paper sticker labels

Is it possible the light from harvest xl overflowed to the harvest machine below? Even ten oercent extra might give the boost?

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just for clarity's sake. Did you mean IS XL worth the money? Thanks for your videos. I have the one with nine spots for plants. I think that is called the Bounty. Just started some cherry tomatoes. I missed it, did you state which kind of tomato you are using here?

I noticed that you originally added 8mls nutrients to both harvest, but if the harvest XL bowl is bigger then should you have added more to that one? Just wonder if that is why XL is behind the basic model

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