AeroGarden PRO user manual

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How to Clean Your AeroGarden Pump
A Clean Pump Helps Keep Your Garden Healthy and Productive!
A Note About These Instructions

Cleaning an AeroGarden Pump entails disassembling a portion of your AeroGarden, taking apart the Pump,
cleaning all the Pump Parts, and then putting the Pump back together.
We realize that not everyone is comfortable diving into the inside of an AeroGarden. If you are wary about
taking your Pump apart, or get stuck anywhere during the process, please call Custo

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AeroGarden Components (continued) Grow Surface (upside down) Cover Plate Pump located behind Filter Filter Pump Tower Pump Connector Wire Slot Pump Wire Contact Strips 1 Remove & Save AeroGarden Water & Seed Pods Skip this step if your AeroGarden is not planted and proceed to Step 2 on page 3. A Unplug your AeroGarden. 1 Gallon Container B Grow Surface Remove Bowl from Base. C Remove Grow Surface and place in sink (or on towel) as roots will drip water. D Pour water from Bowl into shallow dis

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2 Remove Pump and Clean Pump Tower Follow the steps whether your are cleaning a Pump from a planted AeroGarden or an empty AeroGarden. A Unplug your AeroGarden. B Remove Bowl from Base. C Remove Grow Surface from Bowl and bring to sink or set on towel. Hint: Lift the View Door and slide one hand into the Bowl to lift. Grow Surface D Remove Filter from the back of the Pump Tower and Filter rinse under hot water or discard if you have a new Filter. (Missing or torn Filter? See Troubleshoot

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3 Disassemble Pump Don’t worry if this piece (or the clear tube) is not With the Pump removed from the Pump Tower, but still connected attached to your Pump when you remove it. to the Grow Surface: Sometimes they come out with the Pump and sometimes they remain in the Pump Tower. Either location is okay. A Use a butter knife to pry off Face Plate from Pump. • Place Pump on its side on a flat surface. • Rest butter knife in the seam between the Face Plate and the rest of the Pump as shown

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4 Clean Pump (continued) D Insert the Pump back into the Pump Tower making sure that: • The Rubber Feet on the Pump are facing up. • The Face Plate is facing toward you. • The Pump Wire goes behind and underneath the Pump. • Pump is securely seated in the tube in the Pump Tower. • Pump Wire does not need to go into Wire Slot at this time. • Do not put Cover Plate or Filter back in place at this time. IMPORTANT! E Run Dish Soap Through Pump • Turn Grow Surface right side up and place it in Aero

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5 Reassemble Pump A With Grow Surface upside down, insert the Pump back into the Pump Tower making sure that: • The Rubber Feet of the Pump are facing up. • The Face Plate is facing toward you. • Pump is securely seated in the tube in the Pump Tower. • The Pump Wire goes behind and underneath the Pump, and lines up with Wire Slot. B Insert Cover Plate in the bottom of the Pump Tower and push down until all corners snap in place. C Push Pump Wire back in Wire Slot. D Turn Grow Surf

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6 Replace Water & Seed Pods in AeroGarden If you have cleaned the Pump from a planted AeroGarden, it’s now the time to reassemble your planted AeroGarden. A Turn the Grow Surface right side up on a towel or in your sink and replace Seed Pods by gently guiding roots into the Grow Surface Openings. (Use Seed Pod placement reference from page 2.) B Pour water from the containers (see page 2) back into Bowl and, if needed, add fresh water up to “Fill to Here” inside the Bowl. C Place Grow Surfa

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