Can smart gardens really grow delicious vegetables inside your apartment? WSJ asked Timothy Hammond, an urban gardener and educator in Houston, to test out Rise Gardens hydroponic smart garden to see how the vegetables compare with his own outdoor garden. Photo: Ben Hallock for The Wall Street Journal
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Great reviews
for the love of god STOP GROWING FOOD IN PLASTIC TRAYS
Indoor hydroponic and aquaponic sets look pretty and are always expensive
I mean… You tried to grow lettuce in the summer outside in the South. Of course it didn't do well. It's like asking if ice stays solid longer in an ice chest than it does on a freeway in summer. That doesn't mean that a ice chest is better than Antarctica at keeping things really cold.
700/3 is 240 packs of brussel sprouts..it's a hobby/game..this isn't an economical way to replace your grocery shopping
I'm curious of the vitamin/mineral content of hydroponics/indoor gardening
Is it silent? or does it make noise from a water pump?
Inflation over 3 years, for this product:
$549 -> $799 (+37%)
$749 -> $1149 (+42.1%)
$949 -> $1449 (+41.7%)
Cost sure has increased over the last 3 years, eh.
Least there's two colours.
Its a tray and a light. What corners are there to cut?😂
Cant compare outdore with boosted gowing, Just Paied commercial
You can build that for like $150 > $200 with way better led lights..
700 bucks for a bookshelf with lights? lolol
I can build one for a 3rd of that price
You can build the system for alot cheaper, you just need the software and light kit
It's not the task for indoor gardens to beat ourdoor gardens. It's, especially in winter and autumn, there to be an add on. Or it is for people who don't own a real garden. What's there to "beat"? So your title is rather much click-baiting.
A key important con that comes with aquaculture is that once a plant goes bad it'll infect everything in its system, this is one of the biggest challenge doing this.
$800 bowl of salad 😂😂 . Nice
With that price tag this is just a fk joke.
Go find a trashed cup and plant in that instead.
WHO buys this??
If wanting to bring the price down, I would suggest cutting the connectivity. I would be fine checking water levels myself or turning the lights on with a timer, etc. and can’t imagine too many people fussing with remote changes or needing a special app or whatever for reminders.
Have you looked into aquaponics? It’s going to be healthier because it will be the full circle of lie and you know what goes into your fish food.
That's a lot of lettuce and tomatoes to make up for the co$t Hobbies are fun but to depend on these as a way to grow for own food? HA, the farms are laughing out loud. Nice marketing though, bunch of suckers will buy.
Grow some weed. This would be amazing for cannabis
i can make this for 150$ plus with automatic water exchanger powered with solar with battery and better reflective isolation.
i can make this for 150$ plus with automatic water exchanger powered with solar with battery and better reflective isolation.
Kamini, is it you ?
4:55 dude! get a cover for that outlet on the wall! Danger! and it looks like its been painted over? holy moley
Can this be used outdoors as well? . Are the nutrients organic? Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽
Is it possible to grow using normal fertilizer, plz inform me,
you could recreate that garden if your handy for $50.
I got to grow vegetables outdoors on my balcony last year for the first time and it was so exciting to see them grow and produce – and then devastating to see some lost to heatwaves and others to mites or even fungus, following a particularly humid week. Growing indoors in a more sterile environment, reducing or eliminating soil when possible, seems like a better option. The major negative for me then becomes 'light management'.
Can you use your own seeds and growing medium?