Tag: Review
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I’ve been living with a 5-foot-5-inch salad-producing machine in my kitchen since June. This smart, indoor vertical hydroponic system, called the Gardyn, grows heaps of fresh, organic greens. We’re talking gourmet salad every day, endless basil and mint, and enough dill to make you feel guilty that you don’t know any recipes that use dill.…
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As a home gardener, I’m often frustrated with my environmental limitations. Though I’m fortunate to have a small greenhouse in my yard, I’m limited to about six plants that can survive extreme temperature changes (I’m looking at you, kale) and fruit that can grow in a short four-month growing season. I’ve had a countertop…
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Every March, my family and I circle a weekend on the calendar, gather our tools and prepare to do some serious gardening. Of course, it’s still too cold at that time of year for digging in the dirt outside (at least here in New York). Instead, we carefully take time to select everything we’ll want…
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Aphids, cabbage worms, birds, squirrels, rabbits, blight, lack of rain, too much rain, lack of sun, too much sun — so much can go wrong in an outdoor garden, and I’ve dealt with all of these obstacles and more as a beginner gardener. While there were moments of triumph in my first few years of…
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Growing plants with fog? If you’re like me, you might be thinking: Sounds like a gimmick. But after testing the Plantaform, a new indoor gardening system that uses fogponics, a form of aeroponics that incorporates vaporized water and plant nutrients to grow edible plants that’s typically been reserved for commercial agriculture applications, and learning from…
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Fun fact: Greenhouses can extend a growing season and raise temperatures on cold days by allowing filtered light through their windows. As a recent transplant back to the southern U.S., I had to be reminded of their warm-weather uses—diffusing direct sunlight and allowing for more control over temperature and humidity levels. Things like pots, potting…
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There’s also remote monitoring, of course, and a vacation mode that keeps the plants in a sort of stasis. Most of the work on my end was simply me admiring my plants, and admire them I did. The first time I ever saw a Gardyn was a couple of years ago, in a Parade of…
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This past winter, Plantaform’s new smart indoor garden arrived at my Brooklyn home. I was excited at the prospect of growing heads of leafy green lettuce, channeling my inner Mark Watney, the left-on-Mars botanist in The Martian. Like many apartment dwellers, I don’t have access to a backyard garden, and even if I did, it…
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One of the new technologies I have seen emerged this year is Indoor gardening, especially among families, city dwellers, and eco-conscious. Not sure if driven by the economy or not, but consumers seek fresh, sustainable produce without relying on store shelves. At the forefront of this movement is Gardyn, a company that blends AI-powered technology,…
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Imagine being able to pick produce from a lush garden with 30 food-producing plants whenever you want. Now, picture the same thing, but compress that garden down into 2 square feet and place it right inside your kitchen. The Gardyn Home Kit 3.0 makes this possible in a vertical hydroponic garden system that grows 30…