It was a good story till I read the last line.
If I had a large family to feed, I’d look into it. I wonder what kinds of seeds are used. Non-GMO would be a plus. It would be nice to have juicy sweet non-crunchy strawberries regularly.
I saw something like this two years ago with a German intervator. Greenhouse operation, hydroponics, some heat in the winter....you could grow 90-percent of your needs for vegetables and fruit.
The problem I saw was that you needed to devote man-hours to this each week. It wasn’t something you could just turn on and harvest four months later.
Woohoo- potato bugs, stink bugs, and cut worms year round in the house
Just reading the summary it just sounds like a hipsterish over commercialized drmed up version of regular hydroponics. Is there any actual new basic technology in here?
“We’ve been called the Nespresso for lettuce; you literally put the plant pod in, and watch it grow.”
Grow all your food by taking advantage of this little-known, WEIRD trick...!!
(the big food companies HATE this..!)
(insert backlay watermark photo of woman with improbably large boobs)
Lettuce has very little nutritional value. This is a colossal waste of money.
It is quite limited, yet worth it for the right customer.
I think of it as a Model T of what is yet to come.
They should apply this technology to real-life Sea-Monkeys.
They should apply this technology to real-life Sea-Monkeys.
From the article comments...
No talk about the electricity costs. Outdoor greenhouses would be cheaper and have exists for a VERY long time if you want produce year round. Are the electricity costs in money and pollution saving transportation, especially if any real number of people do this? I doubt it.
The local YMCA started a Michelle Obama garden in their limited greenspace. It must have been hugely expensive as they invested heavily in soil, fencing, plants and time. They had a huge stock of beautiful egg plants, zucchini, beets, carrots, etc., at the front desk with a sign saying to take what you wanted. I asked how many people took anything and the lady at the desk said, “You gotta cook this stuff. Nobody want this sh*t. We ain’t given away nothin.’”
High end pot farmers have been using the same process for decades. Growing marijuana and growing tomatoes are nearly identical processes.
Someone saw a grow setup in “High Times” and made it look better. There is nothing new or revolutionary about it. $7k to start and another $1200 a year in supplies is probably 4x what it costs to create something similar at home.
I wish them the best of luck, but this isn’t earth-shattering tech.
virtue signaling.
probably will see them used for growing cannabis before long.
I see this as food supply insurance. Prepped.
Its a giant Aero Garden.