Garden Technology

Learn about fantastic technological advances, tools, and gadgets that are shaking things up both in the home garden and the agricultural industry.

Robotics Hit US Indoor Farming & Hydroponics

Amber

Could your next salad from indoor farming with hydroponics be grown by a robot? Perfecting such a piece of equipment is no small task. One that engineers all over the globe have struggled with for years. You see, a robot farmer is highly complex, requiring a lot more intelligence and delicacy of motion than, say,…

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Meet Seedo: A Fully Automated Grow Box

Size isn’t everything, and so it is with this new hydroponic and fully automated grow box. For most,  Seedo’s appeal will come from it’s sleekly designed cabinet, remote app control, and monitoring, and getting a harvest simply by having one. Just plug it in, add some water and seed, and voila… any crop is perfectly…
September 25, 2017
Tammy Clayton

Inflatable DWC: World’s Most Versatile Hydroponics System

A hydroponics system that is really three systems in one, and then some. Designed in Wales, a grower can use it as aeroponics, deep water culture with bubbleponics magic inside, and easily turn it into aquaponics by adding fish to the nutrient supply line.
September 6, 2017
Amber

EcoQube Frame: Growing Microgreens the Easy Way

Sometimes the simplest things are the most awesome. Take a seed, for instance, packed with everything new life needs to get started. This makes growing microgreens one of the easiest and most nutrient-dense crops. A Sprinkle A Day… Size matters least in terms of health benefits from plants? Yes! The bigger the plant, the more…
June 19, 2017
Callie

Will Technology Make Community Gardens Obsolete?

With each passing month, a new indoor gardening gizmo or system leaps into existence, a vacant lot or rooftop farm is born, or an indoor agriculture operation starts its inaugural hydroponic crop. One might wonder what will become of community gardens with all the personal agriculture options out there today, along with food banks, soup…
June 14, 2017
Amber

Meet GroBucket: Inexpensive Self-Watering Planter

The most expensive part of container gardening is usually the container itself, and if you want a self-irrigating design for big plants, they can get really pricey. Here’s a new product called GroBucket that will change everything. It allows you to turn any 4-6 gallon bucket into a self-watering planter in minutes. The simplicity is…
May 24, 2017
Tammy Clayton