Mini LED garden makes it possible for "urban farmers"

What do you think of when it comes to vegetables? Think about it. On Saturday night, you collected a bowl of fresh vegetables from your backyard and then sprinkled your fresh spice on the spaghetti. Sounds great, isn't it?

Grove makes use of the principle of fish and vegetable symbiosis, combined with aquaculture vegetables and fish culture, to create an indoor self-sufficient Mini ecosystem. Grove, a company with the concept of sustainable use, has built a self - circulating ecosystem with LED lights with a dense development and design process, using the concept of fish and food symbiosis to allow users to grow vegetables indoors.

Grove has launched a $100 thousand fund raising target on the group platform, and they have already successfully raised $217 thousand. Grove uses a LED lamp that mimics the sun to stimulate photosynthesis in plants. Although the ecosystem is mini, the area can be denser than soil tillage, that is to say, 8-10 lettuce can be harvested in 20 days on average.

Fish and vegetable symbiosis refers to the decomposition and filtration of fish's feces and water impurities, the composition of ammonia (urea, commonly known as the armania), and then supplied to the vegetables on the fish tank, also known as farming and compound cultivation. In this system, the water used by fish will pass through the water system. The ammonia bacteria decompose the feces into nutrients and become the nutrient sources of the plants, and the water will return to the fish tank. The concept of fish food symbiosis is applied, and the trouble of cleaning the fish tank is also avoided, because the fish's excrement will be the nutrient of the plant.

This Grove ecosystem allows you to become a city farmer, self - sufficient. Using Grove's water - farming platform, you can grow vegetables like sesame vegetables, Western Chinese cabbage, Brassica kale, cabbage, and other spices like celery, mint and basil. Even a number of fruits, such as tomatoes, Vicia beans and peas, can be planted. According to Grove's web page, strawberries grow up too!

The Grove is equipped with a full spectrum natural light LED lamp with a color temperature ranging from 2000K to 5000K. The light - adjustable LED lamp can imitate the sun's light and stimulate the photosynthesis of the plant. The roof of the entire ecosystem can be adjusted up and down to allow users to change the intensity and area of light according to their needs.

When the plant reaches the number of days that can be harvested, app will give out a small exhortation of the harvest method. Like all the "smart" products in all the names, the Grove ecosystem has its own exclusive app. The user only needs to enter the name of the cultivated vegetable on the app, and can receive a variety of small reminding and knowledge supplement during the planting. For example, when the plant reaches the number of days that can be harvested, it will also give out a small exhortation of the method of harvest.

Although Grove sounds beautiful, its price may not be so cute, and a Grove on the Kickstarter costs $2700. Grove is expected to ship to the world in May 2016.

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