Mini LED light garden makes "city farmer" possible

What do you think of when you talk about vegetables? Think about it. On Saturday night, you picked up a bowl of fresh vegetables from your backyard and sprinkled fresh spices on your hands to make pasta. Sounds great, right?

Grove using the principle of aquaponics, combined with hydroponic vegetables and fish farming, to create a mini indoor self-sufficient ecosystem. The main use of the concept of sustainable development and design of Grove company through intensive process, to create a self-sustaining ecosystem, collocation of LED lights, while using the concept of aquaponics, allowing users to grow vegetables in the room.

Grove has launched a fundraising target of $100 thousand on the platform, which has already raised $217 thousand. Grove uses LED lights that mimic sunlight to stimulate photosynthesis. The ecosystem is mini, but its planting area is more intensive than soil tillage, that is, 8-10 lettuce can be harvested on an average of 20 days.

Aquaponics refers to the impurities in the water and fish manure decomposition filter, taking ammonia (commonly known as urea, ammonia) components, and then supplied to the aquarium on the vegetables, also known as aquaponics or composite farming support. In this system, the water used by fish will pass through a water - holding system that decomposes fecal bacteria into nutrients and becomes a source of nutrients for the plant, which returns to the tank. The concept of fish and vegetable symbiosis has also been applied, and it eliminates the need to clean fish tanks, because fish droppings are treated as nutrients for plants.

The Grove ecosystem allows you to be a city farmer and self-sufficient. The use of Grove water platform, you can plant some like arugula, watercress, kale, cabbage and other vegetables, like celery, mint and basil and other spices. Even some people can grow a sense of achievement by the result of farming, such as tomatoes, beans and peas. According to Grove's web page, strawberries grow!

Grove is equipped with full spectrum natural light LED lamp, color temperature range from 2000K to 5000K. Dimmable LED lights mimic the sun's rays and stimulate plant photosynthesis. The roof of the entire ecosystem can be adjusted up and down, allowing users to change the intensity and area of the light as needed.

In the days to harvest the plants, app will send the tip of harvest method. Just like all products with "wisdom" in their names, the Grove ecosystem has its own app. Users only need to enter the names of vegetables planted on the app, so they can receive a variety of small reminders and supplementary knowledge during the planting period. For example, in the days to harvest the plants, will make the harvest method tips.

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

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