Mini LED lights to "garden city farmer" possible

Mentioned vegetables, what would you think? See, Saturday night, you harvest a bowl of fresh vegetables from the backyard, then put their own kind of fresh herbs sprinkled do pasta in the hand. That sounds great?

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 company opened a fund-raising target of $100 thousand in the group raised platform, and they have successfully raised $217 thousand. Use Grove to imitate the sun LED light, stimulation of photosynthesis. This ecosystem is mini, but the planting area than soil tillage but also intensive, that is to say, an average of 20 days will be able to harvest a lettuce 8-10.

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 use of the fish water will through the water plant system by nitrogen fixation bacteria will be decomposed into manure nutrients, become the source of nutrition of plants, and the water will go back to the aquarium. The concept of aquaponics play applications, but also eliminates the trouble to clean the fish tank, because fish feces after treatment will become the plant nutrient.

The Grove ecosystem let you can also become a city farmer, 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 the introduction of Grove ", strawberry also grows up!

The Grove is equipped with a full spectrum of natural light, LED lamp, color temperature ranging from 2000K to 5000K. LED lamp dimming can mimic the rays of the sun, to stimulate plant photosynthesis. The ecological system of the roof can adjust up and down, let the user in accordance with the demand change of light intensity and area.

In the days to harvest the plants, app will send the tip of harvest method. With the "wisdom" of the product name in all the same, the Grove ecosystem has its own exclusive app. Users only need to enter the vegetable name in app, can be planted during the receive small reminder and knowledge. For example, in the days to harvest the plants, will make the harvest method tips.

Although the Grove sounds good, but the price may not be so cute, in a Kickstarter Grove for $2700. Grove expects shipments to the world in 2016 May.

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