Can an Indoor Smart Garden Beat Outdoor Gardening? We Tested It | WSJ

Can smart gardens really grow delicious vegetables inside your apartment? WSJ asked Timothy Hammond, an urban gardener and educator in Houston, to test out Rise Gardens hydroponic smart garden to see how the vegetables compare with his own outdoor garden. Photo: Ben Hallock for The Wall Street Journal

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[xXxSkyViperxXx]

that guy was honest. he wasnt just advertising the product that sponsored him

[ianrlack]

Yay! Do more videos with this guy. He’s fun.

[DJMovit]

An honest review and pointing out the price point. Lots of reviews seem to always down play the expense.
You can watch enough YouTube videos to build yourself one.

[lonkow]

hate hidden ads... btw you can build that for 30% of the 700usd!

[Akonu]

What is the energy usage of such a system.
Compared to outside gardening, I would think this system would consume quite a lot of energy

[mescheryakovrobert]

every pound is a seedling, invest your
seedling to creat a tree, re-invest your
seedling to creat a forest. to become
rich you must value savings more than
spending

[wokeymcwokeface]

Com’on, WSJ! You have to tell us the ROI of the garden!

[willm]

Nice review! - LOVE that people seem to be getting more and more into growing their own food!

[arnaldobellucci]

For sure you will be producing the most expensive salad in the world, by far.

[Nightykk]

Inflation over 3 years, for this product:
$549 -> $799 (+37%)
$749 -> $1149 (+42.1%)
$949 -> $1449 (+41.7%)

Cost sure has increased over the last 3 years, eh.
Least there's two colours.

[mandeeprathore]

What makes gardening worthwhile is reaping the fruits of your consistent and strenuous effort. Presumably growing plants on the click of an app wouldn't give that satisfaction. In the end, "Nothing beats mother nature".

[DeadDancers]

I got to grow vegetables outdoors on my balcony last year for the first time and it was so exciting to see them grow and produce - and then devastating to see some lost to heatwaves and others to mites or even fungus, following a particularly humid week. Growing indoors in a more sterile environment, reducing or eliminating soil when possible, seems like a better option. The major negative for me then becomes 'light management'.

[LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

A key important con that comes with aquaculture is that once a plant goes bad it'll infect everything in its system, this is one of the biggest challenge doing this.

[zeryphex]

This is one step in the right direction.
One day, indoor gardening will get there.

[hummersd]

What about the taste? Although they grew at different rates, and the varieties are probably different, does an indoor garden with artificial light affect the taste of the final product? Also for size, I'm imagining the smaller versions of the indoor unit aren't going to provide much once you harvest; in order to always have fresh greens available you'd need the larger unit to sustain constant growth and harvesting. The pods remind me of Keurig -- are they sustainable, or bad for the environment?

[derekfrost]

Good grief it's expensive. I use jam jars and goldfish bowls with led lights. It costs virtually nothing.. :)

[Glenn_Ratcliffe]

Tim didnt do what I did yrs ago. Under lights Vs under sun but both on nutritionally mix. Both grow same but ones cheaper on power 👍

[drgossolo]

Teacher:I'll give you some fun homework
Me: 3:37

[cunerater]

I had the Rise Garden for a little over a year. It's nice until their water pump failed and there support team won't admit to replacing it to the latest one, which they have been doing for other customers. Worst experience ever

[Itriedtakennames]

If wanting to bring the price down, I would suggest cutting the connectivity. I would be fine checking water levels myself or turning the lights on with a timer, etc. and can’t imagine too many people fussing with remote changes or needing a special app or whatever for reminders.