EcoKitchen Combo

How Much Can You Grow?

Tap below to see how much you can grow:

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• Lettuce:

  On average harvest 2.4 supermarket servings of lettuce every week.

  Using just 3.6 litres of water/week, $1.60 of electricity and $1.29 of rockwool and nutrients.

  After costs, a profit of $539 every year.
  

  Which pays off your EcoKitchen in just 7 months!

• Basil:

  Over the life of the plant, on average harvest 4 supermarket servings of basil every week.

  Using just 12 litres of water/week, $1.60 of electricity and $3.24 of rockwool and nutrients.

  After costs, a profit of $748 every year.
  

  Which pays off your EcoKitchen in just 12 months!

• Coriander:

  Over the life of the plant, on average harvest 3 supermarket servings of coriander every week.

  Using just 6.25 litres of water/week, $1.60 of electricity and $2.43 of rockwool and nutrients.

  After costs, a profit of $572 every year.
  

  Which pays off your EcoKitchen in just 7 months!

• Dill:

  Over the life of the plant, on average harvest 2.4 supermarket servings of dill every week.

  Using just 6 litres of water/week, $1.60 of electricity and $1.82 of rockwool and nutrients.

  After costs, a profit of $416 every year.
  

  Which pays off your EcoKitchen in just 9 months!

• Rocket:

  Over the life of the plant, on average harvest 2 supermarket servings of rocket every week.

  Using just 3 litres of water/week, $1.60 of electricity and $1.10 of rockwool and nutrients.

  After costs, a profit of $436 every year.
  

  Which pays off your EcoKitchen in just 9 months!

Why You Will Love It!

Features

• High-performance full spectrum LED grow lights with two light settings: white and red light, or white, red and blue light.
• An integrated timer that operates on a set timer that runs 14H on/10H off.
• Adjustable light fitting which enables you to lift the light higher as your plants grow taller, allowing between 25-35cm of vertical space for your plant to grow.
• Built-in fan to provide aeration across leaf surfaces, improving the quality and speed of plant growth. Fans run on a 30 mins on/30 mins off cycle.
• Built-in shrouded pump that provides aeration and nutrient circulation for the roots of your plant.
• 7 Litre water reservoir lets you grow and grow and grow before you need to re-water your plants!
• See-through reservoir cut-out lets you see the water level of the tank - making refilling water a breeze.
• Easy setup which can be done in less than 5 minutes!

Specifications

• Dimensions: 38 cm x 38 cm x 32cm (roughly the size of a milk crate!)
• Product Weight: 2.2 kg
• Energy Usage: Monthly energy cost* ~ $3.10 *Assumes operation for 18 hours per day, with electricity costs as average Australian prices ($0.25/kWh).

Whats in the box?

• Instruction manual
• 12x Rockwool cubes
• 12x Re-usable net cups
• Water Aeration Pump
• Product Basin and Light Panel
• Telescopic light extension pole
• Power Supply: AC to 24V DC Power adapter (Australian Outlet)
• 200mL hydroponic nutrients for herbs and leafy greens.
  
• 2 Packets of seeds of your choice included

How Does It Work?

LED Grow Lights

The lights themselves replicate the wavelength of light that plants need to grow. This wavelength is usually a small band of blue light between 400 and 500 nm, and red light between 600 and 700 nm which when combined result in a purple glow. The white light LED diodes in this product emit a lot of blue light, and the red lights provide the red light. When combined it provides all the light that most plants need to grow! See our FAQ for more on how growlights are different to normal lights

Hydroponic Nutrients

There are 17 essential elements requried for plant growth. Three of these are carbon, hydrogren and oxygen (which the plant gets from water and air), the rest are macronutrients (Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphate) and Micronutrients (Calcium, magnesium, sulfur, boron, chlorine, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, molybdenum, and nickel). Most fertilisers only have the three macronutrients at best. In comparison our Hydroponic nutrients contain 14 essential elements required for plant growth! All you need to do to use it is mix it in with water and watch as your plant grows! You can find way more detail on how hydroponic nutrients work in our faq.

Rockwool Growing Medium

The plant is held in rockwool - which is the product of a molten rock that has been heated and spun like fairy floss. Rockwool provides uniform oxygenation for a plant's roots, as well as a stable medium for the plant to be secured by. Germinating seeds in rockwool has a 90% success rate if you make sure to wet the seeds! Once the roots grow out of the rockwool, they simply float in our hydroponic nutrient water and grow. providing you with soil-free growing that makes this product perfect for your kitchen! This Terragarden has 12 rockwool growing pods! So you can grow a variety of your favourite herbs and leafy greens such as lettuce, basil, coriander, parsley, rocket and more! All you need to get started are seeds and nutrients of your choice!

Assembly

If you've ever setup somethign that's flatpacked then this will be a walk in the park for you! All you need to do to setup the TerraGarden is clip in the light panel to the strut, and clip that into the water basin. Add in your rockwool cubes to the netcups, add water and nutrients and you're good to go!

Maintenance

There isn't too much maintenance required - on average you will only need to re-fill water and nutrients every 2-4 weeks. When the water runs low, refill it and add two scoops (scoop provided) of the hydroponic nutrients provided into the water basin and mix! Make sure you mix the nutrients in correctly - as it won't work if it's not dissolved! If anything goes wrong - troubleshooting is easy, the best way to get back on track is to throw our the old nutrient water solution (into the garden or some other plants) and start again with fresh water and nutrients!

FAQs

Well to be honest there's not much to say - we don't get many Terragarden questions, probably because its so easy to setup and get running, but here are a few tips from our FAQ

Can I grow any type of seed?

Yep, our smart gardens don't do anything tricky that would stop you from growing your own seeds - you can pickup seeds from your garden, nursery, or even from that avocado you ate for lunch, and use it in our smart gardens to grow whatever you want! The only constraint is the height of the product, as plants that grow over 30cm will out grow the light!

Generally we like to grow herbs and leafy greens, as well as flowers, small fruiting plants etc. A few examples of what you can grow include: Nasturtiums, Tomatoes (if dwarfed correctly), Genovese Basil, Cos Lettuce Seeds, Paris Island Cos Lettuce, Violets - Johnny Jump Up, and Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach.

How do the nutrients work?

The detailed answer for this is pretty long - you should check out our FAQ on how hydroponic nutrients work.