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Simple and Easy
By Ryan on Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017
I bought this a few months ago and waited to get a full experience before I gave my feedback. Overall, it's not bad. My initial reasoning for purchasing the Click & Grow garden was because of the lack of sufficient light in my work office. So far I have grown Sweet Allyssums which grew rather fast. I saw sprouts in a matter of 2-3 days. It was really exciting to watch these little guys grow. I am now considering on transplanting them so I can start growing some herbs. I've noticed that over time the 'smart' soil gets a bit moldy from the moisture. I'm not sure if this is just an issue that I'm solely encountering or if this is an issue shared by others. Either way, it hasn't seemed to really affect the growth of the plant. (Sweet Alyssums) The App is okay. It's not necessary and is more supplemental to the Click and Grow than anything. It is helpful for reminding you when to water the garden and giving helpful little tips. You can also use it to track the growth of your plants with it's provided camera app and gallery. But when all is said and done, you could go without it. The garden isn't smart as far using digital technology, the app doesn't control the garden. The garden simply sustains itself with the water tank and the lamp. Taking care of the garden is pretty manageable. The tank will need to be refilled about every two weeks and the app will remind you when to water the plants. The lamp that helps grow the plants is on it's own timer, which can only be set when you plug in the garden. It would be nice to set a specific time on when the lamp turns on. The timer resets when you unplug it the garden and then will restart the cycle when you plug it back in. Overall it's been a great experience and I'm looking forward to growing more herbs and plants.
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It's too bright and "blue" for an apartment :(
By Michael on Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2022
I wanted to love this, I really did. And I do love so much about it -- the visual design is flawless like something by Apple, the water indicator is so ridiculously elegant, the plant pods work perfectly. I thought it would be the perfect addition for my small north-facing urban apartment, especially for the winter. Unfortunately, there's one glaring problem with it, and I mean "glaring" literally too, not just figuratively. The lights are so crazy bright that it becomes the centerpiece of your apartment, whether you like it or not. You can't not look at it. And it's not just the brightness, but also the light color -- it's a very "blue" white, the opposite of a gentle yellow incandescent, it's worse even than office fluorescent tubes. So the overall effect is that of a UFO landing in your apartment. It's like a science experiment from the International Space Station that got beamed into your kitchen. There's is nothing "homey" or "cozy" about this. It just doesn't belong in any kind of "living space". I even tried moving it into my bathroom, but even in there it's still such a bright-UFO-landing vibe it's totally weird. I saw in someone else's review that they moved theirs to a mostly-unused room of the house in order to deal with this, which is really the only option. But then it kind of defeats the whole purpose of nice herbs and flowers to look at. So it's unfortunately kind of hard for me to see who this is for. If you live somewhere with long dark winters I could see maybe getting one of the jumbo sizes for your garage to grow things in. But truly this stuff reads "lab equipment", not "home-grown garden". And all because of the glaring light. So great idea in theory, but in practice it just isn't a nice addition for liveable spaces. Which makes me sad... I really loved the idea of herbs growing on my kitchen counter all winter long. But alas. :( (If Click & Grow is reading, I do wonder if there could be an option to produce a lower-intensity more amber-colored version? Although I'm guessing they don't because plants wouldn't grow as quickly, if at all.)
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