Herbert

Hydroponic vertical farm: simple, clean, 40% more efficient

9 followers

Hydroponic vertical farm: simple, clean, 40% more efficient

9 followers

•

•

Launch tags:Health & Fitness•Home•Cooking

Launch Team

Anyline

I love the approach towards easy farming, especially in combination with using LED light! Do the lights have to be on all the time then? Or better - how many hours should the light be on in Herbert per day?

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@trackingcarina thank you very much! We recommend 12h to 14h per day but you can change the light settings as you'd like. If you have a place where there is a lot of sunlight, you can change the light settings in the app so the LED light works complementary to sunlight.

Report

9yr ago

Anyline

@alexander_penzias Nice, thanks for the explanation!

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@trackingcarina you're welcome! Thank you very much for your kind words!

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

Hello everyone, we are happy to be on Product Hunt! We recently launched our Herbert on Kickstarter and we are happy to be hunted here. Ponix Systems wants to change the way we think about our food, by bringing food production directly to our homes. With Herbert, we created a vertical illuminated farm that works hyroponically, so our plants grow directly in water. We wanted to make farming as simple, clean, and enjoyable as possible. With our inhouse developed LED light you can grow vegetables, herbs, and strawberries all year round, independently of weather or seasons. Herbert allows you to create your own, living, colorful picture, which you can eat and which you can reshape whenever and however you want. Let us know what you think, we are here to answer any and every question!

Report

9yr ago

@alexander_penzias Hey, very cool! Looking forward to having my own thai basil :D

Report

9yr ago

@alexander_penzias lets go!

Report

9yr ago

Pocket Sky

Report

9yr ago

@alexander_penzias How would you say this compares to something like the Aerogarden Bounty? Use of the wall rather than counter space obviously, but anything else? Also, experience with strawberries makes me think wall hanging might not be great (berry weighs down branch until the branch breaks or the berry falls - splat). Do you have a tray or something to add on for those?

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@naweg our LED lights are a bit more powerful and make the plants grow a bit quicker, even than it is the case with the Aerogarden Bounty. In the video we shared on Kickstarter you can see a timelapse which we took over the course of 17 days and in which you can see how quickly plants in Herbert can grow. The fertilizer we are offering has also given us very satisfactory results in the tests we have conducted over the past two years. The strawberry seeds we are offering are hanging strawberries so they won't simply fall of or break branches due to their weight. However, we have tested various types of strawberries but never encountered this problem. Nonetheless we are also working on a tray that you can install in Herbert when you want to harvest fruits, herbs, or salads. Thank you very much for your question!

Report

9yr ago

Anyline

Such a cool idea! Looking forward to getting my own Herbert! :D Can plants that need more water like basil and plants that only need a little water like rosmary both grow in Herbert at the same time?

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@sabrinarueck yes, they can all grow in Herbert at the same time. The plants' roots grow directly in water, so they take up water and nutrients whenever they require it. Thank you very much for your compliment and your question! We are looking forward to delivering Herbert to you as soon as possible!

Report

9yr ago

Anyline

@alexander_penzias Awesome, thank you for the explanation! :)

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@sabrinarueck you're welcome!

Report

9yr ago

reclip.pro

Can you have multiple harvests with the same product or do you have to change the sponges and seeds each harvest?

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@3x14159265 thanks for your question! The biodegradable sponges in which the plants grow are recommended for one time use only, as remaining organic plant material may rot. Multiple harvests are possible, it just depends on the type of plant you are growing. In our seed selection we offer different types of salads and herbs, some of them can be harvested multiple times, others can only be harvested once.

Report

9yr ago

helloplant

I like the idea and the actual implementation of the product (size, features) a lot! Really looking forward to get my own Herbert :-)

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@peter_honeder thank you very much! We are also eager to get the production started after our Kickstarter campaign to bring Herbert to your home!

Report

9yr ago

My Octocat by Github

I love the idea of vertical gardens-- I live in a small city apartment so there's not a lot of space but this allows me to have fresh herbs, fruits, and veggies at home, sans a backyard or massive dedicated counter space. 🙌

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@katesegrin thank you very much! We created Herbert with exactly these points in mind. With Herbert you can grow fresh vegetables, herbs and strawberries, without using up a lot space, without requiring a lot of effort, or time! Thanks!

Report

9yr ago

Perspective

I've seen the concept before, but the name is by far the best part of this product :)

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@baboon haha, thank you very much! There are some indoor farming products out there, that is true. However, we've tested quite a few products and we were never really satisfied with the results. Most of them use up horizontal space but almost all of them lack the productivity, so we created something, where we combined aesthetics and design with functionality. We really wanted to enable everyone to create a colorful and edible picture, in which the plants grow very fast! Thank you very much for your compliment, Herbert also says thank you :)!

Report

9yr ago

Perspective

@alexander_penzias Sure, don't get me wrong, it looks great and I absolutely see the value of what you're saying! But based on the response you got on your Kickstarter I assumed you didn't need my reassurance :)

Report

9yr ago

Herbert

Maker

@baboon haha thanks :)!

Report

9yr ago

1 2 3

Reviews