Prepara Power Plant

Have you seen this gizmo? It's a miniature hydroponic garden—and a very attractive one at that. Despite our love of anything that promises to improve our feeble gardening skills, we've got one little problem with it...

It plugs in! There's a pump that circulates nutrient solution to the plants, which helps them to grow more quickly.

Even with our decidedly un-green thumb, we're managing not to kill the pot of basil that's lived on the kitchen table for the past couple months. And it's doing just fine without the benefit of electricity. Perhaps our gardening skills are better than we thought, and the Power Plant is meant for indoor gardeners who really need all the help they can get.

Check out the Prepara Power Plant. (NB: A video with music starts automatically at that link.) What do you think about this little gizmo? Green design, or just good design?

Comments (4)

Dumb.
But this company also makes a container for extending the life of herbs that I absolutely love.

posted by ValHalla on September 18th 2008 at 8:13am
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Dumb. A hydroponic set up should include a high power grow light, since that is the most essential requirement for a plant's life.

posted by verasue on September 18th 2008 at 10:50am
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Don't really get the point of this...for someone too lazy to water the plants? Go for aerogarden if you want hydroponics. Those include a timed light and the seed pods so they really are self contained gardens of growable veggies & herbs.

posted by cerise518 on September 19th 2008 at 4:56am
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The "herb-savor" from this company is AMAZING (I own two), but I'm not really sure about plugging something in to grow plants. Seems pointless.

posted by lauriedanielle on September 19th 2008 at 1:41pm
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