Concept: Indoor Greenhouse on a Stick

While taking a look at great backyard ideas, we can't forget people who don't have the luxury of having a small plot of land to call their own. For those of you stuck to using your green thumb in your apartments, here's a great concept we hope comes to fruition...

The Green Indoors is a project entered into Design Boom's Your Way to Coway competition. Imagined by Ingela Viks and Liina-Kai Raivet of Estonia, the indoor herb grower includes a light tube plant base that not only holds the flowerpots, but gives them the UV rays your plants need to photosynthesize.

"Up to 24 plant pots can be hung on the light tube.The fluorescent tube provides the plant with the necessary light, while the matte glass cover protects people’s eyes. The lighting period is regulated automatically according to the amount of natural light. An automatically controlled watering system supplies the plants with water. Thanks to its own light source, the plant base can be placed anywhere in the room, regardless of the amount of natural light."

via Home Tone
(Images: Design Boom)

posted originally from: Unplggd

Comments (2)

What about water drainage? It appears as if there's none. (?)

It can't know exactly how much water each pot needs, no?

And if there's water drainage... well, that wouldn't work
...(you'd have to have something on the ground to catch it, cuz who wants water on the carpet/wood floor? ...and there's that water-electrical source runin problem).

posted by digger61 on June 18th 2009 at 12:31pm
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I have a similar setup at home (without the high-tech factor of course), I have standard terra cotta pots with trays under them just like a regular ol house plant would, so perhaps there is something built in? Could be gravel at the bottom to hold the extra too and there is a wetness sensor or something?? Anyhow, I like but don't understand it -- I like taking care of my plants!

posted by turtalia on June 18th 2009 at 8:16pm
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