This kit features grow lights and automatic watering — the company says it can hold up to a month’s supply of water — to simplify plant growing. You can also purchase pre-seeded plant pods from the company’s selection of more than 75 pods. You can grow nine plants at a time using this kit. It has a 4.6-star average rating from over 600 Amazon reviews.
This kit uses a hydroponic growing system and comes with a companion app to help you maintain your plants. It comes with a month’s supply of nutrients and 16 seed pods for various lettuces and seeds. The app tells you when you need to add nutrients and water to the machine — from there, the kit is self-watering and self-fertilizing, according to the company. It uses an LED panel of grow lights so it doesn’t need direct sunlight. It has a 4.4-star average rating from over 70 reviews on Rise Gardens.
This aquaponic indoor gardening kit supplies the nutrients your plants need using fish waste — you can buy fish to live underneath your plants and help sustain the mini ecosystem. Conversely, the plants help clean the water for your fish. It comes with seeds and fish food to help you get started. It has a 4.3-star average rating from over 1,600 reviews on Amazon.
This basic kit needs sunlight to grow, since it doesn’t come with grow lights, so you’ll need to put it near a window that gets the proper amount of light for your plants. This kit comes with cilantro, parsley and basil seeds, biodegradable pots and a wooden planter to hold everything. It has a 4.7-star average rating from 16 reviews on Public Goods.
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