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Review of the Gardyn, an indoor smart hydroponic garden for home - TLDR: It's AWESOME
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2022
- Small spaces are cool, and self sufficiency is cool too. Enter the "Gardyn"-an indoor hydroponic garden that's smart enough even for dumb farmers like me. AFTER A YEAR, I can tell you that Gardyn delivers: it's great! Check it my review of the Gardyn!
(Apologies if you are getting an overly bright image... apparently it's bug with the new iPhone videos on UA-cam? Looks GREAT on a phone! The garden itself is not bright as it appears. :)
The GARDYN itself. (Mine is v1, but it's been upgraded now...):
mygardyn.com
Use REFERRAL CODE "rfvita72583" for a meaningful discount.
Here's the cart that my Gardyn rides upon (sized just right):
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If you're a gardyn user for a while and looking for some advance options, here they are:
I use a UV filter to keep the algae down. Not required, but makes maintenance/cleaning easier:
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And I use these little black things to reduce algae on my rockwool:
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Apologies if you're seeing an image that's overly bright. The garden is bright, but not blinding, in real life :)
Uplifting....thank you for this review...I just got the 3.0 and I'm really excited to get started!
it's pretty neat that when you use a gardyn to grow a garden, your garden grows on the y axis . . .
Thanks for this review. Just bought it with your referral code. Excited!
Hope you enjoy it!
thank you for your review. it was very helpful!
Love it! I just purchased one!
Great video! Thanks for sharing!I purchased one and going to buy a second one!
Glad I could help. Enjoy!
Great video! Is there any maintenance needed for the water pipping and the water pump? Do you need to take it apart to clean? And can you set it so the water is continuously trickling/streaming into the pots?
The instructions say to clean the water in the tank once a month and then every six months you take the columns apart and run them through the dishwasher. And that's what I do and I've had no problems. On many of the groups related to this product, folks seem to be inventing all sorts of extra work and ways to make cleaning easier, but to me it looks like a lot more work... so I don't recommend extra additives, using a waterpik, or expecting the pipes etc. to look perfectly new after every cleaning. Follow the directions and enjoy!
I’m about to spend $1000 on this thing and accessories. Thank you for the video.
It's pricey but it makes you feel good. Look for referral discount codes-and if you have an Amex card, they often provide "offers" of about $150 off. Skip the nursery and other add ons!
Where did you get your plant caddy!?!?!?
Here you go: amzn.to/3Y2rp6C
What are the “black things” that you’ve given a link to used for/how are they used? Do they go on top of the Y-cups before the plants sprout? Do you modify them to use them for the Gardyn? Thanks!
Those are called cloning rings or cloning collars. I added them to reduce the amount of algae growing on the rock wool, but that's totally optional.
ive watched about 5 reviews, they all complained about cleaning.. none of them mentioned the dishwasher
I hear that they don't recommend the dishwasher for their newer models, but I'm still doing it with mine (and I would do it with the new ones too). Generally speaking I try to wash EVERYTHING in the machine if I can get away with it.
Would this work on an outdoor screened-in porch? Or does it need to stay indoors because of the temperature?
Warm temps certainly help it grow faster... but I think the bigger issue is the light. If you had this in an outdoor setting, it would blast a lot of light out into the world and I think you'd attract a lot of bugs.
@@JustaJourneyman awh ok! Good point. Thanks.
Thanks for showing, should be a pretty easy build, can just use electrical timers, for the water pump and lights. The rest is just pvc and a tub. Will make for a fun project to both build and grow.
I'm guessing you could use sanitary wyes to create the little holders for the plants, then just use net cups in the holes. Once all said and done though, might not be much cheaper than buying the real thing.
How do you keep fungi from growing in the pipes?
Algae grows on the rock wool (which you can prevent, mostly, by covering it up with foil or cloning collars). Biofilm also appears inside the white columns, but it's not a lot. The six month "deep clean" is about removing that biofilm, and for me that just means running it through the dishwasher.
What about the testing the PH and TDS level? And putting relevant nutrients?
I know people spent a lot of time talking about those things... but I have 100% ignored them and have had a consistently bountiful and flavorful harvest. :) I use tap water, loosely measure my plant food (which I bought at ACE hardware), refill the tank when empty and refresh it when convenient. I did ad a UV filter in the tank and it runs for about an hour a day cumulatively, but other than that my system is bone stock.
Is that tin foil over the y cubes? What is that for?
Reduces the growth of algae on the exposed rock wool. Not necessary at all, but it looks a little nicer. I switched over to using cloning collars after a while.
Thanks for video...where did you get the wheeled cart unit is on?
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That’s the first question I had when I watched the video 😂where’d y’all get that cart?!
Awesome. Just bought one as a birthday gift for my wife. Excited to try this out. Appreciate you sharing this video. How is it working out so far?
Still loving it. I don't really do anything more than follow the directions that came with it and I continue to get great production. I tend to run it all winter long and then when I hit the
"deep clean" date I let it dwindle and shut it down for the spring... but this spring I will use it to start my seeds (for the outdoor garden) as well.
@@JustaJourneyman That's great to hear. We have our setup now on week #1. Excited to try this out. :)
@@jayjayasuriyainfo My recommendation is to do the LEAST you can. I feel like most of the comments and complaints I hear about this system are from people who get all caught up with meddling in it. I plug it in, add water, scoop some food in there from time to time, clean it lightly when it looks gross, clean it in the dishwasher every six to eight months... and enjoy a robust crop!
@@JustaJourneyman That's great. Really appreciate your tips. I will share this with my wife! :)
My reluctance is based on the warranty. It's only 1 yr for the 3.0 & 2yrs for the 4.0. Also, I'd like to see the cleaning part, especially the tank. Did you get the rolling cart from the website?
Mine has been very reliable, but it's a 1.0. My sense is that 2.0 and 3.0 versions were a little less solid, but hopefully they've fixed that for version 4. People make a really really really big deal about the cleaning, expecting it to be spotless; if you can avoid that attitude and just let it age a bit, you will find the cleaning quite easy. I don't think mine looks dirty and I've never cleaned it very carefully at all. I got the rolling cart from Amazon for a lot cheaper than the Gardyn one. amzn.to/34btBBh
@JustaJourneyman I see. Thank you for responding. I'm just getting into hydroponic gardening with an aerogarden, so I'll stick with that until I'm ready to scale up. So m considering this system for the scale up. I have one additional question. Is it just the expectation newness that makes cleaning a struggle? Is there a situation, perhaps someone smaller than you or less able-bodied in some way, that would make cleaning physically arduous or cumbersome?
@@boldenmywords "Monthly cleaning" is not too difficult... but it does require that you lift the gardyn unit off of its tank and then clean out the tank. (I bring my tank to a slop sink or outdoors, but it could easily be done in place with paper towels). That lift can get heavier if the plants are full, but can be made lighter by removing plants before lifting. That being said, I think monthly is not really needed and something like every 90 days (or more!) can work well if you take the basic steps of adding a uv filter to the tank or including hydroboost in the water. Truth be told, I pretty much never clean mine except when I do a deep clean every 7-10 months. For a deep clean, some disassembly is required; I throw my parts in the dishwasher, but I guess they don't recommend that anymore (which doesn't mean I wouldn't do it LOL).
Where did you purchase your cart? I wanted to put mine on a cart as well so I can roll it.
Sorry for the late reply on this. I got my cart here:
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Great Video! I just bought mine. Where did you get the Dolly that is underneath your Gardyn?
Here you go: amzn.to/3FqofCk
Thank You
Do you have to add any food to the water? Fertilizer
Yes, the system comes with fertilizer (looks like salt) that you add to the water. About a half teaspoonful per gallon.
which size is this the 2.0 or 3.0
Mine is a 1.0 :-)
Is there a monthly fee if you buy this?
A subscription is available and probably worthwhile for the first year. After that I don’t think you will think you need it.
Can’t find the code ?
Try rfvita72583. ... Thanks!
I seriously question the claim this was 4 weeks of growth at the beginning. Maybe... But that much growth has not been my experience and it does seem to be the growth level of many I've seen in discussion groups.
Healthy skepticism is often healthy :) I should qualify that this is four weeks after germination, but other than that I can't believe the results myself. Now, I do run the lights on turbo a bit longer than default, and I have included both a nearby fan and humidification when the air was dry... so that helps. I also have an aerating filter in the tank that runs a couple times per day.
Oh my eyes...
You've been blinded by lettuce! :)
Organic? Unless the nutrients you are using are organic (which I would be surprised by) it’s not organic.
Excellent point. Gardyn says they do their best to source things which entirely organic, but some seeds they use are not (but they indicate these exceptions as such). The USDA currently allows hydroponics to be certified organic, but there appears to be a movement afoot to revise that ruling.
As for the larger question of whether hydroponic systems even _can_ be organic, that's more of a religious debate. Certainly the nutrients could be sourced in a way that meets organic standards (though many aren't, and/or the very idea of
"mined" nutrients doesn't really comport with he concept of organic), but the larger question of whether hydroponics serves the central purpose/point of organics in spirit is the subject of some debate. Since organic growing is typically oriented around soil and ecosystem health ("feed the soil, not the plant") that doesn't really comport with hydroponics or aeroponics.
Aquaponics may well be included in some longer-term revision to USDA organic standards... or, more likely IMO, there were be new standards/descriptors that provide greater visibility into plant growing techniques and environments-similar to what the market is already doing for chickens and eggs.