A gardening appliance includes a liner positioned within a cabinet and defining a grow chamber, and a grow tower is positioned within the grow chamber and includes a module support frame rotatably mounted within the grow chamber and a grow module mounted to the module support frame to at least partially define a root chamber and defining an aperture for receiving a plant pod. One or more water collecting ribs extend from an inner surface of the grow module into the root chamber, the one or more water collecting ribs being oriented toward the aperture for directing collected condensation toward the aperture.

Disclosed herein are control systems and methods for managing and controlling the localized environment for growing plants in an indoor organic environment. The methods and systems provide for optimizing the climate at the localized level beneath the plant canopy to ensure the climate promotes plant growth. The control system controls the environment by monitoring, adjusting, and managing various systems within the indoor growing environment such as an air circulation system, a temperature control system, an irrigation system, a nutrition delivery system, a lighting system, and a sensor system, either individually or in various combinations.

A seed pod assembly that has a pod defining an interior region and configured to support contents therein, a grow media positioned at least partially within the interior region, a plant seed positioned at least partially within the interior region, and a lid coupled to the pod to contain the plant seed within the interior region. The pod is sized to be positioned in an opening of a plant growing apparatus to allow water and nutrients to reach the plant seed or be released from within the pod.

A water treatment system 1 includes at least one aquaculture water tank 10 configured to culture water creatures; at least one hydroponic culture water tank 20 configured to hydroponically grow plants; and a water treatment device 30 configured to treat water discharged from the aquaculture water tank 10 and supply the treated water to the hydroponic culture water tank 20. The water treatment device 30 controls the amount of nutrient content for the plants to be supplied to the hydroponic culture water tank 20 by generating the nutrient content from impurities contained in the water discharged from the aquaculture water tank 10 and in a case where the amount of the generated nutrient content is excessive, storing the excessive nutrient content in a storage tank 33.

A hydroponic container growing system is provided. The growing system provides a closed growing environment providing climate and other growing conditions suitable for year-round plant production. The growing system may include a container having a plurality of subsystems therein. The plurality of subsystems may include a plant production system, an environmental regulation system, an energy capture system, a control system, and a dosage system. The plant production system may include an Ebb and Flow irrigation system and one or more Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) irrigation systems. A single reservoir may supply the Ebb and Flow irrigation system and a NFT irrigation system to provide a dual technique, single nutrient supply source irrigation system for plant production. An energy capture system which utilizes the kinetic energy of flowing liquid to generate electrical energy may be integrated into one or more irrigation systems within the plant production system.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for controlling irrigation of plant media in a grow space in response to measurement of condensed water from air in the grow space. Irrigation supply volume may be set in response to a volume based on the measurement of the condensed water. The condensed water may result from evaporation and transpiration in the grow space.

A system including a plant apparatus for plant growth comprising: an internal volume configured to retain liquid; and an exterior surface having a plurality of indentations that are suitable for retaining seeds therein, wherein the exterior surface is made from a porous material enabling the liquid to seep out from the internal volume to the indentations of the exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface enables proliferation of plants thereacross.

The present invention is a system and method comprising a vertical farm where the plants are nourished by an aqueous nutrient solution and where all operations of the farm: the circulation of aqueous nutrient solution, replenishment of nutrients and supplements to the solution, as well as the seeding, growing, harvesting and packaging of plants are able to be effected in an automated manner and controlled by the farm controller system. It is possible for the operations of the present invention to be non-automated, semi-automated, or fully-automated, or any combination of non-automated, semi-automated and fully-automated operations, and to be controlled either centrally or locally.

The present invention relates to an assembly with multiple layers allowing a closed loop automated process of growing plants in the air with assistance of a nutrient rich mist environment. The proposed method doesn’t require soil or aggregate medium. The proposed method allows vertical growth with small land footprint requirement. It further allows to grow any type of plant all the year around.

An apparatus and system for growing plants in a controlled environment comprises an enclosure, at least one basket for receiving plant material to be grown in the apparatus, and at least one cassette for receiving a basket therein. The apparatus further comprises a drive mechanism, said drive mechanism operatively coupled to the at least one basket and/or the at least one cassette, that imparts a drive force to cause the at least one basket to rotate in the at least one cassette and in the enclosure. The apparatus and system also include a climate-control mechanism that may include a light source, a fan, a ventilation system, an air passage, and ductwork. The apparatus and system also include a trough with a sump for drainage of the trough, an intake aperture, a baffle, a closure, an air intake sleeve, and an intake fan.