An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module positioned within a grow chamber for receiving one or more plant pods. The indoor gardening system includes a hydration system including a water supply for providing a flow of water into a mixing tank and a discharge nozzle for selectively discharging the flow of water into the grow chamber. The indoor gardening appliance further includes a cleaning assembly fluidly coupled to the hydration system for selectively discharging a cleaning agent into the flow of water to create a cleaning solution to facilitate a self-clean cycle.

A Vertical-Hive Green Box (or V-Hive Green Box) is a modular cultivation system utilized in a modular Vertical Farm or Plant Factory, as well as a warehouse-type or greenhouse-type of vertical farm or plant factory. The V-Hive Green Box includes growing boards, lighting boards, and an irrigation system arranged within a frame structure to maximize the quantity of crops that can be grown within an available volume of space in a modular Vertical Farm unit, warehouse or greenhouse per unit time. The V-Hive Green Box can also include aquaculture boards that can be used for aquaculture of aquatic fish and plants.

A Vertical-Hive Green Box (or V-Hive Green Box) is a modular cultivation system utilized in a modular Vertical Farm or Plant Factory, as well as a warehouse-type or greenhouse-type of vertical farm or plant factory. The V-Hive Green Box includes growing boards, lighting boards, and an irrigation system arranged within a frame structure to maximize the quantity of crops that can be grown within an available volume of space in a modular Vertical Farm unit, warehouse or greenhouse per unit time. The V-Hive Green Box can also include aquaculture boards that can be used for aquaculture of aquatic fish and plants.

A gardening appliance includes a grow tower rotatably mounted within a liner and defining a root chamber. A mixing tank defines a water inlet, a nutrient inlet, and a mixture outlet. An overflow protection system is operably coupled to the mixing tank and includes a wastewater reservoir, an overflow port fluidly coupled to the mixing tank, an overflow conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow port and the wastewater reservoir, and a one-way overflow valve fluidly coupled to the overflow conduit to prevent liquid flow back into the mixing tank.

An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module that is seated on a turntable that is rotatably mounted within a grow chamber and is rotated by a drive assembly. A position sensing assembly monitors an angular position using two proximity sensors, such as Hall-effect sensors, mounted below the sump, and the turntable includes a plurality of proximity indicators, such as magnets, positioned at various circumferential positions on the turntable. A controller is configured to initiate rotation of the turntable from a first angular position, determine that the turntable should have reached a second angular position, e.g., based on the operating duration or drive signal of the drive motor, and identify a drive assembly fault upon determining that the turntable has not reached the second angular position.

Embodiments described herein relate to plant support systems and methods of operating the same. In some embodiments, a plant support system includes a housing that physically supports a plurality of living plants. The housing includes a plurality of panels arranged in a vertical array of n rows and m columns, n and m being positive integers. Each panel from the plurality of panels contains a living plant from the plurality of living plants. The plant support system further includes a plurality of pumps. Each pump from the plurality of pumps delivers water to one of the rows in the housing. In some embodiments, the plurality of pumps includes a first pump programmed to deliver a first volume of water to a first row of the plurality of panels at a first pressure head corresponding to a height of the first row of the plurality of panels.

Embodiments described herein relate to plant support systems and methods of operating the same. In some embodiments, a plant support system includes a housing that physically supports a plurality of living plants. The housing includes a plurality of panels arranged in a vertical array of n rows and m columns, n and m being positive integers. Each panel from the plurality of panels contains a living plant from the plurality of living plants. The plant support system further includes a plurality of pumps. Each pump from the plurality of pumps delivers water to one of the rows in the housing. In some embodiments, the plurality of pumps includes a first pump programmed to deliver a first volume of water to a first row of the plurality of panels at a first pressure head corresponding to a height of the first row of the plurality of panels.

Versions of the disclosure relate to multilayer structures for germinating seeds and growing plants in aeroponic or hydroponic farming. The multilayer structure can include a growth medium positioned in close proximity to a seeding tray. The seeding tray may be configured and dimensioned to at least partially retain a germinating seed. Optional grid tray may be positioned below the growth medium and configured and dimensioned to support the growth medium.

Versions of the disclosure relate to multilayer structures for germinating seeds and growing plants in aeroponic or hydroponic farming. The multilayer structure can include a growth medium positioned in close proximity to a seeding tray. The seeding tray may be configured and dimensioned to at least partially retain a germinating seed. Optional grid tray may be positioned below the growth medium and configured and dimensioned to support the growth medium.

The present disclosure relates to apparatus for growing plants. More specifically, apparatus described herein relate to an inverted controlled irrigation grow pot (100). In one embodiment, a plant pot includes a multi-walled tube which defines a plurality of volumes therein to facilitate inverted growth of a plant while accounting for the geotropic nature of root proliferation. Embodiments of the disclosure also provide for controlled irrigation of a plant grown in an inverted orientation. Further embodiments of the disclosure provide for plant propagation systems which include multiple plant pots. In certain embodiments, load cells (802, 1002, 1101, 1102, 1202) are incorporated in to the systems to enable detection and measurement of plant pot weights.