p/grobo
The Grobo One hydroponic grow box is the easiest way.
Joshua Dance
Grobo Smart Grow Box — The easiest way to grow food and cannabis at home
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Avi Zuber
That looks cool, I can't imagine how difficult it was to engineer. I notice you ship to both North America and Europe, do you offer appropriate power cables for each region? What sort of warranty do you offer?
Bjorn Dawson
@avizuber The engineering has been a blast! Yes, we offer different power cables for both and can handle 110 & 220V. There's a one year warranty with more details here: https://grobo.io/pages/warrantie...
Sam Legge
This is awesome @bjornthinks & co. Congrats on building such a beautiful and elegant solution to a growing problem (#pun)
Bjorn Dawson
@d0b0 Thanks Sam!
Elizabeth
"and cannabis" eh? Is this like how they're actually called "tobacco bongs". Eh, live & let live, peace be the journey, team @grobogrow
Stef Chan
Hey Product Hunt! We're so excited to share Grobo with you. Thanks @joshdance for hunting us! Grobo is a fully-automated, app-controlled indoor gardening system that helps anyone easily grow fresh food and medicine at home, all year long. We know there have been other home gardening systems that have popped up on PH, but we're doing things a little differently at Grobo. We wanted to make the most beautiful, intelligent, and easy to use system. The system should fully care for your plant, while being a showcase for your growing prowess at the same time (hence the opaque-to-transparent glass front). Grobo uses pre-made plant growing "recipes" and an array of sensors to insure that your plants are always growing with the optimal temperature, humidity, light, water, and nutrients. We've also designed our own LED light system that utilizes different light colours to mimic the sun and help your plants grow better. We launched on our website last week and are continuing to accept pre-orders until the end of the month. We’ve received a lot of great feedback already, and are excited to hear what the PH community thinks! Thanks for all the support!
Bjorn Dawson
Hey everyone - I'm one of the co-founders of Grobo and we are super excited to be featured on ProductHunt today! If you want to learn more or have any questions, please let us know, we're happy to help!
HotCodePush.com
@thebjornd Your price point is on point. Thinking of growing some veggies what are the most popular plants being grown?
Bjorn Dawson
@hotcodepush Thanks! Strawberries are in hot demand, but medicinal cannabis is the big one with patients from all over the world excited about saving time and money while growing the highest quality medicine!
Elliot Volkman
@thebjornd how far into the dev and testing process are these? Mostly curious because the ship date is next April.
Bjorn Dawson
@thejournalizer We're moving quickly through dev and testing, but unfortunately each plant growth cycle takes 2-3 months so we're trying to squeeze a few more cycles in before we ship the units to make sure all of our growing recipes are up to par!
Jeff Nolan
it's pretty expensive for an indoor gardening system that is 14"x14". On the plus side, there is a good amount of vertical space so I can see something like strawberries doing very well. Tomatoes, 1 plant max (I know there are some varieties that are much more compact but are not favored for their fruit) and it would be tough to succession plant at the same time. The LED light system and integrated watering is nice, but in all fairness, that's table stakes for indoor gardening systems these days, and often at 1/5th of the price. I am interested in learning more about the Recipes.
Bjorn Dawson
@jeff_nolan Great points Jeff! The LEDs, environmental control and nutrient dosing are some of the unique features that make this all work. Our LEDs are designed in-house from the ground up which allows us to trigger different chemical reactions in the plants to make them grow shorter and more dense. On the nutrient side, for example, we measure the nutrients in the water both before and after watering which tells us what the plant is consuming. The recipes are what make all this possible. We have pre-programmed which wavelengths of light and what optimal nutrient levels are required throughout the grow cycle this helps the plants grow faster than normal. Our community members can also create and share recipes for any plants that are not already in the app!
Jeff Nolan
@thebjornd thanks for the additional information, very helpful and helps support your premium price point.
Chris Steel
Hi All, Chris from Grobo here (and the other cofounder). I'm head of the technical team at Grobo so if you have any questions with regards to the mechanics, electronics, or plant related aspects of the unit I can help you out :)
Sebastian Klassman
Price is a tad high, but a very neat product. This would do well in Canada. There are many new laws going into effect very soon. I am just wondering has this went through crowdfunding campaigns, or is just pre-selling directly on the website?
Geoffrey Wiseman
Given the cost of the system up-front, plus presumably ongoing costs for the nutrients, most plants aren't going to be worth it unless you just like the idea of growing at home without all the work of gardening. Cannabis, of course, is a special case -- and possibly the only case that really justifies a system like this?
Zac Coffman-Magaha
At first I thought but then after looking at it, it's a lot more and actually REALLY well done. Great job!
Bjorn Dawson
@zaccoffman Haha thanks Zac!!
rotospace.com
@zaccoffman This was my EXACT first thought... of course only for those who live in Colorado and Washington. :)