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Photo: Warner Bros. Even before the coronavirus triggered a renewed interest in Victory Gardens, indoor gardening was already experiencing a comeback. The 2018 National Gardening Survey noted a serious upswing of people growing herbs and other edible plants inside.
$100 at Amazon Buy Click and Grow Smart Garden 9 Indoor Home Garden $200 This larger version of the Smart Garden planter from Click and Grow can accommodate nine plants and includes seed pods for growing cherry tomatoes, basil, and green-leaf lettuce. George Pisegna, deputy director and chief of horticulture at the Horticulture Society of New York, recommends it because it offers a complete growing system, with a self-watering container and an LED grow light. It comes with the plants, too.
$150 at Bed Bath & Beyond Buy From $120 at AeroGarden Buy Worth Garden Self-Dripping Vertical Garden Wall Planters $40 for 9 $40 for 9 Vertical or pocket gardens are another great choice for growing herbs . “These are visually amazing because they ‘grow’ on the wall,” says Gennaro Brooks-Church, director of landscaping firm Eco Brooklyn Living Walls. Just be sure to be ultradiligent with watering. “The one drawback is that these systems dry out fast,” he says.
$20 at Amazon Buy $16 at Walmart Buy Best garden kits for microgreens Chef’n Microgreens Garden $30 Photo: Adrian Delsi/©2017 Filament Brands. All Rights Reserved. In addition to herbs, consider diminutively proportioned plants. “Microgreens come in so many flavors, and they’re extremely healthy and fast to grow,” explains Nicolas Mazard, U.S. general manager of microgreens company Koppert Cress. Those who like spicy foods should opt for microradish and micromustard microgreens.
$51 at Amazon Buy $57 at eBay Buy Mr. Stacky Smart Farm $246 $500 now 51% off $246 The tower garden is a vertical aeroponic garden that comes with non-GMO seeds and accessories for planting and tending to your new greens. “Many of the schools we work with in New York and Chicago use our donated seedlings in their classrooms with tower gardens,” says Nicole Baum, director of marketing and partnerships at Gotham Greens. This one is self watering.
$131 at Amazon Buy $190 at Walmart Buy Best garden kit for seeds SunBlaster Mini Greenhouse Kit with NanoDome $60 While this kit can also be used for herbs, Arnell says it is “perfect for starting seeds, or for catering to your humidity-loving diva plants in our dry New York winters.” The kit comes with a high quality 10”x20” tray, a humidity dome and a high-output fluorescent grow light with a reflector that mounts directly onto the dome, she adds.
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