inbloomHydroponics Growing System Kit Indoor Garden with LED Grow Light and Pod Kit, Plants Germination Kit for 5 Pods, Mufga Hydroponics Garden, Height Adjustable, Gardening Gifts(Green)

If you knew me, you would be impressed. I cannot grow anything (or keep it alive). On a whim, I decided I wanted an Aerogarden. Then I looked at the price - ouch, a little more than I wanted to spend on a whim. I literally ONLY bought this particular hydroponic garden system for 3 reasons: 1) The black and wood look match my camper, which is where I want to use it; 2) It held 12 pods, which seemed a better option than holding less; 3) The price fit my "whim" and wouldn't cause me to cry if I didn't end up trying to grow things. I ended up purchasing 2 of them (as you see in the photos) and may now be getting a 3rd.Everything you see growing is also from the inbloom plant kits (passion salsa and the salad kits). I have lettuce, chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, spinach, chili peppers, green/yellow/purple peppers, wild cabbage, and 4 other things started that I can't recall off the top of my head. I put all the seeds into the unit on 5/30/25 to germinate. The first pic, dated 6/8 shows how fast everything started up and popped some of their little hats. Then I have 6/14 and 6/22 pics, just because I happened to take them and could share. None of peppers, or the spinach have germinated though, so likely a seed thing, grrrrr.Anyhow the pump is quite, the lights are working and doing their weird cycles, and the water level bobber thing are very helpful. It is easy to top of your water with the front access hole, cap off unused pods spots with the provided covers, and adjust the light up and down as your plants grow. I have sampled my lettuces and they taste great, and I am now even watching the pH and EC of my water. I am really impressed by these little units, though I have nothing to compare them to help you there.The black is nice, just plastic as you would expect. The bottom "wood" look is a bit more yellowy than I like, and is obviously NOT wood, but it keeps it from being boring. All components are pretty easy to clean as well. Very excited for my new hobby and the chance to throw away less produce than I have been lately. Not sure how feeding myself on this volume could ever be realistic, BUT you have to start somewhere!

Absolutely love this smart garden. I have no experience with gardening and this kit/company provide you with step by step instructions with tips for best results. It’s also VERY QUIET. I had to check to make sure it was on when I first set it up based on how quiet the water filter is. I already have a little sproutling after 1 week of use and just ordered the larger version to expand my garden! It’s also appealing to look at and does not take up much room at all. 100% recommend and cannot wait for my bigger garden to arrive!

I got the Inbloom 5 pod in green. I was searching for a smaller hydroponics unit that would fit on a shelf next to my sage colored Aerogarden one. This one was the right size and the green looked close to the sage color. I was thrilled when I got it, and it was the same color! In comparison the Aerogarden one it's not as easy to use but for the price it's a good machine. A few tips I learned. The first tip is when putting your seeds in the pods try to get them down the hole as far as you can. My black seeded simpson lettuce seeds weren't far enough in and when they sprouted the roots grew out. I tried pulling one out and pushing the root down in and it ended up dying. That maybe wasn't such a bad loss because it was the one in front of the water level meter so I can see the level easier. I also have Buttercrunch lettuce and a Aerogarden Basil in the other pods that are doing good. Tip two: Premix your water and plant food into a bottle and use that to fill your machine as the level gets lower. I was used to the Aerogarden and thought when it got low you would add the plant food directly into the machine. I ended up putting too much plant food in. Tip 3: make sure your plant's leaves aren't preventing the water gage from going up when filling with water. My lettuce leaf was holding it down and when the seed pods popped up I realized it was too high with water. Tip 4: it has two different light settings one is for vegetables and one for flowers make sure you have the right one on for what you're growing. It's a little hard to read the settings on the top because the writing is very small and faint. Tip 5: make sure your light isn't much higher than your plants. When you first start have it as low as it will go. Then as they grow keep raising it. This will prevent your plants from being stringy. Overall, I am very happy with my Inbloom unit. I think it's a good machine for an affordable price! It came extremely well packaged in this cool box. You might have to put the pump in place (I think mine wasn't and maybe the sponge wasn't in it, but it was pretty obvious where it was supposed to be). I like the covers to keep the light out on pods that aren't in use. The pod labels were kind of a pain to get on. I couldn't get the tabs to stick. But they stayed on even without the tabs tucked under. I didn't notice a difference in the pod moss quality from Aerogarden. They seemed to work just as good as long as you get the seeds down in there far enough and they are much cheaper. The light is a little hard to slide up and down. The plug in the back pulls out easily. The lights are much pinker in color than the Aerogarden but they seem to work just as well. Pretty soon I will be eating my lettuce. I've already harvested a few Basil leaves.