No. It isn’t sorcery. The Verdure is most definitely an automatic herb planter. Just place the seeds in the appropriate place and fill the water reservoir, and it’ll grow on its own, water itself, even give itself sunlight!
The auto-planter makes use of capillary action to water itself. This allows the soil to suck in water from a reservoir whenever it goes dry. The Halogen lamp is strong enough to enable photosynthesis, and the reflector in front of it multiplies the light.
Another awesome feature is the collector basin and scissors that enable you to cut and pick the herbs/leaves whenever you need them for cooking. Fresh from the source!
Designer: Seoyeonjin Choi
That’s impossible. Vegetables don’t grow like this. There is something called gravitropism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitropism) that makes roots grow down and trunk grow up.
Use your Google Fu: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/plants-can-grown-upside-down-besides-tomatoes-cucumbers-58975.html
Many plants can be grown upside down. Heck, astronauts just grew edible plants in space with Zero gravity so there ya go.
You can check the actual size prototype on my Behance.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/28589721/Verdure-(Self-herb-planter)
Thank you 🙂
Love the idea, have been playing around with a similar concept for a while now. Like the way you laid it out, BUT plants grow upwards naturally , sooooo that might pose a issue if the plant is going to be in the unit for a considerable amount of time. Have you thought about working low energy hydrophobic lighting on the unit??
Where can I buy this magic herb thingy.
Join the line, Hina! 😀