We Got A Click & Grow Garden! | First Impressions

I’m in my gardening era, and excited to be here! I’ve always had a green thumb when it comes to house plants, but this year I’ve decided that I want to try my hand at growing herbs, vegetables, and flowers.

There are several different indoor gardens on the market, but the two main contenders for me were the AeroGarden, and the Click and Grow Smart Garden. Both brands have several different sized gardens on the market to choose from. Since it is my first time using a smart garden, I wanted to get the smallest size, with plans to upgrade in the future.

When researching which one to buy, I joined a couple of smart garden Facebook groups, and read through Reddit threads to figure out which one would work best for me.

Why I chose the click and grow:

Ultimately I chose the Click and Grow for ease of use. As a first time smart garden user, the less complicated the better. The AeroGarden uses a pump to circulate water, and also requires that you add nutrients to the water every couple of weeks. The Click and Grow does not have a pump (therefore less moving parts to have break), and the nutrients are included in the plant pods- so you literally just put the plant pod into it’s spot, and the garden does the rest.

When reading through the group posts for the AeroGarden, I also saw a lot of people complain about their LCD screens breaking, pumps needing replaced, etc, and I didn’t want to deal with any of those possible issues. The AeroGarden is definitely still on my radar though, and once I get the hang of the Click and Grow, I may end up trying my hand at that.

the plant pods:

There are SO SO many different types of plants you can grow in a smart garden! Herbs, vegetables, flowers, etc- there are pods for just about anything. In my city, the Click and Grow and a few select plant pods can be purchased at Best Buy, and the Aerogarden and pods can be purchased at Canadian Tire. The Click and Grow came with a 3 pack of basil pods to use, and I ended up ordering some lettuce and kale directly from the Click and Grow website.

You can even get empty pods to plant your own seeds! Some more experienced gardeners even use the Click and Grow to start seeds, and then transplant the plant to another location after. This is especially helpful for vegetable plants that get larger than the Click and Grow has room for.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

The Click and Grow was extremely easy to set up right out of the box. All I had to do was add water, insert the plant pod (I’m just doing one basil pod until my other ones come in), and plug it in. From the moment you plug it in, an automatic timer starts. The grow light runs for 16 hours, and is off for 8 hours. They suggest plugging in your garden in the morning, so it can run all day and the bright light wont bother you at night- however ours is in the kitchen, and we actually like the light at night because it’s not close enough to our bedrooms to bother us, but it serves as a little night light if we need to get up.

We just plugged it in a few days ago, so nothing has sprouted yet, but I love checking it every morning, and I can’t wait to see what we can grow!

I’ll update with photos once our pod starts to sprout!

Do you have a smart garden? Tell me your favourite thing to grow in the comments!

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