Going With the Flow: Stylish Designer Tabletop Hydroponic Planter
February 14, 2014 by Robin Plaskoff Horton
For space deprived design lovers who yearn to grow some of their own food, this contemporary designer tabletop hydroponic planter fits the bill.
Challenged with reinterpreting an existing DIY planter project, design student Blake Burell created Hydropod, a sleek countertop hydroponic planter which is as functionable as it is fashionable.
To complement the green and “organic nature” of the plants, Burell settled on white for the planter. His solution built upon a somewhat common form of indoor hydroponic gardening, a nutrient film system. In his rebuild, he tested a few designs but settled on the one above which contains three individual planters. The automated system provides a constant flow of nutrients delivered via the water flowing over the plant roots.
Series of Prototypes
With designs like Burell’s which feature planter cups, one can plant a variety of edibles at the same time.
In the hydropod prototypes, a concealed water pump pushes water from a reservoir in the base to the top portion of the planter where it flows along the bottom of the cups containing rocks and the plants.
Water gets recycled from one end of the base to the other, then back into the reservoir and recirculated again to repeat the process. Individual planter cups are easily lifted out of the base to to be refilled with more nutirent-infused water. And so it flows.
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening
Tags: contemporary hydroponic planter, countertop hydroponic planter, designer hydroponic planter, hydroponic gardening, hysdroponic planters, tabeltop hydroponic planter
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Using hydroponic planter for indoor plants is a way better idea indeed. Thanks robing for share these stuffs here. If you are thinking about designer tabletop, then its always good to follow such steps and get better results.
— February 21, 2014 @ 05:58
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[…] If you have an eye for design that eye should be wide open when looking at the Hydropod, designed by Blake Burell. Small spaces welcome this contemporary and attractive tabletop hydroponic planter with open arms. In the prototypes, a concealed water pump pushes water from a reservoir in the base to the top portion of the planter where it flows along the bottom of the cups containing rocks and the plants. The water is then recycled from one end of the base to the other, then back to the reservoir and so on. And once we are able to stop being enamored with its looks, we can think about how great it is to have fresh produce all the time. Continue admiring the Hydropod here. […]
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[…] And So it Flows While it can’t grow 21 varieties and doesn’t have wheels, the Hydropod, a sleek countertop hydroponic planter, is as functional as it is fashionable. Its concealed water pump pushes water from a reservoir in the base to the top portion of the planter where it flows to the bottom of the planting cups. See more of design student Blake Burell’s creation. […]
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