would love to hear thoughts on this?
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Maybe for the soil for this idea they can make like doughnut shaped experimental pods so you can put your already grown rootbound pods in the bigger pod
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Here are a few ideas Iâve thought about since I got my Click and Grow 9 in December '18:
- A Click and Grow garden the same size as the 9, but it has 7 (or 5) holes and pods instead of 9. just more room between them. When I grew lettuce, many of the leaves died because leaves from other plants shaded over them so they got no light and died. Same problem with tomato and basil. If they were more spaced out, all the plants would get more light.
- Continuing the thought above: Keep the 9 holes and just make the garden wider/bigger, so the plants have more room.
- A Click and Grow that takes only 1 pod. It could either be a âgardenâ/station with a grow light or just a small, round container where you could put one pod in and put it on the windowsill. I want to grow all kinds of things in the office but a full on garden will not fly. As is, I use a mug, but it just looks bad because it is too short and too wide.
- A Click and Grow that has bigger holes and pods, so the plants can stay in there longer. This also goes with the idea above, as it would be nice to have a âgardenâ width only one big pod, so you could grow taller things like sweet pepper without moving it to another pot, because I do not have enough light to grow pepper outside of the Click and Grow.
- A separate grow light, either a standing lamp for your desk or floor, or one that you could âclipâ on to a shelf.
- Lids for the holes, so it looks nice when you donât use all the holes.
- The grow light-arm on the Click and Grow 3 should be longer. I know they have said that it is short like that because they donât want to add light pollution to our homes but the outermost plant doesnât get enough light on the side that is turning away. Iâm sure nobody cares about that extra 10cm for beauty. We would rather have that last plant growing better.
- A (nice looking, practical) storage box where you could store all your unused pods. I have several packs of unused pods, just in the packs they came in, and it doesnât look nice and it isnât practical. (I have to buy in bulk because they donât ship to my country.)
- I wish I could choose which pods came with the kits/gardens because I donât care for basil.
- It would be cool if you could choose a clear tank so you could put fish in it.
- Start shipping to the Faroe Islands and other countries that they currently donât ship to.
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I have had great experience growing Atriplex hortensis / Red Orrache / Mountain Spinach. Itâs used frequently in Romania for soup and impossible to buy fresh here were we live. Can certainly recommend it for experimental pod adaption by Click and Grow!
I agree with Rewna about the suggestion for âlidsâ. I use random items but itâs really adhoc. AFAIU it would help prevent any unwanted growths in the water so itâs really quite important.
My own suggestion is a LED-less self watering holder/plant-pot for pod containers. A very simple 7x7x10+ box with a hole in the top allowing the pod container to be clicked in (note: the entire pod container, including itâs wick, either youâd need to include that in the package or instruct customers that itâs a requirement). Preferably with a small transparent section on one side (facing away from the window) to make it trivial to look at the water level. To water youâd need to remove the pod container but itâs not that frequent anyway based on my experience, same as the Click and Grow itself roughly as without the LED growth is slightly slower. It would be nice if they were subtly rounded on the edges to look like the existing Click and Grow but with a slightly smaller bezel.
Right now my post-kindergarten is a bunch of naturally lit glasses filled with water. Does the trick but would be really nice to have the additional stability of a square boxy design.
P.S Now I see that Rewna also suggested this! 
I fully agree! (though without the grow light, as, price and cables and complexity).
P.P.S Square vs round so that they can be placed on a windowsill with further increased stability. Also, flat base.
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Would be great if there was some sort of option for a protective barrier, like a fence, with a convenient opening. I have cats and they love to destroy my garden.
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I think dwarf eggplant, dwarf avocado, and dwarf cucumber would all work well and would be good additions to the Click & Grow stock. Possibly even dwarf carrots (some are thick and as small as 2ish inches) but Iâm not quite as certain about those. Really, more types of fruits/vegetables would be the most useful for my gardens.
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A garden is a ânice to haveâ⌠But what I reallllly need - Yesterday! - is a self-watering system that can house my own potted plants while on holiday! - and can provide light + water for 10-20 plants (to avoid buying separate self-watering pots for each plant!). I imagine it on 3 levels, with each level catering to a different type plant - bigger, smaller, etc. I pray and hope that CG makes this a reality!
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@Laboo Do you mean something like the Click & Grow 25 or the Smart Garden 27? They both have 3 levels.
Or do you mean something with more water capacity?
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More capacity too⌠But also, it has to be a different system - your own potted plants canât go into the cups - they will sit on TOP of the surface, so they need longer wicks to reach the water, and more vertical space, not to bump into the light⌠Also, not all plants will love the wick system - some do not like that much water. Maybe one level could be for less-water-loving plants where they would get a pump to sprinkle them at diff. intervals instead?
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I scanned through and would like to offer my thoughts on a different deck design for the SG9.
Redesign the deck so it can take three triangular inserts. The deck inserts that go into the triangular holes can be either a three hole deck that holds three original or pro cups, or it can a triangular cup, that has multiple wicks, accepts a triangular donut pod of grow media, with a regular pod sized hole in the centre.
To use it, drop a triangular donut of grow media into the triangular donut cup, drop a grow media pod that is already available into the centre of the donut, snap on the triangular lid and let whatever the chosen plant pod is, spread its roots throughout.
You could mix and match one larger plant with six regular ones, or two with three, or just three large plants.
The deck design would require some retooling and C&G would have to start supplying the triangular donut media.
Itâs an incremental upgrade that could be sold separately, given the deck already pops off.
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I received my first click and grow garden In August 2024. It is the click and grow garden 9 pro, I absolutely love it! Iâve had great success growing basil, tomatoes, strawberries and many other amazing herbs!
One improvement I would like to see involves the app.
Once plants start growing I find myself moving them around to more efficient spots considering lighting and leaf growth. I wish I was able to move the plants around on the app to keep better track of each plant. Food for thought! Happy growing!
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Some ideas that I think might work would be: poblanos, vanilla, aloe, olive plant, banana, irises, fiber optic grass (or fairy lights), prayer plant, peace, lily, lucky bamboo, ferns, elephant, ears, and bleeding hearts.
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It would be great to have an opaque cover for unused spaces to prevent light and things from getting into the tank. I like the only grow 3-4 at a time in each smart garden 9 to avoid crowding. I know I can make my own cover, but nothing I can make would look as good as an official cover.
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