How it grows

From pod to pesto

No soil, no watering can, no guessing. Water carries the food, the light stands in for the sun, and you pick the leaves.

Choose a garden
Basil leaves in a stone mortar on a black table

What you do, and when

  1. Sunflower sprouts standing tall with their roots and seed husksDay 0

    Drop in the pod

    Peel the lid, press the pod into a hole and put the clear cap on top.

  2. Young seedlings standing in the lit water tray of a hydroponic gardenDay 0

    Fill the tank

    Four litres of tap water. The float shows when it wants more, about every three weeks.

  3. A small square lantern glowing between dark leavesDay 1 to 20

    Let the light work

    Sixteen hours on, eight off, every day. You can change the hours, but you do not need to.

  4. A pile of freshly cut pea shootsDay 21

    Pinch and eat

    Cut from the top, never more than a third. The plant answers with two new shoots.

Why a light

A Trnava window in December gives eight hours

Basil wants fourteen or more. Our light bar gives sixteen, with the blue that keeps leaves compact and the red that makes them big, at a height that never scorches.

A single round seed leaf opening above dark soil
16 hof light a day, on a timer
4 Lof water lasts about three weeks
0.19 kWha day for the Connect
Day 21first basil harvest

Start with these pods

The three that forgive the most. Good for a first garden.

Genovese basil seedlings growing in a white pot beside a wooden box

Seed pods

Genovese basil

€8.90

3 pods · first harvest around day 21

Close-up of bright peppermint leaves growing

Seed pods

Peppermint

€8.90

3 pods · cool, strong leaves

Pea and radish microgreens spilling out of two small containers on black

Seed pods

Microgreen mix

€7.90

4 pods · pea, radish, broccoli, sunflower