The greenhouse for indoors

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Urban gardening, i.e. growing greenery, in the middle of the city is totally trendy and the garden journal has this has already been reported in detail. But is that really also possible in the apartment and for all the many people who don't even have a towel-sized front yard? It can't get any greener indoors as long as a suitable spot for a greenhouse can be found. And finally with the Environmentally and nutrition-conscious self-sufficiency a small part of the nutritional needs can also be covered in a healthy way.

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How a greenhouse becomes a piece of furniture

If a refrigerator is capable of producing ice and cold, why shouldn't there be something for it too? Provides warmth, light and humidity to plant your favorite greenery in it or from seeds raise? Home-grown rocket salad or the aromatic fresh mint for a delicious cold tea grow up very practically in the home office or even as a green room divider between the extension wall and the fireplace? In the practical implementation, the indoor

Greenhouses(€ 55.99 at Amazon *) in principle hardly any of the small rearing boxes for the window sill. However, they look much more decorative and are technically upgraded to the maximum, so that the question arises:

Build or buy an indoor greenhouse yourself?

On the online portal of a start-up company, we did a little more in-depth research into the technical equipment of the indoor greenhouses produced there:

Material list for do-it-yourself builders

  • Irrigation and lighting are energy-efficient and automatic;
  • 224 dimmable LED diodes;
  • Water level meter (5 l water supply)
  • stable structure (special plastic) with decorative aluminum pillars; Dimensions: 70 x 37 x 58 cm (L / W / H)
  • Organic seeds from the region
  • an integrable room greenhouse

Building it yourself would certainly be the case if proper tools and high-quality material are available not too big a problem especially since the material costs are probably well below the sales price of just under € 400.

Mini garden in the room - what is growing?

If you set up your indoor greenhouse inside, you only have to ensure plant-friendly temperatures and sun rays if no artificial lighting is installed. For crisp, fresh winter salads would thus at least be taken care of in single households. If the days increase noticeably again from the beginning of March, that can be Indoor greenhouse for growing young plants use to plant the balcony later.

Tips

If you assemble your indoor greenhouse yourself and upgrade it to be particularly plant-friendly with lighting and water supply, you should work in a technically correct manner, especially with the electrical installation, and do not completely disregard fire protection in the case of unattended devices permit.