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IKEA joins the hydroponic hype

This April, IKEA is introducing an indoor gardening series that lets consumers grow their own lettuce and herbs on water. Developed in collaboration with agricultural scientists in Sweden, the Krydda/Växer series includes everything needed to start sprouting a garden and keeping it growing.



Starter kit
IKEA already had a basic nursery and products to grow vegetables outside on offer. The starter kit for this new indoor growing system contains everything needed to grow herbs and lettuce year-round. The indoor garden system comes with absorbent starter plugs, seeds, and pumice stones. "The challenge was to make growing plants in a hydroponic system simple, so that anyone could succeed," says Helena Karlén of the Swedish university of agricultural sciences, who was involved in development of the product.



Krydda/Växer
The collection has a two- and three-layer cultivation system as well, also with illumination. Prices for the new products aren't known yet, but the name has been revealed. In true IKEA fashion, the product gets a Swedish name: Krydda/Växer, which roughly translates to Herb/Grow. Watch the video below for IKEA's explanation of the concept and judge for yourself.