Gallery: Ikea's Clever Kit Makes Indoor Farming as Easy as It'll Get

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    This month, Ikea released a clever line of small-scale hydroponic gardening kits.
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    These kits come with two trays. The first houses moistened, stone wool plugs, the second water-retaining pumice stones.
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    Seeds implanted in the stone wool plugs eventually sprout. After that, the seeds and plugs get repotted into new vessels, along with the pumice stones. Users water the plants evenly with a small irrigation system. Seven months later, the newly grown herbs, lettuce, bok choy, and chard—Ikea’s initial offering—can go directly from planter to plate.
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    The Krydda/Växer line are the result of some dovetailing trends: (1) More people live in urban areas in small apartments and (2) more and more, people like to know where their food comes from.
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