STACK #233 March 2024

TECH FEATURE

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Which Garden is right for me? There are two categories of Gardens available, which use slightly different (but both mega easy to navigate) technologies, depending on where you plan to place your Garden. If your chosen room has very little sun, go with the Classic. However if your Garden will be placed in a sunny room, you want to select the Smart; it can read the ambient light around it, automatically adjusting the intensity of its own lighting

Why does the glamorous sleeve of coriander you bought from the supermarket turn into a a slippery sheath of forest green muck overnight, even when you put it in the cleanest drawer of the crisper? Well, a whole bunch of reasons, all of which revolve around producers making the plant look good on the shelf (bushy and bright) but unable to survive in the harsh reality of your kitchen (poor potting mix, too many seeds squished together, low quality plants). But there's a way to grow the kinds of plants you want without a whole lot of space and time to do it: Véritable Gardens. Words Zoë Radas MICRO EFFORT, MAX FLAVOUR

so that your plants get the very best growing conditions. As for the difference between the EXKY and

the regular Gardens, it's easy: the EXKY is more compact, with room for two Lingots. The regular Gardens have space to slot in four Lingots. Help is at hand

If you have any questions about set-up, use, or

harvesting, Véritable's site has an extremely helpful FAQ section. It answers questions such as “Why aren't my tomatoes ripening?”, “Is green moss on my Lingots normal?” (Spoiler: yes!), and “When and how do I clean my Véritable Garden?”.

Green thumb not required! The eco-warriors at Véritable have devised a system to grow healthy plants without GMOs, pesticides, fungicides, or other harmful treatments, right in your home.

drink according to its needs). It even alerts you when the water needs topping up! These attractive grub-hubs use high-performance horticultural LED lighting, meaning they're enormously energy efficient. And if you're concerned about seed quality, it's time to learn about the Lingot.

Their super-smart Gardens use water with precision, via a water reservoir with an automatic irrigation system (which allows the plant to

What's in a Lingot? A Lingot is a pre-planted, pre-fed seed refill that is ready to go into your Véritable Garden. Each Lingot's substrate is unlike your usual potting mix; it's specifically formulated for each plant, using organic seeds, organic soil, and essential nutrients. Its make-up is developed to give your green babies perfect oxygenation, root anchoring, and compatibility with Véritable's capillary irrigation system. There are a variety of Lingots to choose from - including aromatic herbs, baby vegetables, edible flowers, and baby herb salad - and every plant has been selected for its productivity and adult size in relation to the Garden's set-up.

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