West Kent Smart Garden Pro - 15 Pod Indoor Herb Kit

Amazing

It is working well. Happy to purchase this. All growed very well.

Loved the first one I bought and so got another one. So now I have one with herbs and one for flowers

Extremely impressed, comes well packaged with all the bits you need to get started. Build quality is very good, can see it lasting a long time. Easy to setup and use either via the buttons on the front or with the app. Which is simple and allows greater flexibility on light scheduling. Nice touch to have well covers for when you haven't put any seeds in, these are also useful to cover seeds that need dark to germinate. Pump is super quiet and can be snoozed in app if say located in a spare bedroom. So far 5 days in and all wells have germinated. Well done, a great piece of kit. Would love ability to switch light off completely for germination, (lots of seeds want dark), but don't know of any which do that. I could set the time to a few minutes in app but an off button would be good. Or some dark covers like the clear ones. Anyway, love it and would say best on market for comparable products.

First time trying hydroponics, and so far so good. I have basil, coriander, lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes, growing. The water reservoir lifts off the base, which is handy for cleaning. A couple of down sides, there's no water level indicator in the app or on the unit. You have to lift the lid to see the water level. It's also bit difficult to empty and clean, as per the instructions, every couple of weeks to avoid mould and algae growth.

To clean, you have to carefully lift and place the lid/plant holder somewhere so that the plant baskets don't fall out and to avoid damaging the roots. This will become more cumbersome as the plants get bigger. It would be better if it had a drainage plug, then add the water without having to fiddle with the plant baskets and damage any roots.

impressed cheers

I have 2 x 15 pod machines and I love them! Some seeds started to germinate within 3 days and can’t wait for the rest to appear.

Thanks to Alastair for his help as I had a glitch at the start with the timer but we got it resolved.

Really happy with my purchases and the help I have recieved from Alastair and will be back at some point for more machines.

Very surprised at how quickly some seeds germinate and some of my salad seeds are doing so well - even better when they were sewn in pots on a sunny patio in the summer.

This hydroponics system is working well. Having control of temperature and light period is super. Only a very small negative is that after a power cut the settings are lost but it does not take long to put them back.

Everything I sowed has germinated and is going strong. So far, so good!

Easy to set up and my pea and salad seeds germinated within a few days.
Doesn't seem to use a lot of electricity and haven't had to use my heat mat yet as the temperature has stayed over 20c with the lights on.
Excited to see what I can achieve with this kit!

Loving our 15 pod system, easy to setup and works well!
Nice to see daily progress, especially when we added a heat pad.

Brilliant piece of kit I love it working really well seeds are starting to grow would recommend this to everyone

Bought for my wife as a Christmas present. She loves it. Plants growing great as you can see in the photo.
However 2 little problems.
The fruit in the right hand side of the photo are not growing yet. Maybe because it's on veg growing mode.
Also the wire at the back of the grower has come out a couple of times, then it loses the data.
Kind regards Stephen

We owe two different sizes and we love it !

Very
Pleased with the 15 pod system. The only thing is I would like more instructions how to set up, it says use purified water but what does this mean - boiled? Filtered? Distilled? I’m
Looking forward to the plants getting bigger. At present I’m only on Day 5 and the sweet peppers have sprouted but nothing else so far.

Fast delivery , great materials.
There’s also a lot of support for any questions.

Living how fast my plants are growing.

The system does everything as advertised and at a very acceptable price. It has already become part of the decor, no need to hide it away as it’s nice to have it there for daily reference and to check on progress.
I have had the 15 growing cell for 10 plant days and all seeds have germinated.
Three types of chilli, two tomato types, basil, coriander, lettuce and rocket.
No need for a photo as we all know what seedlings look like!
The plan is to grow these with no transplanting and see what the results are .
Later down the line, maybe another one!

Veg seedlings in the right hand unit. Flowers in the left.
100% success in all apart from the rhodochiton seeds which, after 7 days in the unit haven't appeared. Notoriously hard to germinate though.
At what point do I transfer the veg to my allotment/pot to grow on?
Also, how do I use the green discs?

Only 10 days on and 100% germination of the courgette seeds. Fantastic roots so no wonder plants started this way do better than those started in compost. I can’t wait to start growing salad every month of the year.

I have never had a hydronic system before so it’s a bit of a learning curve. On saying that I have seen the first green shoots coming through so fingers crossed. I follow West Kents Facebook group and the messenger group. If you want to gather information from more experienced users then this is the place to start.