EVERCOO Hydroponics Growing System

[virginiab]

I have ordered one of these from Amazon:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HZ2NDQ7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It looks similar to the Harvest 360, but a bit smaller diameter, 4 pods instead of 6, and currently only $34.99 ($40 regular price). I'm hoping it will help me solve the problem of tomato plants at very different stages of growth needing differing amounts of nutrients. Because the Heirloom Cherry tomatoes I got from AG turned out to be mislabeled basil plants, I am planting Heirloom Cherry tomatoes 6 weeks later than the rest of my tomatoes. Oh, and 10 weeks later than a pair of Mighty Mini plants that I have moved into the Farm with my 6-week old plants. The Mighty Minis are starting to change to red while my 6 week plants are just starting to bloom. AND I have a single 6 week bell pepper in the Farm, too. I hope I can more or less please them all by splitting them up a bit more.

I'm thinking that 4 plants is probably better than 6 to fit the available space, and that this may be useful for lettuce later, to space them out better. We'll see.

I'll keep you posted once I get the new device. It's time to figure out how to post photos!

[Sher]

Let us know how it works for you.

[virginiab]

I got my device from Amazon. Here are my observations so far.

It is slightly smaller than the Aerogarden Harvest 360: just a bit smaller in diameter and about and inch shorter, although it says it holds 3 liters of water. The light post comes up from the center and the LEDs are directly over the four planting pod spaces; there are no LEDs between the pod spaces, so that may inhibit growth as plants get bigger. It has three light modes for 12/14/16 hours per day of light. In the different modes, the lights change. In the 14-hour mode you get white, red, and blue lights. In the other two modes it is only white and blue. I am not sure about the purpose of that. You can adjust the light to 13" above the planting deck.


Aerogarden pods fit easily. The pods that come with the unit are a bit shorter and have a squarish shape.

On the planting surface, there are small holes on each side of each of the 4 pods. Since I want to avoid light in the watery chamber (to prevent algae) I covered the holes. I raided my button box and found some small buttons with metal loops for shanks and those fit nicely as hole covers.


This unit has room for 4 plants, as opposed to Aerogarden's 6. For me, this is not a problem. The Aerogarden spacing is so close that it is hard to manage lots of kinds of plants if you utilize each possible slot. I think this unit might be good for lettuces, to give pretty easy access to each plant for harvesting. When I measure the distance from the edge of one pod to the next, it is about 1 7/8" on this unit, as opposed to about 1 1/8" on the Aerogarden.


The marking for how far to fill the unit is not visible when you are filling the unit, so it could be easy to beginners to put in too much water.


The instruction booklet says they have a warranty and that you can contact them for support, but neither the booklet nor the packaging has any contact information for the company.

For now, I have a few tomato seedlings getting started in this unit. It seems fine for that purpose and should be fine for other purposes tucked between my Bounty units to get a wider pool of light for plants that are bigger than the bright spot right over the planting pod.

[Sher]

Thanks for the review, virginiab.

Looking forward to hearing how it does when the plants get bigger.

As my Aerogardens die, I would like less expensive options to consider replacing them with.

In all fairness, my only AGs that have died were one I dropped, and one I shoved a light pole in the wrong way.

[maskedsonnet]

Very in-depth review, thank you! Looking forward to seeing how the plants do and how the machine holds up over time

[Shawn]

Nice review.  Post some pictures of your unit.