New Hydroponic Desktop Planter - LetPot LPH-Max - First Look

[@pondguru]

*TIME STAMPS BELOW* www.indiegogo.com/project/preview/a592adf7 letpot.com/ I'm really interested to see how the plants grow in this system and I will make update videos. As I have numerous outdoor / greenhouse hydroponic systems the LetPot LPH-Max could be very useful for me growing from seed to small plants before moving them on to my main food production systems. If you have limited growing space then an indoor growing system could be the answer so if you're interested check out the links above. The projected selling price is $329 with an 'early bird' price on Indiegogo of $229 and a 'super early bird' price on Indiegogo of $199. My seed box: geni.us/d0eI Where I get my seeds from: www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/ *TIME STAMPS* 00:00 Intro 01:16 Features of the LetPot LPH-Max 02:15 Pots and grow sponges 03:09 Inside the reservoir 04:04 Pipe for auto top up 04:25 Lights 04:54 Nutrients 07:01 Remote filling / auto top up demonstration 09:05 Setting the pots and seeds 11:18 Ready for action 11:38 App control 13:11 The plan 13:37 Extra information 14:20 Prices and early deals 16:03 Spare part availability 16:28 Alexa control 17:07 Outro You can follow my drive toward self-sufficiency, gardening and food production experiments on the Thousand Yard Stare channel: kzbin.info/door/1pgJBGQrUfCUAhk63U5u5A If you prefer a free speech platform to watch content then please check out my channels on Odysee and Rumble: Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@ThousandYardStare:e Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-1824507 To be honest I've not much idea of what Rumble is or does but it seems quite popular among people more tech-savvy than me....and somehow plenty of people have already found the videos judging by the views (and 'Rumbles'?). Both Odysee and Rumble have new videos uploaded to them as soon as they upload on KZbin.

[@letpot]

Hi Richard, thanks for your kind support! Since we are in the state of pre-production and the sample was temporarily installed manually by engineers, the current prototype is not the final version. Like the voice control and app control functions will upgrade continuously in the pre-production stage and bring the complete version to all of Max's lovers🥰

[@pondguru]

Sorry, I forgot to send you the links to the videos when they went live. The seeds have started to germinate already so it's all looking good. For a pre-production model everything seemed to be working well and the sensor fault cleared so I'm guessing everything is fine now.

[@letpot]

@@pondguru That's totally fine and thanks for your update!

[@UncalBertExcretes]

Nice wee kit for starting off the devils lettuce aswell as normal lettuce

[@TheBobby416]

4 plants? @$## yes. And dub light and nutrition. Try 1.

[@letpot]

Yeap～Only 20 days that you can harvest the freshest lettuce😉

[@WaqarKhan-qj9qt]

Alway well detailed video, great guy on planet

[@kevkeisha]

Hello. Thank you for this video. Is there a follow-up that illustrates progress of the growth?

[@ThousandYardStare]

(my other channel) I did an update at 14 days but by 21 days the plants were starting to get a bit crowded so I moved them to my vertical hydroponics systems. I have the majority of the hydroponics and gardening videos on my Thousand Yard Stare channel and here us the 14 day update: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qai0ZXZ7j6yFhNU Bear in mind the plants are growing in a cold situation where the only available light is from the Lepot unit - I wanted to give it a proper test.

[@majstor76]

That top-off system better have some backup when things fail.

[@TheBobby416]

I think. A cookie 🍪 sheet, with drain line. Ten years pass so quickly.

[@soarer282]

I am surprised there is no air pump/venturi for aeration (to help reduce anaerobic zones forming) or ppm/ec sensor (to monitor the nutrients and dose them as needed). Looks like a solid effort overall and I cant wait to see future models after some more testing and refinement.

[@letpot]

Hi there, there is inserted sensor to detect the water level. When the sensor detects a shortage of water, the Max will automatically add water from the sink, then spray the corresponding nutrients in proportion according to the amount of water to make the most suitable ratio for plant growth.

[@TheBobby416]

I was thinking. Seed need 0 nutrients for at least 2 weeks. Sounds great . light gets to the water and grows LG LG opps algae

[@keepingitkoi]

I was looking at a similar system not long ago they look really good be interesting to hear your thoughts after a few months of running 👍

[@pondguru]

The seeds are germinating so it looks like it won't be long until the next update.

[@keepingitkoi]

@@pondguru awesome I'll be watching 👍

[@HomelifePractical]

So you said you will revisit this in a up and coming video? It has been over 3 months can you please do an update? I just got my new one and looking for information, tips, and best practices! Please update and thanks!

[@ThousandYardStare]

(my other channel) I think I covered it at some point on my Thousand Yard Stare channel. I use this to grow veg on to the point where it can go into a bigger system.

[@suresh57]

Can we keep the water storage below table?

[@TheBobby416]

Are any of the accidents that are possible of over spillage of water nutrient mix covered by Insurance renters or renters insurance?

[@pondguru]

Unless there's a problem with the auto-filling system it's not going to overflow. Just avoid using the automatic setting and top up manually. As far as insurance goes I have no idea as I don't deal with that but spills of any type causing damage to electrical goods / carpets / furniture etc. would be covered as standard on a normal insurance policy.

[@michaelenglev9751]

Any idea about the power consumption?

[@pondguru]

The power consumption is explained on their website, expressed over a 24hr period.

[@JustMyFish]

A lot of money for something you don’t really need to do hydroponics. You can get 60 sets of lights for that price.

[@JW-kz7hs]

What kind of plastic does this use?

[@ThousandYardStare]

(my other channel) I don't have the box now but as far as I remember it mentioned non-BPA or something similar.

[@kevinjobrien420]

you have to have the external water bottle on a lower level than the garden itself

[@pondguru]

I tried that and it wouldn't work for me that way since the pump would not draw the water up the skinny tube - maybe I didn't have it attached to the pump end properly so will check that next time I use the system (probably next week or two).

[@kevinjobrien420]

@@pondguru I just set up mine that was a bit of a hassle getting it on.

[@nabokovfan87]

interesting

[@JustMyFish]

Nice bit of cannabis would’ve been good 🤣

[@TheBobby416]

Can we eat it? Is cannabis acceptable for nutritional intake? Stage 1. Cut the first set of leaf? Do we eat the leaf? Or cure for tea some other day later?

[@JustMyFish]

@@TheBobby416 no just dry out the Buds and smoke it. 🥴

[@TheBobby416]

@@JustMyFish that is too bad.