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MULTO — Your own kitchen farm
The personal indoor farm with up to 60 plants growing right in your kitchen or living room. Its “Ebb & Flow” watering technology provides up to 200% more yield. Thanks to the modular tray system grow anything from zucchini to micro-greens.
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Hey Product Hunt!
I’m Mael Thomas, the GM of Prêt à Pousser. We are a joyful brand from Paris, and we celebrate the awesomeness of Nature and food. Prêt à Pousser develops and sells products that allow you to grow plants at home, on your kitchen counter, your desk, or your living room table.
After having introduced hundreds of thousands of families to home-growing, with our small indoor vegetable gardens, we are moving on to the next step. 6 years of R&D... Sleepless nights... Design and technology changes... And I’m excited to introduce to you our newest addition — MULTO. It’s a personal indoor vertical farm that's as compact as a regular shelf.
To develop MULTO we've teamed up with multiple award-winning industrial designer Xavier Houy, who has a Red Dot Design Award and a Platinum A’ Design Award to his name, among others.
So what makes Multo so different from others?
It is the very first personal farm to integrate an ebb and flow technology. Like the tide in the ocean, the water level will rise and fall at regular intervals thanks to a submerged pump that is automatically activated. This movement creates a continuous circulation around the roots, enriching them with nutrients and oxygen with each cycle.
Now combine this with the special sun-mimicking grow lights and our own liquid nutrients and the user will get up to 200% more yield, than with other traditional solutions.
Also, thanks to a unique modular tray system, our customers will to be able to grow not only standard veggies or greens, but also root plants, like radishes for the first time in an indoor garden! The nursery tray will help you kickstart the growth of your next plants without taking much space, while the micro-greens tray will allow you to get your daily dose of super food. We made Multo versatile and you can grow pretty much anything: from salad leaves to herbs, radishes, microgreens, and even flowers !
You can start with one MULTO and expand it as your needs grow !
You can find more information about the product on our Kickstarter campaign page. We are very excited to introduce this new product which truly embodies our mission at Prêt à Pousser : reconnect people to their food by allowing them to grow it, at home !
I'll be happy to answer any questions you have! 🪴
?makers Do I have to buy pods from you or are there options for refilling seed pods on my own? While I would definitely start off with the standard option, I'd like to experiment with different types of vegetables and avoid shipping costs.
@product_at_producthunt hello michael ! yes you would have to buy pods from us since they are not really refillable (the pod is made of a compostable plant based plastic : once a plant has grown in it, it's easy to remove and replant outside but difficult to reuse because it will start decomposing - but the upside is that you dont have to kill the plant when you remove it from the garden). We will offer both pods with or without seeds, so you will totally be able to experiment. And lastly regarding shipping cost : we will offer subscription based offer, with no shipping cost for pods (our US fulfillment center is based in North Carolina).
Can you adjust height of the lights as plants grow? Closer when sprouting, then higher as plants grow taller?
@colin_barry No you can't : while on our previous indoor garden the light was adjustable, we put a much stronger light on this one. We did a lot of experiments to find the right light power: strong enough to allow fast growth from the beginning, but not too strong to avoid burning bigger plants.
@mael_thomas2 Is it possible to put it on the terrace? is it waterproof? Great product!
@mael_thomas2 @stefano_vaghi hello stefano, unfortunately not, it's only for indoor use :)
@mael_thomas The video is really aesthetically pleasing - there's so much greenery! Also, I love the look of your modular trays and would love to know more about the engineering behind them. Considering how important sustainability is, your work really hits the nail in the head!
Thanks, we had a lot of fun shooting the video :) let me know if your have any question about the trays: it’s actually quite simple but we are very proud of this system, because it will help increase yield (with the nursery tray) and the diversity of plants you can grow (micro greens, root vegetables) !
Congrats on Launch @mael_thomas ! Just great solution for people who cannot afford outdoor garden)
@artur_asatryan3 thanks for your support, we are looking forward to see many indoor gardens growing in the heart of cities !
@josefbrown Hey Josef - yes indeed there is a water sensor for each level, that will allow you to check the water level in the app. In case the water level gets critical there will also be a light signal so you don't forget to add water.
@jefawk Hello Jeff ! it will cost from $2,5 to $3,5 depending on varieties. Our goal : all costs included, we want to match the cost of organic packaged salad in grocery stores, we are going to produce much cheaper herbs. Only for vegetables it's not going to be an economical solution, but then there's the joy of growing your own zucchinis :D
@owlycrap Hello 👋 What king of automation do you mean ? We did not include any plant monitoring sensor/camera if that's what you mean, we thought the added cost was not worth the value to the user for now.
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