Cultivation Systems
Low Tech automation. High Productivity.
Low Tech automation. High Productivity.
The most cost-effective, resource-efficient and hassle free, automated vertical growing system that is created for urban farmers, by urban farmers.
The InstaGreen cultivation system:
Grow with a low-tech, low-energy, highly scalable design
At InstaGreen we have spent years hacking indoor farming, testing and building efficient growing methods for the typical smaller scale local farms. Instead of going high-tech and focusing on ‘fancy-looking-apps’ that in reality you don’t use, we built a low-tech system. But, with the most energy efficient LEDs for microgreens and automated irrigation to easily grow amazing greens.
A system that can meet the biggest challenge in urban agriculture: how to grow cost-effectively in relatively small indoor spaces. It’s a no-fuss, easy-to-use and highly productive system that we developed for, and used many years already, at our own InstaGreen.eu urban farm in Barcelona. Now we build and export it globally. A modular design for scalability and cost-effective growth.
up to
12
smart watering trays
capacity for
7,3
square meters =
48 x 1020 tray
low-tech
0
unnecesary apps
max
328 Watt
energy consumption
Learn more about the system
No-fuss: Low-tech, because that just works perfect.
No, we didn’t ‘build an app for that‘. Plants grow perfectly without an app. ;-)
What we díd build, is a vertical cultivation system that uses our low-tech ‘smart-watering-trays’, watering slides and natural phenomena, such as capilarity and gravity, to get water, oxygen and nutrients to the growing greens.
(Read more on why we believe in low-tech solutions).
The only ‘tech’ you need
Our systems only use High-Tech components where needed. We call this Right-Tech. Such as the high quality LED’s to get the perfect amount of light to the growing microgreens. And pumps that automatically irrigate your plants every day on schedule, so you can do more important stuff (Such as building your business, contacting new clients or enjoy some well deserved time off).
Adjustable to your needs.
You can grow in different formats. You can cultivate living microrgeens, for instance in our recyclable cups and organic substrate, or you can grow entire trays full of microgreens that you freshly harvest, right before delivering them to your clients.
This modular system is easily adjustable. This allows you to adapt it to your needs, for instance to grow larger plants inside pvc channels, or maybe you also want to start growing editable flowers? With just a couple of add-ons you are good to go!
Easy scale up
Everything in this system, from the smart-watering-trays, our 1020 quarter trays and smaller grow cups, the combination of the cultivation system and the germination rack, they all fit perfectly together. This allows you to scale up fast and easy. Whether you use one cultivation system or one hundred, the same design works.
Cost effective
The basic 6 layer growing system using 12 smart-watering-trays has the capacity to produce 480 of our grow cups per week with fast growing microgreens (12 trays x 40 cups). Sell those for €3-€3,50, like we do, and you can produce € 1.440 worth of microgreens. Every week. Producing € 6.240 per month. Not bad for a system that only costs you € 2.779.
Want to do some more calculations for your own?
Our smart-watering-trays measure 110 x 55 x 5 cm (43.3” x 21.6” x 19.7”)
That’s 7,26 m2 grow-surface in 1 system of 6 layers (12 trays).
Room for 48 of the 1020 size trays, in each system.
Key metrics of your growing system:
The InstaGreen System
- 6 layers – with high quality LEDs
- 7,3 m2 grow surface
- Automatic irrigation
- 12 smart watering trays
- 110 x 120 x 237 cm (L x B x H)
- 30 cm avg. light distance to plant
- 480 cups weekly avg capacity
- fits 48 of our 1020′ trays
- Uses only 328 Watt
Download the brochure with all information about the InstaGreen Cultivation System.
Or contact us by email if you prefer that: hello@instagreen.eu
Proud to work with enthusiasts around the world!
“Both the cultivation and germination systems we have purchased from Instagreen are very high quality, easy to assemble (thanks to great instructions) and the best thing about them is that they produce amazing microgreens! A huge thanks to the team at Instagreen for making my dream of having an urban farm growing microgreens a reality!”
“When building the InstaGreen system, we were amazed by the pragmatic simplicity of it. Take the irrigation system for instance, its just genius.”
“It is a great cultivation system that optimizes space and resources, making your farm a profitable and sustainable business.”
“What a time saver!!!!!!!! Love the Instagreen growing system, easy to construct and even easier to use, I was manually watering before but now it’s all automatic so I can spend more time on other areas of the business. A vertical system also means I can grow about 1000% more microgreens than my previous set up, in the same space!! Well worth the money!”
If you are starting a microgreen farm, we have some great deals for you!
| Essentials Growing Kit |
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| € 6.199 excl. VAT & shipping cost |
| Total value € 6.629 – you save € 430 |
| Capacity for 4160 cups / month |
| 2 x Cultivation system |
| 1 x Germination rack |
| 48 x Smart watering trays total |
| Farm starter kit – small |
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| € 5.950 excl. VAT & shipping cost |
| Total value € 7.400 – you save € 1.450 |
| Capacity for 2080 cups / month |
| 3-day professionals training |
| 4 hrs private consultancy |
| 1 x Cultivation system |
| 1 x Germination rack |
| 24x Smart watering trays total |
| 10 x 1020 trays / quarter trays / flats |
| 3024 Cups |
| 4800 Cellulose substrate sheets |
| 7 bags of seed |
| Digital microgreen business tools |
| Digital marketing kit |
| Physical microgreen farming tools |
| Farm starter kit – medium |
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| € 9.450 excl. VAT & shipping cost |
| Total value € 12.800 – you save € 3.350 |
| Capacity for 4160 cups / month |
| 3-day professionals training |
| 8 hrs private consultancy |
| 2 x Cultivation system |
| 1 x Germination rack |
| 48 x Smart watering trays total |
| 20 x 1020 trays / quarter trays / flats |
| 9.072 Cups |
| 12.000 Cellulose substrate sheets |
| 11 bags of seed |
| Digital microgreen business tools |
| Digital marketing kit |
| Physical microgreen farming tools |