For such a small software outfit I’d be wary of partnering with them unless it’s open source. Most companies fail. You don’t want to get stuck with some proprietary thing that can’t be updated or fixed.
Cool stuff. There is going to be a huge surplus of microgreens worldwide soon, you can grow these anywhere in a small cubicle even. Very cool and simple to do with automation of the water nutrient levels.
I'm very much concerned on the availability of seeds with an increased demand since this is the case. I've noticed a lot of common microgreen seeds are sold out every once in awhile. At the same time, I'm very much concerned with the consumer price index in general that is skyrocketing to such a point that people won't be as likely to spend as much money on a crop the general public knows little about. Microgreens are nutritious but not filling. With increased prices on your production costs with the rise in cpi, you'll have to increase your price to make a good profit. Are people willing to pay $6 or more on 2oz of mgs in the near future? Hard to say. All I know is my chef friend had to stop buying from me and cut out a lot from his menu to keep his prices low due to the high rising costs of food. And it's only going to get worse. Thank your government.
As a software developer who is transitioning into homesteading this is very disappointing to see. None of this is open source. It is all behind an "enterprise" old school sales cycle. I'm very much tempted to document on my TH-cam building an alternative website to this at no cost to smaller scale farmers.
Heaven forbid they should want to get a return on the time and money they've invested in their system! Check out OpenSprinkler for an open-source irrigation controller. I've adapted the OSPi edition of the hardware to my own custom 128-station PCB and have written my own management system to help me with keeping track of records, managing rotations and automated deficit irrigation.
Great channel, congrats on the land. As a SaaS salesman selling modern software to SMALL businesses.. this is disappointing to see as well. As a top salesman: I don't know how I'd sell a closed source app built on closed source hardware to small-scale farmers, who are almost exclusively DIY. But he'll get good traction with monied warehouse farmers, I'm sure. If you're serious about the undertaking: I do think there'd be great need for your open source alternative.
@@bradcavanagh3092 Sounds like you would be a big help on Coder to Homesteader's proposed project. Deficit irrigation would be such a cool automation for me to have on a shelf by shelf level, but this is costly in a proprietary system, no? I'm a one man show and I can't do what you just described because I have a learning disability: and I can't just "buy it" as you suggest because I'm broke, but not from lack of effort. Do you think increasing that access to technology for younger farmers would be cool as well? Great minds!
It’s great to see that there are such innovative farms! Automatic systems change the production process, making it more efficient and sustainable. Can blockchain technology boost the sustainable revolution in agriculture? #sustainability #AI #fairweb #livetree
Another way to look at it is that you can produce more with less work. That labor can be directed elsewhere, producing more of what we may need. if we can produce 100x food without increasing the labor required, we all win.
@@McMovesdotcom ''We all win'' ?? I think we are all about to lose... Automation is fantastic up to a point. As machines become more automated fewer and fewer people are employed. Within 5 - 10 years artificial intelligence will replace most jobs, including lawyers and accountants.
@@questioneverything4601 I suppose in 5-10 we all can learn to code, or else be forced into the gulags. I get you though. I have no doubt a massive company or two with billions of dollars will sweep the nation with cheap, organic, sustainable, environmental-friendly, no animal harmed, *buzzword after buzzword,* microgreens from their automated systems and advertise the hell out of it and we will all be crushed out of the competition, per usual. Some may rise out of it, like SMOK when it comes to vaping but big Tobacco also has a large share of the vaping market too.
This allows the small farm to produce more. Why is that not progress? It seems you're focusing on a large business laying off people, when you should be focused on a small business producing more with the same amount of people.
@@BobWidlefish you want your app on their OS there’s always a take be it good or bad your giving part of yourself and skill set for others benefit all for the sake of convenience. It has access to growing performance ,conditions ,income harvest rates I can’t see a need nor benefits
There is so many open source automated farming apps now, this guy is using blurple led still, the cannabis industry has been using samsung superior tech for 2 to 3 years now, far beyond philips for increasing plant tissue and quality (samsung lm301H)... look into the lights called Scyne LED or Kingbrite, the models called the Raging Kale and Raging Kush 2.0, they have colors and UV of every spectrum adjustable by phone. KingBrite is one of the cheapest wholesalers for lm301H prebuilt lights right now, believe me I did years of research heh. Also arduino automated watering kits, and automated raspberry pi kits are under 200 now, to do all this and link it to your phone with pH, water levels, light levels, everything, under 1000 by trolmaster, or like i said above, you have 2 opensource raspberry pi or arduino methods if you are a techy type.
For such a small software outfit I’d be wary of partnering with them unless it’s open source. Most companies fail. You don’t want to get stuck with some proprietary thing that can’t be updated or fixed.
Very well said my friend.
Small open source companies are called charities.
@@BeeRich33 that’s silly. Even single person open source outfit can sell service, customization, etc. I’m a retired software engineer BTW. Cheers!
Cool stuff. There is going to be a huge surplus of microgreens worldwide soon, you can grow these anywhere in a small cubicle even. Very cool and simple to do with automation of the water nutrient levels.
food prices are at the highest point in the decade, the world bank predicts that there will be a food shortage
@@sams8353 the world bank pays for food shortages
I'm very much concerned on the availability of seeds with an increased demand since this is the case. I've noticed a lot of common microgreen seeds are sold out every once in awhile. At the same time, I'm very much concerned with the consumer price index in general that is skyrocketing to such a point that people won't be as likely to spend as much money on a crop the general public knows little about. Microgreens are nutritious but not filling. With increased prices on your production costs with the rise in cpi, you'll have to increase your price to make a good profit. Are people willing to pay $6 or more on 2oz of mgs in the near future? Hard to say. All I know is my chef friend had to stop buying from me and cut out a lot from his menu to keep his prices low due to the high rising costs of food. And it's only going to get worse. Thank your government.
Excess of anything is a disaster. Prices of grains increases thru the roof.microgreens doesnt produce seeds.
@@sams8353 yes,avg people income has been at highest ever b4.
Once I have more buyers I'll definitely look into this system
As a software developer who is transitioning into homesteading this is very disappointing to see. None of this is open source. It is all behind an "enterprise" old school sales cycle. I'm very much tempted to document on my TH-cam building an alternative website to this at no cost to smaller scale farmers.
I'm here for your idea! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
go one step further and create a discord with like minded devs that will contribute!
FOSS FTW!!
Heaven forbid they should want to get a return on the time and money they've invested in their system!
Check out OpenSprinkler for an open-source irrigation controller. I've adapted the OSPi edition of the hardware to my own custom 128-station PCB and have written my own management system to help me with keeping track of records, managing rotations and automated deficit irrigation.
Great channel, congrats on the land. As a SaaS salesman selling modern software to SMALL businesses.. this is disappointing to see as well. As a top salesman: I don't know how I'd sell a closed source app built on closed source hardware to small-scale farmers, who are almost exclusively DIY. But he'll get good traction with monied warehouse farmers, I'm sure.
If you're serious about the undertaking: I do think there'd be great need for your open source alternative.
@@bradcavanagh3092 Sounds like you would be a big help on Coder to Homesteader's proposed project. Deficit irrigation would be such a cool automation for me to have on a shelf by shelf level, but this is costly in a proprietary system, no? I'm a one man show and I can't do what you just described because I have a learning disability: and I can't just "buy it" as you suggest because I'm broke, but not from lack of effort.
Do you think increasing that access to technology for younger farmers would be cool as well?
Great minds!
Do you guys have an affiliate program? I would enjoy promoting this product on your behalf.
How do I buy this system! That’s so cool
This is amazing! Definitely will invest into this
Mindblowing. Congrats!
maybe a stupid questions, but what are the trays they are using? i mean the large ones. googled a fair bit, but could not find any that large.
8'x4' grow trays
Look very similar to Staal Plast trays. Maybe different though
very smart ad
It also identifies the pest and destroys it.
Keep crushing 👍
Very cool but also very susceptible to regulations and databasing
what do you mean regulations and what are you databasing other than maybe sensor readouts?
It’s great to see that there are such innovative farms! Automatic systems change the production process, making it more efficient and sustainable. Can blockchain technology boost the sustainable revolution in agriculture? #sustainability #AI #fairweb #livetree
Great video. Boys get yourselves some shades! It’s hurting my eyes watching you guys. Huge liability!
Way too much EMF using that Ipad
It always amazes me that people think that progress is made by employing fewer and fewer people..
Such short sighted thinking.
Another way to look at it is that you can produce more with less work. That labor can be directed elsewhere, producing more of what we may need.
if we can produce 100x food without increasing the labor required, we all win.
@@McMovesdotcom ''We all win'' ?? I think we are all about to lose... Automation is fantastic up to a point. As machines become more automated fewer and fewer people are employed. Within 5 - 10 years artificial intelligence will replace most jobs, including lawyers and accountants.
@@questioneverything4601 I suppose in 5-10 we all can learn to code, or else be forced into the gulags.
I get you though. I have no doubt a massive company or two with billions of dollars will sweep the nation with cheap, organic, sustainable, environmental-friendly, no animal harmed, *buzzword after buzzword,* microgreens from their automated systems and advertise the hell out of it and we will all be crushed out of the competition, per usual. Some may rise out of it, like SMOK when it comes to vaping but big Tobacco also has a large share of the vaping market too.
@@questioneverything4601 no it wont
This allows the small farm to produce more. Why is that not progress? It seems you're focusing on a large business laying off people, when you should be focused on a small business producing more with the same amount of people.
Farming apps letting big tech in
There’s no reason at all to use big tech in farms. Most software has nothing to do with big tech.
@@wurzermichael I think open source is the way to go. I don’t know if vertigrow is open source.
Define ur terms guys
@@BobWidlefish you want your app on their OS there’s always a take be it good or bad your giving part of yourself and skill set for others benefit all for the sake of convenience. It has access to growing performance ,conditions ,income harvest rates I can’t see a need nor benefits
There is so many open source automated farming apps now, this guy is using blurple led still, the cannabis industry has been using samsung superior tech for 2 to 3 years now, far beyond philips for increasing plant tissue and quality (samsung lm301H)... look into the lights called Scyne LED or Kingbrite, the models called the Raging Kale and Raging Kush 2.0, they have colors and UV of every spectrum adjustable by phone. KingBrite is one of the cheapest wholesalers for lm301H prebuilt lights right now, believe me I did years of research heh.
Also arduino automated watering kits, and automated raspberry pi kits are under 200 now, to do all this and link it to your phone with pH, water levels, light levels, everything, under 1000 by trolmaster, or like i said above, you have 2 opensource raspberry pi or arduino methods if you are a techy type.