Is the hydroponic terraplanter working well? (Vertplanter 3 month update) 

Thank you, this is so helpful. I had only seen reviews of people that had just received it, but seeing how much daily upkeep is required is super important in making an informed decision.

Thanks for the update. I was interested in these as a low maintenance option but it seems anything but that. Concept clearly better then reality.

I bought a Tevaplanter that is very similar to this and have the same challenges.

I have mine inside of an ikea greenhouse with a pebbles in the bottom, I usually just let the water from my tevaplanter overflow into that and they seem to really enjoy it including the plants just in the greenhouse with it

I've got a few of these growing nicely in Melbourne which isn't very humid either. The trick is to bundle all the roots for each prop in spagnum moss with a rubber band. Then another rubber band to attach the prop/spagnum ball to the planter It won't take long until a thick mat of roots develops and holds everything together. Once you've got a thick root mat you can just slice it with a knife and insert a new rooted cutting. The rubber band perish and disappear over a few months. Spider plants, monsteras, syngoniums and orchids all seem to love it .

maybe you could get a larger dish to put it in that would be able to hold the water as it leaks out, you could cover that dish in plants to extend the scape

Thank you for your update 👏👍

Thanks for update and god being honest ❤🌿😊

I think placing this in a glass chamber would help to maintain humidity .. like a closed system

have u ever thought using a slightly sealed glass dome to keep the humidity in ad the water closed so u don't need to watch it so much ???

So far this product seems to kinda suck tbh, thank you for your review

I do not have one of these planters but is there a problem if you were to add appropriate liquid fertilizer ?

How does this one compare to the other terra planter you made? Did that one have the same issues?

R.O. water might be the problem. It might not be nutritious enough for the plants...

wait a min , can a orchid handle constant wetness at the roots ? which species is that

RO water only to grow plants is probably the cause of the discolouration and die off. The RO process will remove a significant amount of the nutrients in your water table that the plants require. So unless you're adding nutrients to the plants or the water deliberately, they're starving off. Nitrogen, phosphates and potassium will be removed and the plants will starve. Lastly, the ceramic / clay pot itself will filter out heavy metals like copper or magnesium. This is what was used ages ago to store and purify water for human consumption. So, effectively you're slowly just starving your plants. Find a way to add nutrients to the root systems or the water column and I'm sure you'll see a big difference. See what people use to build a "Walstad aquarium" and how crucial nutrients can be for plants. Good luck!

This is a terrible product. I usually buy a nearly identical in size and shape product that is produced locally for 15 times less money. Yes. You heard that right. 15 times less expensive. And who would have guessed? Those work perfectly. The seepage of water is minimal and the moss and plants thriving like crazy. Actually its exclusively on these types of containers that I can grow some really hard to keep species. That constant and exaggerate wetness at the surface has killed nearly all of those Dendrobium lindleyi roots. That type of orchid is not suitable to a project like that. Other orchids are.

this is a cheap DIY product. buy the official Tevaplanter [formerly called Terraplanter] - this doesn't leak!!