Urban Eco Solutions

What you can grow

20 crops trialled on this system, with English and Chinese names, weeks to harvest and measured yield.

From the system
Close-up of leafy green herb plants growing in net cups on a hydroponic tray.
Leafy herbs growing in net cups.

20 of 20 trialled crops

  • Local Lettuce

    5 wks
    3.15 kg per trial system35 g per cup
  • Lettuce Lolla Rossa

    红边珊瑚生菜
    5 wks
    3.06 kg per trial system34 g per cup
  • Grand Rapid Lettuce

    5 wks
    2.83 kg per trial system31.5 g per cup
  • Lettuce Red Batavia

    5 wks
    2.7 kg per trial system30 g per cup
  • Tong San Pak Choy

    皇京白菜
    4 wks
    4.86 kg per trial system54 g per cup
    Harvest once, then replant
  • Green Red Leaf Bayam

    绿红叶苋菜
    4 wks
    2.88 kg per trial system32.05 g per cup
  • Nai Bai

    奶白
    4 wks
    4.23 kg per trial system47 g per cup
  • Red Summer Pak Choy

    红夏白菜
    4 wks
    2.25 kg per trial system25 g per cup
    Harvest once, then replant
  • F1 Hybrid Special Pak Choy

    小白菜
    5 wks
    7.77 kg per trial system86.36 g per cup
    Harvest once, then replant
  • Rainbow Chard

    彩虹甜菜
    5 wks
    1.8 kg per trial system20 g per cup
  • Arugula

    芝麻菜
    5 wks
    2.38 kg per trial system26.5 g per cup
  • Dwarf Green Curled Kale

    矮绿卷曲羽衣甘蓝
    5 wks
    3.46 kg per trial system38.5 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again
  • Hong Kong Choy Sum

    香港菜心
    5 wks
    4.05 kg per trial system45 g per cup
  • Lettuce 211

    生菜
    5 wks
    4.82 kg per trial system53.5 g per cup
  • Red Russian Kale

    5 wks
    3.15 kg per trial system35 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again
  • F1 Hybrid Samurai Green Choy Sum

    5 wks
    3.78 kg per trial system42 g per cup
  • Shiso Green

    绿紫苏
    7 wks
    3.78 kg per trial system42 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again
  • Basil Genovese

    甜罗勒
    7 wks
    2.82 kg per trial system31.34 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again
  • Red Rubin Basil

    7 wks
    1.75 kg per trial system19.5 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again
  • Italian Parsley

    7 wks
    1.01 kg per trial system11.25 g per cup
    Pick again: cut-and-come-again

Yield is fresh harvest weight from one full trial system in our own indoor trials. Results vary with variety, nutrients and environment. Chinese names are shown where Urban Eco supplied them.

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