If your Instafarm is blinking a red light, please check the following: Ensure the water tank is full, and sitting flush on the dock (nothing is on the bottom of the tank attached to the magnets preventing it from sitting down fully). Ensure the watering head is moving to each tray properly (a jam [...]

Underwatering is most commonly caused by: A calcified watering nozzle (if every tray is dry in the same area, this is likely the cause). The Instafarm being near a draft from a door, vent, or window. This can be resolved by moving the Instafarm, or by increasing the watering through the Instafarm app. If [...]

Overwatering can be caused by the following: Moving trays from one slot to another or removing trays for a period of time can cause overwatering. Using your own soil or growing medium, or regrowing trays can cause overwatering. Leaving a tray in the Instafarm past its harvest-by date. Growing in temperatures lower than 68 [...]

We add perlite to the Instafarm soil to enable healthy airflow to the roots, allowing for optimal plant growth. Perlite is a completely natural and non-toxic material.

The harvest times on the tray labels and on this website are estimates only and can be significantly lengthened by environmental conditions, including ambient temperature. Ready-to-harvest times do not guarantee the plant will grow within the estimated timeframe. We have inserted photos below of fully grown and ready to harvest plants to give you [...]

Our suggestion is to not to enter Night Mode more than 10 hours per day. If the Instafarm is not in Night Mode more than 10 hours a day (one full Night Mode cycle) there will be very minimal impact on plant growth.

When the tank is depleted of water the indicator light will flash red. Once your tank is refilled the flashing red light will automatically turn to green once the unit detects water in the water lines again.

The unit may be turned off by holding the power button for 5+ seconds.

Yes! The light on the Instafarm™ is typically on 24/7, however, if you would like to have the light off during a particular time of the day, a quick press of the power button will put it into Night Mode. During Night Mode the plants will still be watered but the light will remain [...]

When microgreens first start growing, their micro-hairs can easily be mistaken for mold. However, unlike mold, these micro-hairs are a sign of a very healthy plant and means the plant root has a significant surface area to intake nutrients from the soil. If you see something that looks like mold and is not in [...]