Indoor gardening doesn’t have to break the bank. Letpot’s entry level model, the LPH-Air, is sleek, beautifully designed and easy to use – and best of all, incredibly affordable.
I love a good deal.
So trust me when I tell you that Letpot’s LPH-Air is the best value-for-money indoor garden that I’ve come across.
I’ve tried loads of affordable hydroponic systems from Amazon and been let down frequently.
So many indoor garden brands have flooded the market and while many of them are really well priced (between $50-100), they’ve been disappointing, quality wise.
Some were flimsy, one had poor quality LEDs.. another had an inefficiently spaced grow deck.. it’s been hard to find a brand that makes a great indoor garden.
So when I discovered Letpot’s newest model, the LPH Air, I was really impressed.
The garden is compact, beautiful, easy to use right out of the box and really affordable.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Letpot LPH-Air.
Letpot LPH-Air Indoor Garden
Read my in-depth review below, or jump to a specific section:
What’s Included
The Letpot LPH-Air is a compact indoor garden with space for up to 10 plants.
I love that the garden comes with some extra accessories like trellis supports, labels and spacers.
Trellis supports are handy when growing vining plants like peas, cucumbers or beans.
Space covers come in handy if you don’t plan to use all the grow holes.
I’ve personally never used labels (I write the plant names directly on the stickers) but they’re a nice extra to have!
unboxing and assembling the garden was really straightforward – everything is packaged well!
Seeds
The one thing that Letpot’s garden doesn’t come with is seeds.
You’ll need to buy your own seeds to get started.
If you’re a beginner to indoor gardening or hydroponics, I recommend growing herbs.
Herbs are easy to grow, fast and useful – fresh herbs make such a difference in cooking.
And they’re economical.
unboxing and assembling the garden was really straightforward – everything is packaged well!
I can’t tell you how many plastic herb packs I’ve bought from the grocery store that contained half dried out, nearly dead herbs.
Those store herbs sometimes have little flavor and always go bad so quickly.
And they’re expensive – each tiny portion is $3 a pack, for non organic herbs (!).
If you grow your own herbs, you harvest as needed and the plant continues to grow back – so you’ll have a steady supply of fresh herbs for months.
Read more: Are Indoor Gardens Worth the Cost? Calculating an Indoor Herb Garden ROI
Where to Buy Seeds
Here are a couple of my favorite seed companies to order from:
All of these have unique, heirloom plant varieties you’ve probably never heard of or tried before. Of course, they have common kitchen vegetables too!
I have a more detailed list of my favorite online heirloom seed companies here.
How to Set Up the Letpot Air
The Letpot LPH-Air has space for up to 10 plants.
These are the herbs I’m currently growing:
Basil is the easiest to grow.
I always recommend growing your own basil because there are so many different varieties than basic Genovese basil and basil is a very beginner friendly plant!
Chives and cilantro are a bit trickier, so if you’re a beginner you could skip those.
I filmed a quick tutorial showing how to set up the indoor garden. You can watch it on Tiktok, Instagram or Youtube.
setting up the Letpot LPH-Air to grow a variety of unique herbs
Letpot LPH-Air Review
Pros
Overall, I’ve been very impressed with the Letpot Air, for several reasons:
Well-Made
The build quality is solid – the grow deck fits neatly on the bowl and everything sits flush.
I also love the two tone design.
Initially I was uncertain about the dual colors, but in person, the white deck and sea foam green color goes really nicely together.
The base of the garden has two hand grooves built in, which makes carrying and moving the garden a breeze.
love the side carve outs that make the Letpot easy to pick up, re-fill and reposition
Grow Light
The garden includes a 24 watt LED light specifically designed for growing plants.
LEDs are great for indoor growing because they contain the full light spectrum to support healthy plant development – even if your house doesn’t get much sunlight.
The lights should stay on for 14 to 16 hours a day, so place them in a room with a door so the brightness doesn’t bother you.
the built-in LED light is strong, customizable and easy to detach
One feature I particularly like about the Letpot light is it comes in 2 settings, a dimmer option and a brighter option.
During germination, you don’t need the lights at full strength so you can use the dimmer option.
Then you can toggle them back to full strength once the plants are in growth mode.
Or, if you’re home and the lights are bothering you, you can temporarily set the LEDs to the lower strength setting.
The light also fully detaches from the grow bowl, so at cleaning time it makes the whole garden system much easier to clean.
Size
This is a cute, compact indoor garden.
It measures approximately 15” long by 7” deep so should fit neatly on most kitchen counters, even in small apartments or condos.
The light raises to a height of 13 inches, so the machine is a good balance between compact but also functional.
1 foot is enough growing height for herbs, lettuces and most greens.
setup was really easy – unboxing to a fully planted garden took ~15 minutes
Customization
The garden has a couple controls on the top of the light.
You can turn the power on/off, adjust the light brightness, toggle between vegetative or fruiting mode and modify the pump from the LED.
But Letpot also has a mobile app where you can adjust lots more features.
Letpot allows you to fully customize the light schedule
In particular, I prefer to be able to control the light schedule – both the duration and the exact time that the lights turn on and off.
Within the mobile app, you can add your garden and fully customize the light schedule.
I set mine to a 15 hour duration that starts at 6pm and ends at 9am.
That has the garden running at night, where the lights don’t bother me (I work from home).
And, it means the machine can do double duty as both an indoor garden and my apartment lighting ha!
Cons
Water Opening
If I had to nitpick, I’d say that I personally prefer when the water opening is a little larger, and centered in the middle of the deck.
The small circular opening is all the way on the right and the same size as the grow holes so it takes a bit more care to re-fill.
Pump Sensor
I also ran into an issue at start up where the pump sensor kept going off.
The machine didn’t initially recognize that the reservoir was full and kept signaling ‘low water’ with a beep.
To troubleshoot it, I just followed Letpot’s customer service directions and cleaned out the sensor.
Both of those issues are relatively minor.
Is Letpot Worth Buying?
I’m impressed with how well made the Letpot LPH Air is for the price point.
But what really makes this garden so phenomenal is how much value you get compared to other gardens on the market.
For a long time, I had indoor gardens from Aerogarden (the original maker of indoor gardens).
The closest model to the LPH-Air from Aerogarden would be the Harvest family.
But on several metrics, the Aerogarden Harvest series falls short compared to the Letpot Air… while costing nearly double.
Aerogarden vs Letpot
For example, the Aerogarden Harvest models have 15-20 watt led lights that extend up to 12 inches high. That’s a lower light strength at a shorter height…
…which limits the types of plants you can grow.
Likewise, the Aerogarden Harvest models only have 6 grow spaces compared to Letpot LPH-Air’s 10 spaces.
Each plant needs adequate room, which sometimes means 2-3 spaces instead of 1.
So while you don’t always want to fill every grow space, having the option to grow up to 10 plants is nice.
After all, you can always plant less and cover up the unused spaces, but you can’t carve additional spaces into a machine.
Value for Money
And finally, price.
I believe indoor gardening should be accessible to everyone and affordable pricing is one of the most common complaints people come to me with.
Pricing fluctuates as most brands seem to experiment with sales throughout the year.
But at MSRP the Aerogarden Harvest family ranges from $90-140 (depending on the model) while the Letpot LPH-Air retails for $90.
At full MSRP, comparing the Harvest 2.0 to the LPH-Air, I would recommend the LPH-Air all day, every day.
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