G-Tools Nursery 1M2

Multi-level growing cabinet measuring 180 × 118 × 78 cm with three levels totalling 2.1 m² of growing area. Complete with six 20 W Sanlight Flex II LED bars, extraction with filter, an irrigation system with a 36 litre reservoir, and an app-programmable power box.

The reservoir decides how long you can stay away

This cabinet handles light and watering by itself. The only manual work left, besides sowing and harvesting, is topping up the reservoir. That makes the tank's capacity not a footnote in the spec list but the number that decides how often you have to be there.

The tank holds 36 litres. On the Nursery 0.35 it is 16 litres, while its growing area is 0.75 m² against 2.1 m² here. Work the ratio through: almost three times the area on a little over twice the water. Per square metre you have less buffer here, not more.

That is not a design fault, but it is worth knowing. How often you refill depends on three things: how many watering events you set in the app, how much water your crop takes up at that stage, and how much evaporates. Microgreens in shallow plugs want little per event but often; potted plants at a later stage want more per event.

The practical conclusion: if you are buying this cabinet to leave it alone for a week, first check against your crop and your schedule how many litres a day that costs. Running it full, refilling is a weekly rather than a monthly job.

A circulation pump keeps the water in the tank moving. If you add nutrient to the water that is not a luxury: still water lets the nutrient settle to the bottom, and then you deliver clean water at the start and concentrated feed at the end.

Three levels of 0.7 m²

Each level has a 110 × 63 cm drip tray, so 0.7 m² per shelf and 2.1 m² in total. Above each level hang two 20 W Sanlight Flex II LED bars, six in total, with a spectrum for microgreens, sprouting vegetables and rooting cuttings.

What fits, given two ways so you can compare: 12 growing trays of 510 × 310 mm, four per level. Fill those with 104-piece Eazy Plug cutting trays and you reach 1,248 plugs across the cabinet.

The cabinet is built from aluminium profiles with plastic corner pieces and pvc/xps sandwich panels.

What the Smartbox does

A G-Tools WIFI Smartbox sits in the top compartment with four sockets, two of them programmable through the app. The LED lighting and the irrigation pump go on those. The fan with its filter and the circulation pump run on the two non-switching outputs, because they are meant to run continuously.

Technical Specifications:

• Dimensions (h × w × d): 180 × 118 × 78 cm
• Growing area: 3 × 0.7 m², 2.1 m² total
• Capacity: 12 growing trays 510 × 310 mm, four per level, or 12 Eazy Plug cutting trays of 104
• Drip trays: 3 × 110 × 63 × 4 cm
• Lighting: 6 × Sanlight Flex II 20 W, two per level
• Fan: GT mini fan, 185 m³/h, in an acoustically insulated silencer
• Filter: Prima Klima K2600, 240 m³/h
• Control: G-Tools WIFI Smartbox, 4 sockets of which 2 programmable
• Reservoir: 36 litres
• Pumps: RP 800 feed pump and RP 800 circulation pump
• Material: aluminium profiles, plastic corner pieces, pvc/xps sandwich panels
• Product code: 1110.1129

Frequently asked questions

How often do I refill the reservoir?
That depends on your crop and the number of watering events you set. The tank holds 36 litres across 2.1 m², so slightly less buffer per square metre than the Nursery 0.35.

How many cuttings fit?
Twelve trays. With 104-piece Eazy Plug cutting trays that comes to 1,248 plugs.

How does it differ from the Nursery 0.35?
The same arrangement with almost three times the area: 2.1 m² against 0.75 m², 20 W bars rather than 10 W, and 36 litres of water rather than 16.