MEG – which stands for Micro Experimental Growing – is the world’s first indoor automated greenhouse, 100% Open Source, connected to the Internet.

MEG allows you to manage and share all the Growth Parameters of your cultivation, remotely controlling the microclimate and the lighting with an app on your smartphone or tablet.

MEG records the Cultivation Process, to be shared with whoever you want, in the vision of an Open Culture and through the creation of a community.

The goal of MEG is to raise awareness on the techniques of artificial cultivation – by using open source performing and accessible technologies.

MEG is the perfect match between communication and technology in indoor growing for agriculture, food and education.
MEG is a step forward into the future, an exploration of possible new tools and approaches, with a view to the progressive multiplication of value.

MEG’s Users are mainly two groups: single users and research centers.

The former are self-growers: those who grow medical plants, food enthusiasts and plant collectors.
For them, MEG is a full-optional solution: low cost and top-of-category performance. They need and miss a remotely-controlled, easy to manage device: an household-appliance experience, along with a very low power consumption.
The latter are private or university labs, specializing in vegetal tissues, parasites, fungae (for cosmetics and medical business). For them – used to costly growing chambers and lenghty processes – MEG is cheap and agile. They may develop their setup or stack multiple machines. They also may gather and transfer data globally.

The project started in the beginning of 2012.
MEG is constantly growing up with new developments, updates and collaborations.
Everyone can contribute by upgrading our Source Files or by simply Donating for the cause. Drop us a line in case of any need at team@growmeg.org !

MEG is the world’s first open-source indoor greenhouse, since 2012.

MEG allows growers to control the Farming Process  via an app installed on their smartphone/tablet, managing all the growing parameters : Lighting Spectrum , Lighting Engine Height, Irrigation and Nutrients Distribution , Ventilation , Humidity and Temperature.

One of MEG’s core values is the custom designed spectrum-tunable LED Lighting Engine;

it is a compromise between Performance and Technology Accessibility. All of its industry-grade components are selected to be easily and economically achievable.

MEG creates Growing Recipes which are collected and shared by the user community.
The embodied technology helps you to act more efficiently, while still experimenting with your growing performance.

Since MEG’s architecture and platform are 100% Open Source, a worldwide community can also contribute to improve MEG’s hardware and software thus providing the driving-force behind its knowledge acquisition and the refinement of the platform.

MEG is a self-innovation project combining our skills (Industrial and Lighting Design), and our passions (IoTs, Growing, Open Knowledge); everyone can contribute by upgrading our Source Files or by simply Donating for the cause

MEG is a complex and delicate project, involving Design, Engineering, Implementation and Construction development of items in the following fields:
– Photometrics performance
– OSHW-focused Mechanical and Industrial design
– Electrical design
– PCB design
– GUI
– Arduino-related applications
– Testing, Validations and Proof-of-concepts of all of the above

We’re constantly on the go, feel free to drop us a line at team@growmeg.org!