Vegepod Raised Garden Bed Kits
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Cover leaves 3-5mm gap letting in moths and caterpillars
The cover leaves a 3-5 mm gap letting in moths and caterpillars. This year has been especially bad for it. Had to resort to seal the gaps today! Otherwise great keeps birds and bigger animals off your crop.Waste of money
Easy to put together,Planted some seeds, they are very slowly growing, also planted seeds in the garden with cheap crappy soil not the premium potting mix I used in the vegepod,
I am harvesting from the garden and the vege pod has sprouted then stopped.
The photos I have attached were planted on the same day, the only thing growing is 1 silverbeet plant. The chives which were put in as seedlings have done nothing, the carrots have dove nothing, the beetroot has done nothing.
Would not recommend to anyone, waste of money Show details
False advertising
I am beyond disappointed with this self proclaimed family business with values.Vegepod makes millions, yet fails to acknowledge or resolve design floors despite knowing about them for 4+ years. Instead they hide it and act as if noone else has this issue and customers are told it is their fault.
Vegepod does not "stop all pests" as advertised. As you can see in my photos, the thickness of the canopy corners and clips make the canopy sit 3mm above the base. Insets just walk in. This is a common issue.
The vegepod is not durable, lasting many years as advertised. My sides move and are loose before I have even planted. Another common issue. Vegepod wouldn't even acknowledge my concern. Show details
Would not buy it again
Lovely to start your own little gardening but 2 years later all the parts and shade were damaged by hot weather.All the plastic parts and connections were made very cheap material.
The idea is good but I would not purchase it again… paid for lots of money and hoping to last little bit longer .
Not worth investing vegepod . Show details
Hi Aila, sorry to hear some of the connectors have cracked under the hot weather. I can see you ordered a connector set 4.5 years ago, they have since reinforced the UV stabiliser and thickness of the... Read more
se parts. Always feel free to reach out to our team at info@vegepod.com.au for any replacement parts or future questions!Delivery
Orderd the parts for my vegypod on the 13/5/23 and reseved them on the 16/5/23 . Fastest delivery i've had ever. Show detailsGood product but poor quality plastic connectors
Similar to other reviewers, the plastic Frame connectors are poor qualityWe have owned the Vegepod for a few years. Whilst the overall design is good the vegecover frame connectors are made of POOR quality material and is NOT durable. They have all now broken and I have had to order new kits. I would have expected better quality given it's price. Show details
Love my vegepod!
I purchased a large vegepod from Flower Power and it came with a free bag of perlite. The instructional videos are easy to follow and we didn’t have any problems setting up the pod. Initially the sprinklers didn’t work but after a bit of twiddling the water flowed through. The plants grew at an amazing rate for the first 4 weeks. Then I noticed that the soil level, which initially was at the top of the pod, had dropped between 3-5 cm. This is not ideal and it’s difficult to add more potting mix once the plants are growing. I purchased the sugge... Read morested number of bags of potting mix and compost. I should have bought one bag and checked the quality. Unfortunately the stuff I bought was very poor quality despite being labelled premium. Anyway I have used liquid fertiliser and the plants have taken off. I love the height and the fact I don’t have to bend. The cabbages and other greens are grub free.Veggies growing twice as fast. Great Product!
We bought a medium sized vegepod few weeks ago in Perth WA and planted that day. The vegetables in the pod are thriving and are visibly bigger and healthier compared to the excess seedlings (that we planted in some adjacent raised garden tubs right beside each other). For example, the zucchini are 4-5 times as bigger in the vegepod than those we planted in an adjacent raised garden tub. See attached picture.FYI, both sets of veggies have a wicking system and use the same soil mix. We we so surprised at the difference in growth and plant health that we just went back and purchased a second Vegepod. Show details · 1
After sales service
I recently wrote a negative review. However it appears my issue “fell through th cracks”. Since then I have received excellent service once Vegepod were aware of my concerns. It’s only fair then that I negate my previous review. Thankyou. Show replyThe Best Product and Service I Have Ever Experienced
This is simply the very best product and service I have ever purchased online or in store. The staff at Vegepod followed up on replacement of the cover that was torn on delivery and the missing perlite immediately, the product was easy to assemble (even by a novice tool handler), and has started growing Peas. I am so massively impressed with them, that I intend on getting quite a few more. Simply FABULOUS. Show details · 1This is gonna be good
My Vegepod arrived today. Very fast delivery. Great courier service, no damage to any packaging.Items immaculately packaged. Put it together myself, which is time consuming. Youtube assembly videos big help, funny too.I bought the large pod with stand. All items beautifully made, no parts missing, no alignment hassles. Looking forward to harvesting. Also bought 2 bags of Perlite. Show details · 1
Just ordered my third
This has to be the best way to grow food. Nothing can stop you if you have a Vegepod. Literally kilograms of delicious fresh food. I just stand and graze in the garden. Low water consumption is an extra bonus. I’ll be saving for my fourth. Show details · 1Not bug proof
I’ve had my pod for about 6 weeks. I love my vegepod, I really do, everythigg be grows fantastically, but there’s a problem. When you close the canopy there’s a gap of about 2cm almost completely around. I’ve been battling caterpillars and other flying creatures who are stripping my crop… all my plants were from seeds so not brought in from shops etc… I’ve seen active moths in there in the evening. It’s a real shame, I thought this would be the answer to my bug problem in veggie patch. I give 4 stars as the concept is amazing and the wicking wells really encourage that fast growth. The canopy needs some work however to make it truly pest free Show details · 3Vegepod good. Vegebag no good
Over the years, I have bought three new Vegepods. The first was in August 2016. I assembled it shortly after, but did not get to fill and use it until August 2019. The second one I bought July 2019, and the third I bought May 2020. I find the fittings and stitching do not last well, otherwise I am relatively happy with the Vegepods.The Vegebags are a different story. Bought 15 of them in Dec 2019. Bought them to give as gifts but only gave two away. I started using mine March 2020 - planted potatoes in some big ones and tomatoes in two others… Read more · 2 - and later cucumbers in two big ones. Planted beans and peas in small ones - good crops -. The bags have rusted, rotted, fallen to bits, the wire has sprung out, and in a couple of cases the zips refused to work. I did get a good crop of potatoes and tomatoes from them, but they were my first and final crops except for the cucumbers in two of the big bags. The bags actually have been a big waste of money. Before I planted in March 2020, I recognised that the bags really need some kind of stand under them so on 28 February 2020, I wrote to you asking if you made stands for the vegebags and was informed nothing was available. I have photos to show the potatoes growing in the bags and I have some photos showing the bags that I have put aside to go to the dump. I just have to get the energy to take the potting mix out of them. The two I gave as gifts have already gone to the dump. The recipient did not want to tell me that the gift I gave had rotted, rusted, and tore to bits. I feel that I would have been better off buying the cheap, big, black pots from Bunnings. The black ones I use did not cost much, and have lasted for many years. I can easily grow spuds in them. All in all, I feel I gave the Vegebags a fair trial and sorry I wasted my money. No I have not been offered a reward for submitting this review but feel I should be. Sincerely Helen L.
Replacement base sent
I spent over 4 yrs researching the vege pod. The cost was pretty high for me so I saved and purchased a large pod in 2019 at a Melbourne flower and garden show. On receiving it one suppprt brace was missing and of the bolts weren't made properly, the grooves were missing. Last year when I emptied the pod one of the bases has a crack in it. It probably would have been better value to purchase a cheaper veggie bed from Aldis, the life span probably would have been more than 2.5 yrs.I have since spoken with Simon and a replacement was sent. Show details · 2
Questions & Answers
Help I need some answers as to why my vege plants aren’t thriving in my vege pods. I’ve noticed lately that the overflow water smells stagnant. I changed the soil at the middle of last year and have never used perlite. Should I completely clean out especially the wicking wells. Look forward to hearing your solutions. Elly
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My misters were working fine and now not at all. Nothing changed with the pod. It seemed to happen overnight. Any suggestions as it’s very frustrating?
As we now live in a retirement village, our large Vege Pod in too big for the place. Are we able to just have 2 half ones?
Yes thats absolutely possible! Best way is to email us at info@vegepod.com.au and tell us you want to convert your large into two mediums, and we will help you out with a conversion kit
Details
Features:
- The Vegepod Raised Garden Bed Kits are contained, making it easy to control the growth and quality of your veggies away from the ground and pests.
- It’s self-watering - a wicking system waters the plants from below the bed, letting your greenery last weeks without needing to be watered.
- A protective polyethylene knitted mesh cover protects your crops from pests and UV, and also regulates temperature by letting water and air get through.
- An overflow hole helps prevent the flooding of soil, so you’re not left with over-watered plants.
- This kit comes in a small, medium, and large size.
Points of praise:
- A number of reviewers reported that the pod’s mesh cover effectively protected their plants from the elements, and particularly helped seedlings survive even in high winds.
- They also said that the kit was easy to put together, even for gardening and DIY novices.
- According to reviewers, the pod’s self-watering worked well, which made maintaining their gardens very low maintenance.
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Hi, thanks for the opportunity to reply to this review to help educate all on pest control. Vegepods commercial grade clipped down farm mesh does stop “nearly all” pests. Every big animal such as poss... Read more
ums, birds, pets, bandicoots, butterflies, snails, locusts etc etc. are all out. indeed even caterpillars are mostly brought into the pods either via eggs on seedlings brought from nurseries or during periods of leaving the canopy open, as they cannot contort their wings and get in the tiny gap. The very tiny 2mm gap between the canopy and the wall of the bed could technically allow very very tiny creatures like aphids in, or tiny grubs if next to something else, but the butterflies themselves can’t get in. The 2-3mm gap is also caused by the increased thickness of our connectors to be more durable, along with the reinforced UV stabiliser :) We have much info on how to deal with such on our FAQ page on our website, so please check and hopefully we can help you there. Some people do use draft exclusion tape on the walls to fill the gap but the source of the pests is actually more of importance in our view and we are happy to help with advice :) Let us know in further detail what you mean by "my sides move and are loose" perhaps with a video to info@vegepod.com.au as this shouldnt be happening