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Then you have 30 plants to take care of and find space for. It would be basically impossible to stop you from propagating and giving away cutting if the plant c

by ch4s3 4y ago

Then you have 30 plants to take care of and find space for. It would be basically impossible to stop you from propagating and giving away cutting if the plant can do that. All of that other stuff seems like extra cost to develop with questionable gains to sales.

masklinn 4y ago
> Then you have 30 plants to take care of and find space for. Pothos are pretty much vines, so seems pretty easy to put the pot on a high surface and let them fall down or creep along, unless they're too structurally solid to do that?
- ch4s3 4y ago
  I mean, I get it I have some pothos but also limited window space and shelf space. A 30x improvement in efficiency is compelling.
missosoup 4y ago
Based on the OP post and the notion of a wait list for something that should be trivial to propagate as you mentioned, I'm guessing this whole thing is a $$/Month subscription to a proprietary variant of a common plant. "Just one Neo P1, as the company dubbed its initial product, can remove as much pollution from a home’s air as 30 regular plants, the company says. Neo P1 was in development for four years, and is a bioengineered version of a common houseplant called Pothos." What does this even mean? What is 'pollution' in this claim? Just grow and happily propagate regular pothos which are wonderful plants, and if you need to filter your air... get certified filters?
- Oxidation 4y ago
  Four years seems extremely fast for that. Every iteration you have to grow enough plant mass to test it. That must take weeks or months, even with the most optimal growing conditions. As for proprietary variants, some Pothos already come with tags saying that propagation is forbidden (which, to me, at least, means I will propagate the hell out of it even if I didn't really want to).
- Lionel-M 4y ago
  Hi missosoup, Lio here, co-founder of Neoplants. At this point we are not considering subscriptions for Neo P1, only bundles to keep things simple. When it comes to that article quote, it is referring to the 4 pollutants we are targeting: Benzene, Toluene, Xylene and Formaldehyde, which are the 4 main Volatile Organic Compounds commonly found in houses, highly carcinogenic and very hard to eliminate (not just capture). You can learn more about that on our Product Page here: https://neoplants.com/product https://neoplants.com/product

by ch4s3 4y ago

masklinn 4y ago

> Then you have 30 plants to take care of and find space for. Pothos are pretty much vines, so seems pretty easy to put the pot on a high surface and let them fall down or creep along, unless they're too structurally solid to do that?

ch4s3 4y ago
I mean, I get it I have some pothos but also limited window space and shelf space. A 30x improvement in efficiency is compelling.

missosoup 4y ago

Based on the OP post and the notion of a wait list for something that should be trivial to propagate as you mentioned, I'm guessing this whole thing is a $$/Month subscription to a proprietary variant of a common plant. "Just one Neo P1, as the company dubbed its initial product, can remove as much pollution from a home’s air as 30 regular plants, the company says. Neo P1 was in development for four years, and is a bioengineered version of a common houseplant called Pothos." What does this even mean? What is 'pollution' in this claim? Just grow and happily propagate regular pothos which are wonderful plants, and if you need to filter your air... get certified filters?

Oxidation 4y ago
Four years seems extremely fast for that. Every iteration you have to grow enough plant mass to test it. That must take weeks or months, even with the most optimal growing conditions. As for proprietary variants, some Pothos already come with tags saying that propagation is forbidden (which, to me, at least, means I will propagate the hell out of it even if I didn't really want to).
Lionel-M 4y ago
Hi missosoup, Lio here, co-founder of Neoplants. At this point we are not considering subscriptions for Neo P1, only bundles to keep things simple. When it comes to that article quote, it is referring to the 4 pollutants we are targeting: Benzene, Toluene, Xylene and Formaldehyde, which are the 4 main Volatile Organic Compounds commonly found in houses, highly carcinogenic and very hard to eliminate (not just capture). You can learn more about that on our Product Page here: https://neoplants.com/product https://neoplants.com/product