founder, electrical engineer
David Wechsler
David is the founder of Electric Fertilizer and a longtime pioneer of the electroculture movement, with a master's degree in electrical engineering and two decades as an avid gardener. He writes about the places where technology, energetics, and living systems meet — the throughline behind High Tech Grower.
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technology
AI-Assisted Plant Diagnostics
Point a phone at a stressed leaf and get a diagnosis in seconds — computer vision is genuinely useful here, within limits worth understanding.
grow
Electroculture Isn't One-Size-Fits-All
A technique that makes perfect sense for one potted plant can be inefficient at a hundred, impractical at a thousand, and a hazard around farm machinery. Before asking which electroculture device to use, ask what system you're actually trying to influence — and at what scale.
energetics
The Electromagnetic Environment of the Garden
Gardens sit inside an electromagnetic environment most of us never think about — atmospheric electricity, geomagnetism, and a century of claims about how it might affect plants. Here's how to think about it clearly.
energetics
Feng Shui, Geobiology, and the Design of Place
Two very different traditions — one philosophical, one claiming physical mechanism — both end up asking the same question about a site.
living
The Future of the Indoor Garden
Indoor gardens are quietly moving from countertop appliance to built-in fixture — closer to a kitchen island than a kitchen gadget.
living
The Greenhouse as Architecture
For most of the last century, the greenhouse sat at the edge of the property — a utility structure, not a place. A handful of architects are putting it back at the center.
grow
Growing Food Inside the Home
You don't need a greenhouse to grow something worth eating. Here's what actually performs well on a windowsill, and what's a waste of a pot.
grow
Hydroponics That Actually Looks Good
Hydroponics has an image problem — white PVC, exposed pumps, harsh purple light. A newer generation of systems is proving the plumbing can disappear.
maker
The Maker Movement's Most Interesting Growing Projects
From automated seed-starting rigs to 3D-printed drip fittings, a survey of what makers are actually building right now.
technology
The Modern Grower's Sensor Toolkit
Automation is only as good as the data feeding it. Here's the short list of sensors that actually change how you grow, and the ones you can skip.
grow
The Most Beautiful Urban Farms in the World
Rooftop farms, vertical racks in old warehouses, and market gardens squeezed between apartment blocks — proof that urban farming doesn't have to look improvised.
technology
Technology Turning Gardens Into Intelligent Systems
A garden that tells you what it needs, instead of the other way around — what's actually changed, and what's still marketing.
maker
20 Open Source Projects Reimagining the Garden
From ESPHome-based greenhouse controllers to camera-based plant health monitors, the open-source hardware community has quietly built a parallel universe of growing technology worth exploring.
living
When a Wall Becomes an Ecosystem
Living walls stopped being a novelty install a decade ago. The interesting ones now behave less like decoration and more like a small, self-tending habitat.