Urban Root · For the self-reliant
Plan it.
Build it.
Grow it.
Precise, one-time tools for growers, homesteaders and preppers, plus the aeroponic equipment to build what you plan. The real math behind aeroponics, hydroponics, grow rooms, food storage and the family garden. Pay once. No subscriptions.
Five tools live, with more coming. One-time purchase, no subscriptions. Built mobile-first for the field, and made in South Africa.
The toolkit
Pick the tool for the job.
Six tools across growing, planning and preparing. Each runs on its own site and is sold on its own. Buy only what you need.
Aeroponics Calculator
Design a high-pressure aeroponic system: pressure loss, misting flow, pump sizing and running costs, with the engineering shown.
Grow Room Calculator
Size your grow room end to end: VPD, BTU cooling, dehumidification, ventilation CFM, CO2 dosing and electricity costs.
Vertica
Plan a vertical hydroponic tower from plan to plate: pump and reservoir sizing, feeding, lighting, schedule, shopping list and payback.
Hydroponics Calculator
Passive and low-pressure system design with a custom layout designer. In the workshop now.
The Homestead Plan
Know exactly what to grow for your family: plant counts, soil volume, companion planting and planting dates, built around what you actually eat.
FaminePrep
Build a food-storage plan for your household: calorie math, shopping lists, storage guides and a crisis checklist, tuned to your country.
Equipment · Opening soon
From plan to working system.
The calculators size your system. Soon, Urban Root will supply the gear to build it: high-pressure pumps, misting nozzles, controllers and complete aeroponic kits, matched to the numbers your tool gives you.
Pumps & accumulators
High-pressure pumps and accumulator tanks sized for true HPA, not misting toys.
Browse →Nozzles & misting
Misting nozzles and assemblies at the droplet size roots actually want.
Browse →Controllers & timers
Cycle timers and controllers to run your misting schedule to the second.
Browse →Complete kits
Everything for a chamber in one box, matched and ready to assemble.
Browse →Why Urban Root
Built to be bought once and kept.
Pay once. Keep it forever.
Every tool is a single purchase with a license key. No monthly fee, no account to manage, and updates are free. You own the tool, not a seat in someone's subscription.
Engineering first.
Real formulas and sourced data, not rounded-off rules of thumb. Hazen-Williams for pressure, VPD for climate, calorie math for storage. Every number shows its units and its working.
Made for where you work.
Big, legible numbers that read in direct sun. Touch targets for dirty hands. It all works on the phone in your pocket before you ever sit at a desk.
Who we are
An independent studio, not a faceless app store.
Urban Root is a small, independent self-reliance studio in South Africa. Each tool began as a real problem: sizing a pump, planning a harvest, working out how much food a family actually needs.
We would rather build a few tools that each do one thing well than one app that does everything badly. The same people who build the tools answer the email.
If it matters to your harvest, we show our working.
Questions