Abstract: A personal grow pod system includes a plurality of compartments, a plurality of lighting devices corresponding to the plurality of compartments, and a controller including one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The controller is configured to identify plants in the plurality of compartments, retrieve recipes for each of the compartments based on the identified plants, and operate the plurality of lighting devices respectively based on the recipes for each of the compartments.