Sustainable Vertical Aeroponic Urban Garden

Raw footage of Fred "Farmer Fred" Burkey of University of Florida - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences talking about Sustainable Garden Supply's Vertical Aeroponic System - Airgrown Towers. Fred explains why he bought the towers and what he has noticed so far.
This system was designed for both residential and commercial applications.
Residential towers hold 30 plants while Commercial towers hold 60 plants. This vertical design optimizes the use of space. For example, each residential tower can produce as much as up to 45 square feet of dirt. In one commercial setting, where one grower was cultivating 2000-2500 plants in his greenhouse, we were able to put over 9000 plants in the same space.
This is a closed-loop system which means it's very efficient since it keeps on recycling the water/nutrient solution until the plants'root absorb it. We have achieve up to 99% water efficiency. Furthermore, there is no agricultural run-off to pollute the earth as you would have in traditional agriculture. Since we use no dirt or expensive growing medium, we do not use harsh herbicide. That's right, no more wasting your time weeding with this system! Another advantage of aeroponic is the growth rate. We have experienced as much as 45% faster growth rate than in dirt. For example, we have produced a full head of lettuce in 21 days, 50 days for broccoli, a mere 6 weeks for cucumbers! This system allows you to grow most vegetables like lettuce, eggplant, cucumber, squash, pumpkin, bok choi, various beans, kohlrabi, cabbage, califlower, gourd, zucchini, sweet or hot pepper, collard green, Swiss chard, spinach, bunching onion, etc. Most herbs such as cilentro, sage, thyme, mint, spearmint, chive, taragon, oregano, basil, culentro, dill, fennel, etc will also grow well. Fruits such as tomatoes, melons, watermelon, ground cherries, strawberries will also do well. We have grown flowers ranging from marigold to orchids.
The Personal Tower is ideal for apartment/condo dwellers, while the 2-10 towers configuration has attracted community garden leaders, schools, universities, green space urban designers, rooftop gardeners and other urban gardeners, "green" growers. Commercial growers have been impressed with the ROI.
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maybe next time we can actually see it.