Vertical Farming with Aeroponics: Top 7 Benefits of a Tower Farm
This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Agrotonomy”.
The main benefits of a Tower Farm:
1. 95% water savings in comparison to soil farming
2. 80% space savings in comparison to conventional hydroponics
3. Low energy footprint
4. Nutrient density: aeroponic crops grown on a Tower Garden feature an increase in nutrient density and antioxidant levels.
5. Less pesticides
6. Versatility: Tower Farms can be set up can be set up outdoors, in a greenhouse, indoors with LED lights, or even on a rooftop.
7. No previous experience is required to start a Tower Farm!
Hi I would love to use this I’m Somalia. How much would this setup cost per tower. I’m thinking of producing only lettuce in one hectare shade net greenhouse. I.e. 10000sqm could house 5000 towers?
Absolutely fantastic , really nice one .
This should also be manufactured in India, it’ll probably be a win-win situation, because importing from other countries is very expensive with respect to our Purchasing Power(PPP). India is the second largest food producing country in the world. There are no such modern technologies used in the Indian Cultivation system. India has the second largest population in the world. The majority of YouTube users are from India. Even the biggest YouTube channel is based on India. So please I request you to think about manufacturing Tower Gardens in India.
Set up your own manufacturing facility. It’s a very basic system.
Can this vertical farming be done with corn? I do have other fruits and plants to grow as well
I was just wondering the same here as well
This is amazing, do you do any online training ? Please share if you have.
Well said! I love that you can make monthly payments if you prefer because I bought one and the second I just made monthly payments and I just love them. Would love to get a couple more. It’s awesome to see them grow so fast, taste delicious, and the tower looks so beautiful!
Listen to this though, you had to make payments to obtain a piece of plastic to hold water and plants. This is hundreds of % markup for nothing more than profit.
Love this! How does the flavor compare to traditional farming methods?
Aeroponically grown plants have 100% availability of oxygen at the root level, which improves their ability to absorb nutrients. As a result, whether it’s nutrient density, antioxidant levels, or flavonoid levels, soil farming crops rank among the best ever tested. Increased nutrient density, flavonoids, and antioxidant levels translate to better taste and vegetables with the right texture and water content!
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That only holds true for plants grown in ga genuine aeroponic system, the tower garden is a hydroponic system.
@Atom izer you don’t know what you’re talking about. This is aeroponic. Do some research. It’s not that difficult.
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I know exactly what i`m talking about 🙂 I`m afraid you have been mislead by the creative advertising that Tower Garden and others use to convince folks their product is aeroponic when its actually hydroponic. A t best its a vertical NFT, at worst its a drip system either way its hydroponic. A genuine aeroponic system can be run to waste, you cant run a tower garden to waste. The tower garden has to pump literally hundreds of gallons a day in order to supply the plants with just the gallon or two they actually use. A genuine aeroponic system would be able to deliver no more than the one to two gallons the plants need. If the tower garden is aeroponic why does it need to use 11x more power than an aeroponic system? A genuine aeroponic system doesnt need to recirculate the nutrients because it is able to deliver just what the plants need or use. This is a huge benefit, the nutrient elemental content is always optimal. There is no risk of debris , pathogens or contamination of the nutrient because nothing ever comes back from the root chamber. You cant do this with a tower garden becuase, being hydroponic, its forced to deliver 100`s of gallons a day,. not just one or two. If you compare the “aeroponic”roots grown in a tower garden to hydroponic roots they will look exactly the same. If you compare them to genuine aeroponic roots, even a blind man would know they are not aeroponic because he would be able to feel the difference. TG roots are long but sparse and absolutely soaking wet. Genuine aeroponic roots are barely damp, pure white and almost feathery in appearance, basically nothing remotely close to hydroponic roots https://youtu.be/l1Rmm9JvPfY
I plan to run a side by side test with a genuine aeroponic tower and an identical tower using the same irrigation method as the tower garden. I will monitor and record the water, nutrient and power use of both towers and compare root and shoot growth. The tower garden only claims to be better than traditional soil growing, a genuine aeroponic system will outperform both soil and hydroponics. The tower garden doesnt claim to do better than hydroponics because it is hydroponic. The blog on the tower garden website conveniently forgets to mention that NASA used mist . It simply says:
{quote} Advancements like aeroponic technology, first introduced by NASA, relies simply on water and key nutrients, rather than soil. {quote}
Source: https://www.towergarden.com/blog.read.html/en/2020/5/beginners-guide-to-aeroponic-gardening.html
Its all half truths and creative advertising, most folks understand that hydroponics also relies on water and key nutrients rather than soil.
@Atom izer okay you’re definitely educated but I’m afraid you are splitting hairs the aeroponic system/method you speak of is true high pressure. Nowhere in tower garden videos or marketing do they refer to their system as high pressure.
What happens if you can book her get the grow solution? Are there others options?
I have been intrigued by tower farming for some time now, primarily as a means of cultivating my own produce on my terrace. While the terrace is sizeable, it does not qualify as a proper garden, making it challenging to grow fruits and vegetables. However, with tower farming, I am confident that I can effectively cultivate the crops I need in a relatively small area. I stumbled upon your channel today and was immediately impressed, prompting me to subscribe. I hope to have ample time in the coming days and weeks to browse through those of your videos that pique my interest. Thank you for sharing your expertise and the considerable effort you have invested in creating these videos. 🙏🏼😎
Hola saludos, ví un vídeo corto en facebook de sus estructuras verticales y no había dado con el autor, y por coincidencia después de 2 meses lo he encontrado aquí, esto me ha motivado a realizar mi proyecto con la estructura vertical, ahorra más espacio y el sistema es más innovador, me da mucha emoción ver sus trabajos me inspiran a ponerme en marcha, en este proyecto de vida. Lamentablemente en mi país ha Sido un camino difícil ahorrar e instalar el proyecto. Comencé creando ya mi empresa, se llama Ecoagro Corporacion, C.A espero algún poder conocerlos en persona.
1.1k for a tower seems really expensive. At first, at least, without understanding very much of it. I have to admit that I have to look into this kind of growing more. I am yet very uninformed and I know that quality – in the long run – is a big, big factor. The video seems very interesting. Thank you ver much.
still expensive even after you look into it you can build it yourself
Yep. It’s really not complicated at all.
You can build a genuine aeroponic tower with mist for substantially less (15%) than these overpriced misrepresented hydroponic towers.
Can you mix the crop ie. Different types of leafy vegetables on each tower?
You can, but it is not ideal for optimal growth (fastest growth) as most people who do hydroponic tailor nutrient solutions and light exposure for a specific species.
Hello I have a question, when we talk about traditional soil culivation, we need nitrifying (or more) soil bacteria and fungus that live in symbiosis with the plants to be grown, is this the same for aeroponic method ? can we totally make the vegetable growing without these bacteria and fungus that transform nutrients ?
Aeroponic and hydroponic systems are usually meant to be sterile, and they typically use synthetic nutrients.
Amazing, I’m looking forward to own an Aeroponic farm soon.
We’d love to help you get your hands on one of our aeroponic towers! International shipping is available, and you can place an order through our website: 🌱 https://agrotonomy.com/
These guys sell overpriced hydroponic towers.
Vegetables and fruits produced on plain soil are most healthy by far. They grow slower, yield less yet organisms that feed on them get better immune systems.
great teaching tool. well done ,good math.
Great math? The pump runs for 4.8 hours a day and the plants only use 1-2 gallons a day. Consider how much power is being wasted pumping water to the tower unnecessarily. If this tower was genuinely aeroponic, the pump would run for no more than 24 minutes a day. This is an over priced hydroponic tower, not an aeroponic tower.
I want the full detail of vertical farming from beginning and the investment and also the atmosphere . If you tell me i will be very thankful. Love from India
Well presented… Amazing to see how prolific the crops are in this video. My Tower Garden is outdoors in Arizona….this is brutal on most plants except cucumbers and squash…It seems that the protection of a greenhouse is best for summers here…. On the other hand, our winters are mild enough for bumper crops of lettuce grown in my backyard Tower.
These aeroponic towers can be set up in almost any climate except for extremely low temperatures below freezing or very high temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. In such cases, indoor growing or a climate-controlled greenhouse may be required.
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How do I order and how do I get them as I don’t live in America? And what is the prices please
Hy plz make full details video how I learn this farming from beginner to advance and from where I got resources and how make it buget friendly as I’m in India. From where get towers and other required material.
How are you? I am in South Africa and I am interested in having a rooftop greenhouse farm with aeroponic towers. How many towers of 67cm basin width would ideally be placed in a 30m x 10m greenhouse. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated ❤
Although technically a tower uses less than 1m², we advise allowing 2m² (approximately 20ft²) per tower: this includes enough space for the towers, the dosing station, the aisle spacing, and the propagation bench area. In other terms, in a 300m² space like yours, you will be able to fit up to 150 towers.
@Agrotonomy Thank you very much for your input. I greatly appreciate it