He Likes His “Foody” Vertical Garden Towers

He Likes His “Foody” Vertical Garden Towers CROPS Miscellaneous Gerald Wasylyshen Lacombe Alberta: “I like the two Foody Vertical Garden Towers I bought from Foody Vertical Gardens LLC www foodyverticalgardens com; ph 855 983-6639 It’s a patio or balcony gardening system with stackable growing pods and is capable of growing up to 40 plants on a 2-ft square footprint The 12-in dia pods have 8 growing pockets and stack together on top of a base reservoir that measures 19 in dia The company’s standard system has stackable growing pods that are filled with potting soil and are hand watered  Their hydroponic system includes an internal water pump You can plant seeds directly or use plant starts depending on the system you use “We bought our system 1 1/2 years ago and have used it to grow vegetables such as cilantro bokchoi spinach lettuce green peppers cherry tomatoes and basil Plants do really well and the towers look beautiful It’s nice to have fresh food available all the time ” says Wasylyshen “We set up both towers in our basement which has southern exposure but isn’t lived in so we can keep it cool Each tower is about 5 ft tall and has 4 pods on it We put up a small 3 by 6-ft greenhouse next to the basement windows that’s equipped with a thermostatically controlled heater The windows don’t let the full sunshine in so we added grow lights over each tower “The first year we used a recirculating hydroponic system which uses a submersible pump to pump water from the base reservoir through a hose that runs up a center shaft to the top pod The water comes out the edges and then automatically percolates down to all the other pods below it “However we found that occasionally if we weren’t careful the hose at the top didn’t get fitted exactly right and sprayed water out onto the floor We didn’t want any water damage so the next year we filled the pods and reservoir with soil which I prefer anyway because I think growing plants in soil results in better quality produce “I’ve tried several other vertical tower garden systems in the past but I like this one best The tower rotates on hard plastic bearings so by giving the tower a quarter turn every so often my plants get an even distribution of light Also being able to rotate the tower makes harvest an easier job ”

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