Vertical Cylindrical Hydroponics Gardens provide optimum use of space and light

It is very hard to beat a vertical cylindrical garden for the optimum use of space, light and air flow. A vertical indoor garden can yield several times more than a 3’ by 3’ or 4’ by 4’ flat garden with a more efficient use of floor space and electricity. This type of garden will appeal to urban gardeners without a lot of room or anyone else wanting to use their resources more efficiently.

A vertical design allows a significant increase in the efficiency of light capture and utilization of space. Because light is emitted from all sides of a bulb, conventional gardens require an array of shades and reflectors to direct the maximum amount of light towards the plants. These compromises result in inconsistent light distribution and an inefficient conversion of light energy to plant production.

The vertical garden neatly overcomes these inefficiencies by wrapping the garden around the lights permitting virtually 100% conversion of light to plant growth. Since the majority of flowers have a vertical growth pattern, vertical lighting is the best to maximize the plant’s potential. When more light penetration occurs, there is more yield.

Multiple lights will produce an overlapping light coverage to give a nearly equal amount of bright light to every plant, something not always possible with flat gardens. Vertical cylindrical garden systems fully utilize the bulbs 360 degree light output.

An open vertical cylindrical design permits the free flow of air around the upright columns. A closed vertical cylindrical design may require a fan to blow the warm air up and out of the unit.

The efficiency and design of vertical cylindrical gardens allows them to:
* Easily double your yield for the same wattage as traditional systems.
* quadruple your yield for the equivalent floor space of traditional systems.

See http://www.hydroponicsfarming.com/hydro-vertical-garden.html?p=0 for more information about some interesting and efficient vertical gardens.

Use a ‘Smart Garden’ to reduce your Gardening Effort

These brilliantly designed gardens have the ’smarts’ to automatically water and feed your plants exactly when they need it – without the problems of pumps, timers and nutrient solution management.

Since the SmartGardens utilize the patented SmartValve technology, enabling them to be gravity fed, there’s no more need for pumps, timers or the electricity that goes with them.   This also means you no longer must have a reservoir below your garden to capture runoff.

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Now you can grow anywhere from the ground on up, on racks, shelves or walls.   This system ends The Hassle of Nutrient Solution Management.  Since the SmartGarden doesn’t recirculate used nutrient solution back to your reservoir, gone are the days of having to monitor and manage pH and PPM fluctuations.  Just fill your reservoir with nutrient solution and keep it topped off with more.

Because nutrients gravity feed to Smart Garden planters only as the plants need the nutrients and water, there is no need for reservoir changes and the waste of time and nutrients that go with it.

Each plant enjoys a full 1 Quart planter to spread its roots and get a firm hold in your garden. You can even use whichever growing medium you like, provided it has a small enough grain to draw water up from the bottom by 2-3″.

We’ve found the ideal mix is a 1:1 Perlite to Coconut Coir mix. The pots have a generous 8″ on center plant spacing.

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With this new layout, gardeners looking to grow smaller plants or a larger variety of  plants can have their cake and eat it too since the SmartGarden layouts allow you the luxury of positioning them any way you can imagine.

Since the Smart Gardens only measure 5″ wide x 5″ tall in either 3′ or 4.5′ lengths, you can grow plants literally from the ground up and make use of extremely short areas where gardens with a recirculating reservoir below could not fit. They even work great mounted on the wall!

For more information about this SmartGarden unit visit
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Aeroponics + Nutrient Film System combo, the best of two Hydroponics methods

Aeroponics:
The plants are grown in containers or nets which allow the roots to dangle in air above the nutrient solution.   An aeroponics mister pump forces a spray of nutrients through the roots at very frequent intervals.  For example,
one minute of spray followed by 4 minutes of drainage.  The act of spraying ensures that additional oxygen is mixed with the nutrient solution providing an enriched oxygen, nutrient solution that is very beneficial to the plant and results in rapid growth.

Nutrient Film Technique  (NFT):
In the Nutrient Film Technique, the plants are normally contained in plastic pots with slitted bottoms that permit the roots to dangle through to the water and nutrient solution in the channel below.   The bottom of the root system dangles in the water while the upper part of the roots remain in air at all times ensuring that the roots have access to the necessary oxygen.

The Aeroflo hydroponics system combines the NFT system of flowing nutrients over the bottom of the roots AND the aeroponics system of spraying the roots with oxygen enhanced nutrients.  The increase in dissolved oxygen in the nutrient flow plus continuous root access to the nutrient supply results in improved plant growth.

This method differs from classic aeroponics in that the plant’s roots are not just suspended in air and fed by a spray of nutrient solution; rather the roots hang down through an air gap in which the nutrient is sprayed with the bottom of the roots constantly submerged in oxygen-infused nutrient which is in constant motion.  Spraying the nutrient results in enhanced oxygenation of the nutrient which then falls into the moving nutrient solution below.

This system super-oxygenates the nutrient solution to deliver oxygen, water, and nutrients in ideal combinations, thus creating a root zone environment that surpasses anything found in nature.

The unit works well in a warm, well-lit, well ventilated location, such as an outdoor garden, sunlit window, patio or greenhouse.  Keep your AeroFlo2 away from areas where the inevitable dripping that occurs during filling, draining and pH adjustment could cause water damage.

The compact AeroFlo series are an excellent choice for growing small crops such as lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, basil and other herbs which do not grow taller than three feet.   The resulting high growth rate requires frequent attention to stake vines, harvest produce promptly when ready and replace mature plants with new sprouts to maintain a high productivity.

For more information about this Aeroflo combo unit visit
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