Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Inside the reservoir at the bottom is two gallons of water, mixed with nutrient rich solution, which allows your plants to thrive in their new environment. A pump that sits in the reservoir pumps water up the middle of the tower to the top where a dispersion pod sits. This dispersion pod collected the water at the top, and trickled down the tower. This water as it comes down is nutrient rich, oxygenated water, which waters your plants on the way down! When the water reaches the bottom, the pump collects the same recycled water in the reservoir and the cycle continues forever!

When growing in traditional based farming methods, plants get their nutrients by searching for nutrients in the soil from decomposing organic matter, in the VertiGreens tower, nutrients are added based on growing needs. It's important to keep the Parts per Million (PPM) within an acceptable range. PPM allows you to keep track of the growing nutrient needs of the plants. It lets you know when to feed your hydroponic plants and how much food to add to the hydroponic solution. If the nutrient level is low, the plants will have stunted growth and delayed flowering. Likewise, the plants will suffer nutrient burns if the nutrient concentration is too high. Therefore, maintaining a stable PPM level is essential for healthy plant maturation. Over or underfeeding plants can have detrimental effects on their growth and health

While seedlings are VERY fragile and need lots of care and tending, VertiGreens recommends growing the seeds outside the tower until the first set of true leaves come in. This allows the root system to develop in the rockwool cubes further increasing the plants chances of survival. Once the seedlings grow, you can put them directly in the tower and let the tower do its thing.  

Contrarily, you can also put the seeds directly in the tower and grow it that way, each tower provides the perfect living conditions to grow seedlings, so putting seeds directly in the tower will also yield great results!! 

Yes! All products on the vertigreens website are compatible with each other and are able to use the three-point magnetic attachment system as well as the twist- lock system to attach planters and planter pods. 

(All products in the future are all going to be compatible with older versions of the tower) 

Virtually anything! Any plant can be grown in the VertiGreens Tower. Leafy greens and all herbs are perfect for almost any hydroponic system. Vining crops like tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers grow well with the VertiGreens Tower but will take up more space and may require trellising. Melons are in the same boat— Facilitate these plants in our larger planters (one-way, two-way, and three-way planters work best) 

They do just fine without soil but are large and need some support.  

Most root vegetables aren’t ideal for hydroponics, except for green onions and garlic. Not recommended BUT POSSIBLE. The edible portion of the plant is on the inside of the tower which  

Root vegetables are difficult to grow hydroponically because the edible portion of the crops is situated on the roots. These plants require plenty of soil for the roots to spread and grow. However, it is possible to grow root vegetables hydroponically with some effort. Since the root systems are quite extensive, they are bound to take up a lot of space inside the tower. You’ll be allocating far a lot of space for their development. 

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