You are able to utilize less area, less water & fertilizer, less (or NO) harmful chemicals while creating higher productivity, better quality, and cleaner produce. It enables you to minimize insect damage and disease. It is much easier and more enjoyable gardening for the small or large grower.

Hydroponics is simply gardening without soil. Soilless growing medias such as perlite/peat-lite or perlite/vermiculite or other combined mixes, have little of the nutrients that the plant would normally leach from the soil. In this respect, nutrient for the plant has to be added in water-soluble form. Hydroponic fertilizer is added to the water containing the minerals that the plant needs to sustain growth. In this way the plant receives consistent nutrient feeding in the vertical stacking growing systems. A proven hydroponic fertilizer is the key to good growth.

Almost anything, except tall growing crops like corn and certain root crops may not be efficient to grow. The best crops are leaf lettuce, herbs, spinach, tomatoes, and my personal favorite, strawberries. Many types of flowers and green plants, such as ferns, flourish in the Vertical Garden.

Anyone can grow in a Vertical Garden. No gardening experience is necessary. You need only an open mind and the desire to eat clean delicious vegetables and fruits. Not to forget the wonderful assortment of herbs and flowers!

Yes, however you may need lights for best success. All plants need light, some more than others. Some types of lettuce and herbs grow pretty good in a southern window. Lighting for indoor systems are available.

A catalog of beneficial insects and biological mold control products is available. They are not as expensive as one might think, and the health benefit being pesticide free is great! We practice and teach PESTICIDE FREE, “clean” vertical gardening. We have an excellent “Good Bug, Bad Bug” laminated color photo guide for insect identification (#PP104)

Yes, but generally it is less expensive to purchase a growing media such as a perlite (a sterile expanded volcanic sand) and vermiculite locally due to the bulk of it to ship. If perlite is not available it can be shipped for approximately six dollars per stack of containers. Generally, it can always be found in nurseries, garden centers, or at stores such as Home Depot, Home Club, Builders Square, Lowe’s, etc...

With the right organic planting media and organic fertilizer you can grow anything organically that you can grow hydroponically in the Vertical Garden. Using any of over a dozen organic fertilizers and pesticides.

Vegetables are becoming more and more expensive, not to mention that many are genetically engineered. Growing your own can save money if done in an efficient, low-cost system like the Vertical Garden. Fewer vitamins and minerals are required when you are eating mineral rich foods. In all likelihood less money would be spent in medicines and medical expense. Eating well is contagious, especially when it tastes so good! It creates a hobby that saves you money, rather than costing you money. It is a hobby that keeps you happily at home. It’s a hobby that works to improve discipline, health, and mental attitude. Vertical Gardening is an enriching experience, its life enhancing, often therapeutic, and is most always something to look forward to.