Saw this at a Farmers Market this weekend.

[kurt]

https://gobie.towergarden.com/about I am not in any way associated with this company or trying to promote it.There was a women there and had one loaded with herbs,kale,strawberrys, lettuce and yes Tomatoe plants attached to a trellis being fed by this beast.I have to say I was impressed.It was on a dolly made for it that you can move around .My wife wants to order one.

[Cole_Robbie]

It's not that hard to build your own. And it's a lot cheaper.

[RobinB]

I've seen this kind of thing before, I just can't remember where. $499?? That's way out of my price range!

[tlintx]

I want the one that's similar but you use the middle for vermi-composting.

[kurt]

Originally Posted by RobinB

I've seen this kind of thing before, I just can't remember where. $499?? That's way out of my price range!

I told the wife the same thing.Just the two of us could not eat enough of the greens I saw on this setup(at least 5lbs), rabbits we are not.The electricity costs although minimal scare me if the power did go off.Vendor had a UPS system for a additional $200.oo she used at the market.I figure maybe in a year or two size and costs will come down.Maybe then for kitchen herbs(cooking/salads).Went to a restaurant in NYC that had a large scale system that used the greens in menu but the taste was not as a "in the dirt"taste I prefer.Cleanup would be an issue.All in all a good setup for a yuppy upscale NYC upper Manhattan couple tree hugger transplantee that have the bucs and no land to grow on.

[gssgarden]

I have to say, I've seen it in action and I couldn't believe how healthy everything looked in it. She was really happy with the results. It seemed to work very well.
Not for me though.

Greg

[Cole_Robbie]

The "aeroflo" by General Hydroponics is a similar machine, except the rails are lateral instead of vertical. They are very easy to build copies of, and can be constructed in just about any size.

http://generalhydroponics.com/site/i...eroflo_series/