I think it's great for someone with no land and only a patio or balcony for growing. But the good news is we have a large crop of lettuces, kale, arugula, chard that's been terrific. I dislike the sound of the pump destroying the peace in my yard. It takes quite a bit of maintenance with the nutrients, water addition, ph monitoring etc. But plants are overall less bothered by bugs than when in the ground. Also has the bottom few rows completely eaten by our resident rats or squirrels. We did get a black slow flying insect that we'd never seen in the regular veggie garden - seemed to lay eggs that ate holes in leaves. I got the Tower Garden as a gift about 3 months ago and it got its pluses and minuses. If I make more units I will make the sites larger,a nd possibly eventhe center tube larger, which may mean using a larger pump and more water hosing, but whatever works.Good luck. I am hoping to grow lettuces and herbs in mine inthe kitchen. I eventually pulled the soil plants, rinsed in cold water the roots and placed them inthe unit and they are trying really hard to catch up! I might reccomend going ahead and getting the unit so you can try growin in it and how you like it, if you love it, make more! The tower only houses 20 sites, which is not very many.

I experimented and started plants in both soil and a unit on the same day, the hydro plants are huge, and productive.

I like the aeroponics unit that I currently use and have found that tomatoes and cucumbers and lettuce and strawberries grow incredibly well in the units, much better than in the soil. I want to put one in my bay window, but have to tell you that if I find I like the set up I plan to check out the way it is made and make more units to match it. I find myself thinking that the net pots in the tower garden are very small and that would limit the number of things I might want to grow in it. I am thinking of also purchasing one of these units, as honestly, unless you are looking at a used unit they are the cheaper end of the spectrum.

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