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What tower system is recommended for a school?
What tower system is recommended for a school? Tower Garden aeroponic systems are perfect for schools and educational centers as they allow to be used indoors and outdoors. There is no bending over, no weeding, no tilling, no spraying pesticides, and no mess since it...
Tower Farms in India (and southeast Asia)
Tower Farms in India (and southeast Asia). Tower Farm technology by Tower Garden is a perfect water-saving solution to grow healthy crops in India and throughout the rest of Southeast Asia. However, regardless of the region, due to the monsoon season and extreme...
Tower Farms Coming to Dubai – UAE
Tower Farms coming to Dubai – UAE: Agrotonomy Corporation will be exhibiting at the AgraME trade event in Dubai promoting Tower Farms by Tower Garden Ltd. Agrotonomy specializes in Tower Farms full turnkey services including extreme desert climate greenhouse...
Purity of the nutrients used for Tower Garden and Tower Farms
Purity of the nutrients used for Tower Garden and Tower Farms In the world of hydroponic farming, aside from light, weather conditions and the quality of the water, everything relies on the excellence of the nutrients used to feed the plants. We use a Tower Garden...
Tower Farm & Tower Garden technology at the International Green Week in Berlin (IGW)
Agrotonomy will be exhibiting at the International Green Week in Berlin (IGW) in January 2019 promoting Tower Farms and Tower Garden aeroponic technology. Tower Garden technology allows to grow fruits, vegetables, aromatic and medicinal herbs vertically indoors and...
Agrotonomy cancels its plan to exhibit at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh in October 2018
Regrettably, Agrotonomy must cancel its plan to exhibit at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh in October 2018: Due to logistics beyond our control, and in spite of our original intent to be present at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh Saudi Arabia in October...
Aeroponic Farms & Tower Farms
Aeroponic Farms have been a very popular topic recently through social media, TV documentaries, printed press etc. Most aeroponic farms which have been popularized through press release are indoor farms mainly growing micro greens to small plants because most...
Growing crops on a Tower Garden Indoors
Firstly, we would like to pay a tribute of respect and applause to Tower Garden's technical team for the incredible state-of-the-art LED grow light kit which they recently launched in the US, Canada, and Europe. We are talking about 4 vertical LED lights totaling a...
How does Tower Garden work?
At the bottom of the tower, there is a reservoir which is filled with water mixed with a soluble all-natural ionic mineral solution. A low wattage submersible pump is placed inside on the bottom of the reservoir to blast the nutrient solution through the center of the...
What grows well in a Tower Garden?
What grows well in a Tower Garden starts with the light, the climate conditions, the quality of the seeds and seedlings, and ongoing maintenance. Of course, when wondering what grows well with a Tower Garden, people want to know what type of crops perform best!...
Why should you buy your Tower Farm and Tower Garden through Agrotonomy?
Whether thinking of buying a Tower Farm or just a Tower Garden for personal use, you can either purchase your equipment through a distributor or directly from Tower Garden ltd. Regardless of where you buy your aeroponic system, you will end up paying the same. Like...
Best strategies to grow tomatoes on a Tower Garden
Agrotonomy has tried many different approaches to grow tomatoes. Firstly, we started with 7-pot-towers using the regular grow cage manufactured by Tower Garden. Regrettably, the weight of the vines loaded with tomatoes' crushed' the grow cages which were too weak to...
What is the difference between a Tower Garden® and a Tower Farm?
A Tower Garden is an aeroponic tower designed for personal use. It can be used to grow up to 20 plants per tower. A Tower Garden can be configured with an extension kit to grow up to 28 plants (US model only). There is no minimum order for the Tower...
Tower Garden is finally available in Europe
Tower Garden is finally available in Spain: The aeroponic towers for personal use from Tower Garden® are finally available in Europe and can be ordered through Agrotonomy. The price for a Tower Garden in your country is as follows: Tower Garden Spain: €659 Tower...
What is a Tower Garden aeroponic system?
Agrotonomy is the first vertical garden in Europe using aeroponic towers to grow food naturally while saving 95% water in comparison to conventional organic farming: Over a decade ago, a brilliant American horticulturist by the name Tim Blank, invented the first...
Agrotonomy & Apocapoc Launch the First Tower Farm in Barcelona, Spain
In collaboration with Agrotonomy here comes the first Tower Farm in Barcelona Spain thriving on the 3rd floor (under a glass roof) of an old factory which was renovated with eco-friendly materials only. This is the first true urban Tower Farm in Europe! A couple of...
Growing okra on a Tower Garden
Okra grows tall (up to 1.8 m/6 feet high) producing a heavy strong stem. This is why we prefer to grow okra with the support of a grow-cage. Even when planting okra in the 2 lowest sections of the tower, the plants will grow taller than the cage itself. The size of...
Growing Aeroponic Melons on a Tower Garden
When using an aeroponic tower to grow melons, we like to plant in every single section of the tower using an outside structure (whether a support cage or an adjacent trellis) and grow them suspended (like we do with cucumbers). Aside from the rewarding look of melons...
Growing Aeroponic Eggplant/Aubergine on a Tower Garden
Although eggplants take a long time to grow, they produce an excellent crop yield and a superior fruit quality when grown on a Tower Garden. Considering the weight of the fruits (and yes, eggplants/aubergines are fruits and not vegetables!), we advise you to grow them...
Growing Aeroponic Squash on a Tower Garden
The same recommendations which are given for zucchini/ courgette apply for squash. Please note: when growing pumpkins and spaghetti squash, based on our comparative tests, the final crops always end up much smaller when grown aeroponically in comparison to when they...
Growing Zucchinis, Courgettes, and Marrows on a Tower Garden
Zucchinis/Courgettes give a generous crop yield when growing on aeroponic towers. Although you probably have been advised to grow zucchinis using only the 3 lowest sections of the tower, at Agrotonomy Tower Farms, as a planting strategy, we prefer to use the whole...
Aeroponic Broccoli on a Tower Garden
Broccoli is a cold weather crop, meaning that it grows best in soil with temperatures between 65 F. and 75 F. (18-24 C.). When it gets warmer than that, the broccoli will bolt (as shown in the picture), or in other terms, it will start flowering. When the temperature...
Aeroponic Beans & Peas on a Tower Garden
Growing green beans, sugar snaps, snap peas, green peas, garbanzo beans etc. will require the use of a support cage attachment “pole structure” allowing the vines to grow properly.
Edible Flowers on Aeroponic Towers
When growing edible flowers using an aeroponic tower, we advise against buying an ‘edible flowers mix’.
Pollination Assistance with a Tower Garden
When towers are located indoors, in a greenhouse or in a sheltered area, the lack of wind and/or the lack of bees mean that the pollen is not being carried to the ovule of the female flower. In this case, we advise you to hand pollinate your plants (cucumbers,...
Growing Arugula On A Tower Garden
Arugula which is also called rocket salad because of its rapid growth…. It is profitable for commercial farming applications due to its fast growth turnaround and generous crop yield and it is the perfect green for the family gardener as it guarantees lush green plants growing on your tower!
Avoiding DWC (Deep Water Culture)
With a DWC system, roots are submerged in a water solution enriched with nutrients being actively oxygenated.
How To Grow Aeroponic Fennel on a Tower Garden
Although most instructional manuals will recommend planning several seeds per cube of rockwool, we advise you to plant only one seed per cube. In fact, when planting more than one seed per cube, you will have several fennel bulbs/plants growing out of one hole of the...
Growing Tomatoes on a Tower Garden
We have grown over 40 different varieties of tomatoes using a Tower Garden. Although tomatoes give a bountiful harvest when growing aeroponically, in our opinion, they are average in taste during the hotter months of the summer…. Since we started farming with Tower...
Aromatic Herbs on a Tower Garden
Most herbs grown aeroponically on a tower give a faster and a higher crop yield as well as a superior nutrient content than their counterparts grown in the soil (except rosemary based on our comparative tests.). From a cooking standpoint, aside from enhanced flavors,...
Growing Aeroponic Chard on a Tower Garden
Chard seeds sprout quickly and seedlings are usually ready to plant into the tower within 7 to 10 days. After running many different comparative tests, we advise to grow only 1 to 2 varieties maximum per tower: some types of chard grow bigger leaves which might...
Growing Brussels Sprouts on a Tower Garden
Brussels Sprouts look like mini cabbages since they are members of the same cruciferous vegetable family (i.e. cauliflower, broccoli, etc.). If you want to increase the size of your Brussels Sprouts, topping them off (chopping off the head of the plant) allows the...
Growing cabbages aeroponically on a Tower Garden
Like cauliflowers, aside from being heavy plants to grow vertically, cabbages products massive outer leaves which block the upper and lower planting sections from where the plant is located. We advise to plant on the second section of the tower from the bottom rather...
Growing Cauliflower on a Tower Garden
Growing cauliflowers on a Tower Garden is time-consuming and space demanding. Cauliflowers are more difficult to grow than cabbages as they can show unpredictable disappointing results including underdeveloped heads and/or poor curd quality. We advise you to grow...
Tower Garden Electroconductivity
When noticing burnt spots on the leaves or burned edges (green beans, lettuces etc.), you need to check the electroconductivity of the nutrients enriched water located in the reservoir of your tower (this can be done with an electrical conductivity meter –...
ATL Urban Farms & Sweetwater Urban Farms
The journey from the corporate life to farming started years ago for Clint and Sheree Crowe. Plans were made and opportunities researched. In 2017 with a slogan of “If not now, when?” they made the jump into farming. Through some most fortunate events they found the...
Tower Garden® aeroponic systems for marijuana and cannabis clones
Growing aeroponic marijuana has always been limited to indoors until Tower Garden® technology made it possible outdoors. When growing aeroponic cannabis using a Tower Garden®, the towers need to be placed outside at one point or another due to the growth of the...
Octa Garden systems from India have nothing to do with Tower Garden systems!
Octa Garden systems from India has nothing to do with Tower Garden® systems! Beware of scam! hamarikrishi.com maliciously uses "Tower Garden system” on their website to promote illegally their Octa Garden systems. Tower Garden® is a registered brand and Octa Garden...
Shanghai Dehuan Industry is a SCAM.
Shanghai Dehuan Industry Co., Ltd. aka www.dehuan.cn is a SCAM. BEWARE!!! They are using Tower Garden’s name illegally. They also stole photos of existing Tower Farms and of Tower Garden’s website which they are publishing illegally on dehuan.cn pretending they have...
Tower Garden technology for Vertical Gardens & Vertical farms
Tower Garden is the perfect match to a vertical garden concept. It allows to grow crops on a balcony, in a backyard, on a rooftop, and indoors using Tower Garden's cutting-edge LED light kit. Tower Garden is the only system allowing to grow from 20 to 52 plants in one...
Growing Aeroponic Cannabis on a Tower Garden
Cannabis is by far one of the most intricate capricious crops to grow. Since we started to farm aeroponically, we have conducted numerous comparative tests between growing cannabis in the soil vs. using our towers. Both options feature pros and cons, however, growing...
Aeroponic Spinach on a Tower Garden
Spinach grows exceptionally well on aeroponic towers, giving a truly superior mouthwatering crop. When preparing the seedlings, it is important to do so in a pitch dark room (20°C/ 70°F maximum) to maximize the success ratio of your seedlings (spinach seedlings can be...
Agrotonomy Story is All About Passion
Years ago, as I was coming through the Netherlands on a business trip, I was starstruck by a gorgeous woman who owned the bed-and-breakfast where I was staying… It was love at first sight! Iris was 75% Asian, 25% European and 100% my style! Five months later, I traded...
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What tower system is recommended for a school?
What tower system is recommended for a school? Tower Garden aeroponic systems are perfect for schools and educational centers as they allow to be used indoors and outdoors. There is no bending over, no weeding, no tilling, no spraying pesticides, and no mess since it...
Tower Farms in India (and southeast Asia)
Tower Farms in India (and southeast Asia). Tower Farm technology by Tower Garden is a perfect water-saving solution to grow healthy crops in India and throughout the rest of Southeast Asia. However, regardless of the region, due to the monsoon season and extreme...
Tower Farms Coming to Dubai – UAE
Tower Farms coming to Dubai – UAE: Agrotonomy Corporation will be exhibiting at the AgraME trade event in Dubai promoting Tower Farms by Tower Garden Ltd. Agrotonomy specializes in Tower Farms full turnkey services including extreme desert climate greenhouse...
Purity of the nutrients used for Tower Garden and Tower Farms
Purity of the nutrients used for Tower Garden and Tower Farms In the world of hydroponic farming, aside from light, weather conditions and the quality of the water, everything relies on the excellence of the nutrients used to feed the plants. We use a Tower Garden...
Tower Farm & Tower Garden technology at the International Green Week in Berlin (IGW)
Agrotonomy will be exhibiting at the International Green Week in Berlin (IGW) in January 2019 promoting Tower Farms and Tower Garden aeroponic technology. Tower Garden technology allows to grow fruits, vegetables, aromatic and medicinal herbs vertically indoors and...
Agrotonomy cancels its plan to exhibit at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh in October 2018
Regrettably, Agrotonomy must cancel its plan to exhibit at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh in October 2018: Due to logistics beyond our control, and in spite of our original intent to be present at the Saudi Agriculture Show in Riyadh Saudi Arabia in October...
Aeroponic Farms & Tower Farms
Aeroponic Farms have been a very popular topic recently through social media, TV documentaries, printed press etc. Most aeroponic farms which have been popularized through press release are indoor farms mainly growing micro greens to small plants because most...
Growing crops on a Tower Garden Indoors
Firstly, we would like to pay a tribute of respect and applause to Tower Garden's technical team for the incredible state-of-the-art LED grow light kit which they recently launched in the US, Canada, and Europe. We are talking about 4 vertical LED lights totaling a...
How does Tower Garden work?
At the bottom of the tower, there is a reservoir which is filled with water mixed with a soluble all-natural ionic mineral solution. A low wattage submersible pump is placed inside on the bottom of the reservoir to blast the nutrient solution through the center of the...
What grows well in a Tower Garden?
What grows well in a Tower Garden starts with the light, the climate conditions, the quality of the seeds and seedlings, and ongoing maintenance. Of course, when wondering what grows well with a Tower Garden, people want to know what type of crops perform best!...
Why should you buy your Tower Farm and Tower Garden through Agrotonomy?
Whether thinking of buying a Tower Farm or just a Tower Garden for personal use, you can either purchase your equipment through a distributor or directly from Tower Garden ltd. Regardless of where you buy your aeroponic system, you will end up paying the same. Like...
Best strategies to grow tomatoes on a Tower Garden
Agrotonomy has tried many different approaches to grow tomatoes. Firstly, we started with 7-pot-towers using the regular grow cage manufactured by Tower Garden. Regrettably, the weight of the vines loaded with tomatoes' crushed' the grow cages which were too weak to...
What is the difference between a Tower Garden® and a Tower Farm?
A Tower Garden is an aeroponic tower designed for personal use. It can be used to grow up to 20 plants per tower. A Tower Garden can be configured with an extension kit to grow up to 28 plants (US model only). There is no minimum order for the Tower...
Tower Garden is finally available in Europe
Tower Garden is finally available in Spain: The aeroponic towers for personal use from Tower Garden® are finally available in Europe and can be ordered through Agrotonomy. The price for a Tower Garden in your country is as follows: Tower Garden Spain: €659 Tower...
What is a Tower Garden aeroponic system?
Agrotonomy is the first vertical garden in Europe using aeroponic towers to grow food naturally while saving 95% water in comparison to conventional organic farming: Over a decade ago, a brilliant American horticulturist by the name Tim Blank, invented the first...
Agrotonomy & Apocapoc Launch the First Tower Farm in Barcelona, Spain
In collaboration with Agrotonomy here comes the first Tower Farm in Barcelona Spain thriving on the 3rd floor (under a glass roof) of an old factory which was renovated with eco-friendly materials only. This is the first true urban Tower Farm in Europe! A couple of...
Growing okra on a Tower Garden
Okra grows tall (up to 1.8 m/6 feet high) producing a heavy strong stem. This is why we prefer to grow okra with the support of a grow-cage. Even when planting okra in the 2 lowest sections of the tower, the plants will grow taller than the cage itself. The size of...
Growing Aeroponic Melons on a Tower Garden
When using an aeroponic tower to grow melons, we like to plant in every single section of the tower using an outside structure (whether a support cage or an adjacent trellis) and grow them suspended (like we do with cucumbers). Aside from the rewarding look of melons...
Growing Aeroponic Eggplant/Aubergine on a Tower Garden
Although eggplants take a long time to grow, they produce an excellent crop yield and a superior fruit quality when grown on a Tower Garden. Considering the weight of the fruits (and yes, eggplants/aubergines are fruits and not vegetables!), we advise you to grow them...
Growing Aeroponic Squash on a Tower Garden
The same recommendations which are given for zucchini/ courgette apply for squash. Please note: when growing pumpkins and spaghetti squash, based on our comparative tests, the final crops always end up much smaller when grown aeroponically in comparison to when they...
Growing Zucchinis, Courgettes, and Marrows on a Tower Garden
Zucchinis/Courgettes give a generous crop yield when growing on aeroponic towers. Although you probably have been advised to grow zucchinis using only the 3 lowest sections of the tower, at Agrotonomy Tower Farms, as a planting strategy, we prefer to use the whole...
Aeroponic Broccoli on a Tower Garden
Broccoli is a cold weather crop, meaning that it grows best in soil with temperatures between 65 F. and 75 F. (18-24 C.). When it gets warmer than that, the broccoli will bolt (as shown in the picture), or in other terms, it will start flowering. When the temperature...
Aeroponic Beans & Peas on a Tower Garden
Growing green beans, sugar snaps, snap peas, green peas, garbanzo beans etc. will require the use of a support cage attachment “pole structure” allowing the vines to grow properly.
Edible Flowers on Aeroponic Towers
When growing edible flowers using an aeroponic tower, we advise against buying an ‘edible flowers mix’.
Pollination Assistance with a Tower Garden
When towers are located indoors, in a greenhouse or in a sheltered area, the lack of wind and/or the lack of bees mean that the pollen is not being carried to the ovule of the female flower. In this case, we advise you to hand pollinate your plants (cucumbers,...
Growing Arugula On A Tower Garden
Arugula which is also called rocket salad because of its rapid growth…. It is profitable for commercial farming applications due to its fast growth turnaround and generous crop yield and it is the perfect green for the family gardener as it guarantees lush green plants growing on your tower!
Avoiding DWC (Deep Water Culture)
With a DWC system, roots are submerged in a water solution enriched with nutrients being actively oxygenated.
How To Grow Aeroponic Fennel on a Tower Garden
Although most instructional manuals will recommend planning several seeds per cube of rockwool, we advise you to plant only one seed per cube. In fact, when planting more than one seed per cube, you will have several fennel bulbs/plants growing out of one hole of the...
Growing Tomatoes on a Tower Garden
We have grown over 40 different varieties of tomatoes using a Tower Garden. Although tomatoes give a bountiful harvest when growing aeroponically, in our opinion, they are average in taste during the hotter months of the summer…. Since we started farming with Tower...
Aromatic Herbs on a Tower Garden
Most herbs grown aeroponically on a tower give a faster and a higher crop yield as well as a superior nutrient content than their counterparts grown in the soil (except rosemary based on our comparative tests.). From a cooking standpoint, aside from enhanced flavors,...
Growing Aeroponic Chard on a Tower Garden
Chard seeds sprout quickly and seedlings are usually ready to plant into the tower within 7 to 10 days. After running many different comparative tests, we advise to grow only 1 to 2 varieties maximum per tower: some types of chard grow bigger leaves which might...
Growing Brussels Sprouts on a Tower Garden
Brussels Sprouts look like mini cabbages since they are members of the same cruciferous vegetable family (i.e. cauliflower, broccoli, etc.). If you want to increase the size of your Brussels Sprouts, topping them off (chopping off the head of the plant) allows the...
Growing cabbages aeroponically on a Tower Garden
Like cauliflowers, aside from being heavy plants to grow vertically, cabbages products massive outer leaves which block the upper and lower planting sections from where the plant is located. We advise to plant on the second section of the tower from the bottom rather...
Growing Cauliflower on a Tower Garden
Growing cauliflowers on a Tower Garden is time-consuming and space demanding. Cauliflowers are more difficult to grow than cabbages as they can show unpredictable disappointing results including underdeveloped heads and/or poor curd quality. We advise you to grow...
Tower Garden Electroconductivity
When noticing burnt spots on the leaves or burned edges (green beans, lettuces etc.), you need to check the electroconductivity of the nutrients enriched water located in the reservoir of your tower (this can be done with an electrical conductivity meter –...
ATL Urban Farms & Sweetwater Urban Farms
The journey from the corporate life to farming started years ago for Clint and Sheree Crowe. Plans were made and opportunities researched. In 2017 with a slogan of “If not now, when?” they made the jump into farming. Through some most fortunate events they found the...
Tower Garden® aeroponic systems for marijuana and cannabis clones
Growing aeroponic marijuana has always been limited to indoors until Tower Garden® technology made it possible outdoors. When growing aeroponic cannabis using a Tower Garden®, the towers need to be placed outside at one point or another due to the growth of the...
Octa Garden systems from India have nothing to do with Tower Garden systems!
Octa Garden systems from India has nothing to do with Tower Garden® systems! Beware of scam! hamarikrishi.com maliciously uses "Tower Garden system” on their website to promote illegally their Octa Garden systems. Tower Garden® is a registered brand and Octa Garden...
Shanghai Dehuan Industry is a SCAM.
Shanghai Dehuan Industry Co., Ltd. aka www.dehuan.cn is a SCAM. BEWARE!!! They are using Tower Garden’s name illegally. They also stole photos of existing Tower Farms and of Tower Garden’s website which they are publishing illegally on dehuan.cn pretending they have...
Tower Garden technology for Vertical Gardens & Vertical farms
Tower Garden is the perfect match to a vertical garden concept. It allows to grow crops on a balcony, in a backyard, on a rooftop, and indoors using Tower Garden's cutting-edge LED light kit. Tower Garden is the only system allowing to grow from 20 to 52 plants in one...
Growing Aeroponic Cannabis on a Tower Garden
Cannabis is by far one of the most intricate capricious crops to grow. Since we started to farm aeroponically, we have conducted numerous comparative tests between growing cannabis in the soil vs. using our towers. Both options feature pros and cons, however, growing...
Aeroponic Spinach on a Tower Garden
Spinach grows exceptionally well on aeroponic towers, giving a truly superior mouthwatering crop. When preparing the seedlings, it is important to do so in a pitch dark room (20°C/ 70°F maximum) to maximize the success ratio of your seedlings (spinach seedlings can be...
Agrotonomy Story is All About Passion
Years ago, as I was coming through the Netherlands on a business trip, I was starstruck by a gorgeous woman who owned the bed-and-breakfast where I was staying… It was love at first sight! Iris was 75% Asian, 25% European and 100% my style! Five months later, I traded...