The Future Vertical Composting Patio Farm: The Garden Tower

—— UPDATE: Garden Tower 2 JUST RELEASED: http://bit.ly/GardenTower2_Kickstarter_Through_Dec7 ——
http://www.gardentowerproject.com Introducing the future composting vertical 50-plant patio farm — The Garden Tower 2, by Garden Tower Project. This version is a concept, check out the website to learn more.
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The Future Vertical Composting Patio Farm: The Garden Tower

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  • Garden Tower Project

    Red wigglers inhabit the compost core, other types of worms (most typically night crawlers) move throughout the system.  The video is not perfect and there were some mistakes, but the system does work very well even without the addition of night crawlers to traverse the soil and compost.

  • Mike Richards

    I've asked this question of a number of different people building these self-composting units but no answers yet. I have built 3 of these so far and after the first several months, I see little evidence that the worms "travel" from the composting tower into the growing medium and back. After thinking about this for a while it makes little sense that they would. Why would they leave their food source to help me build a casting-rich growing medium? I'm not convinced that the composting works.

  • sodaman2006

    Do you guys have a rotating stand for the tower? I'm on a balcony and have a shaded spot that wont get much sun light. It would be nice to have a return tube for the drainage.

  • veselipastir

    what are the flaws in the design…
    I've been watching about those vertical gardens for a whole day and seems to me like every other thing out there ?

  • Garden Tower Project

    The future unit featured in the video is 100 percent food grade HDPE. The current Garden Tower has a food grade HDPE body, but some other plastics are used for other components; as we can we will phase them out with mass production.

  • Sean Thiebault

    Quite some obvious flaws in this design and none of them are being adressed.
    Dishonest or unprofessional – kickstarters better take a note.

  • yxcvmk

    Interesting. What plastic is this unit made of? I don't want "organic" food out of a toxic (100% PVC) container. PVC is just an example. Not all plastics are necessary bad, but many are – that's why I'm asking.

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