How to Make a Vertical Tower for  Aquaponics / Hydroponics: Part 1 Measurments

This video teaches you how to make the necessary measurements to create a Aquaponics Vertical Grow tower that I invented. To see the completed system at John Brown University go visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xf8zpRgPzs&feature=youtu.be

How to Make a Vertical Tower for Aquaponics / Hydroponics: Part 1 Measurments

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  • curly sue

    Really wish he would had listed all the Materials needed to build this thing on both Vids, now I gotta watch both Vids and I wont know what Tools I need and have to purchase until the end.
    Would had been helpful hate taking notes while I watch a YT vid . Cool design tho
    

  • Gabriel Joseph

    Awesome design! I just made one with slightly different design… http://youtu.be/oiHu2MdAkg0

    I'm curious to know if you used schedule 40 PVC or thinner? If it only costs $4 per tower, is that total cost or only cost for the PVC? Also, instead of a torch, do you think using a heat gun might work effectively?

  • Kuddy Jones

    hey great videos amazing creation I want to make one soon also………few questions, where is the video that shows how to build the inner tubing/water system? can this tower be used as strictly an indoor home garden aquaponics/aeroponics system? I want to keep it all year in my home and we only get a few months of hot weather up here in Canada…..also, is there a way to print of a list of the materials n tools?? thanks man cheers!!!

  • Hee-Sun Han

    Thanks for sharing the video. Is there a reason why you are only using 2 rows on the 4 inch pipe? Would it be too much to have 4 rows or would that be too much?

  • Said Said

    Hi Gunnar, thanks for sharing. May I know how much it will cost roughly to make one vertical tower also advise which other tools are necessary to have.
    Many thanks.

  • Lawfatt Ho

    Your design is great! I cant wait to start build my grow towers setup in the coming weeks!! and yes I totally agree with Larry Athey, ZipGrow towers are seriously overpriced……U will do far better than ZipGrow!! Larry Athey yours is also another great work!!!!!

  • Larry Athey

    I'm going to be trying this design with a single strip of Matala filter media inside in order to give the tower a built-in biological and solids filter, and make the holes just big enough to hold the rockwool cubes without the net pot. Personally, I'd love to see you find a manufacturer for these and seriously under-cut the price of the ZipGrow towers. You have a far better design in regards to plant productivity. Add some form of fiber media inside of them for the sake of biological/solids filtration, and you'll have a product that beats theirs all the way around and doesn't infringe on their patent.

  • roger l Waters

    great video. thanx for sharing. Now..how do you irrigate this system? what is the best way?  what will be the ideal stand up base to put and avid a mess.
    thank you.

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