Last spring I purchased a vertical aeroponic garden. I'm still doing the yearly traditional soil garden, but I really wanted to try one of these to see what kind of yield I could get. The down side to this system::::
1. It uses electricity for the water pump that is timed to turn on 15 to 30 minutes every hour depending on the time of day and time of year. (less at night, and cooler weather)
2. You have to purchase the nutrient solutions to mix in the reservoir.

The benefits of this system:
1. It's stupid easy to do.
2. Plants grow at astronomical rates.
3. With grow lights you can bring it inside for year round production.
4. You get high yields for an extremely small foot print. (42 tomato's off of this one, last year)
5. Other than keeping the reservoir filled and PH levels in spec, there is no Maintenance.





This is a shot of one of the baskets as I was cleaning out the old tomato plants last fall. LotOroots!