Vertical Garden 4 Weeks of Amazing Growth!

I planted this Vertical Garden on Saturday October 26, 2018 using seedlings I purchased from Living Gardens. As the photos show over the next month these seedlings just exploded with growth.

The Tower Garden® aeroponic vertical garden by Juice Plus® is a form of advanced hydroponic gardening that grows vegetable plants in an air or mist environment rather than soil.

Aeroponic systems use water, liquid nutrients and soilless growing medium to quickly and efficiently grown more colorful, tastier, better smelling and incredibly nutritious produce.

I have personally found that vegetables I have grown myself in my aeroponic vertical garden taste better than the same vegetables grown in soil in my conventional garden.

To learn more how a aeroponic vertical gardening system works just TAP HERE.

Curly Parsley plant one week after being planted into aeroponic vertical garden.

Curly Parsley plant two weeks after being planted into aeroponic vertical garden.

Curly Parsley plant three weeks after being planted into aeroponic vertical garden.

This aeroponic hydroponic vertical gardening system is perfect for the gardener with limited space. The base is 32 inches in diameter. If you can spin a yardstick in a circle on the floor you have room for this vertical garden.

Bibb Lettuce one week after seedlings were planted in this aeroponic hydroponic vertical garden.

Bibb Littuce three weeks after being planted in this aeroponic hydroponic vertical garden.

When harvesting your produce from any type of garden it is best not to just break off the stem from the plant. When forcefully broken away from the stem jagged edges are left. It is harder and slower for the plant to seal these jagged edges to retain moisture in the plant.

The proper way to harvest your produce is to use a pair of scissors and cut the stems off from the plant. This leaves a nice straight and clean edge for the plant to seal.

When harvesting produce use a scissors to cut the stem from the plant.

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How To Prevent Green Algae Growth On Your Vertical Garden

Vertical Garden Green Algae Growth

You have had your vertical garden in production for several months. As you harvest your produce the’re now some empty, open ports where you removed the plants from the tower.

You begin to notice over time a green slime forming around these empty ports. This green slime is algae.

Algae is a simple, single celled, nonflowering plant. Algae contains chlorophyll but lacks true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue.

You will notice that the algae forms on the side of the Vertical Garden that is facing towards the sun.

What can you do to prevent this growth?

Aeroponic Vertical Gardening Steps For Success

Aeroponic Vertical Gardening success depends on two things, water and air.

You take your glass and put it under your kitchen sink faucet and turn it on. A stream of clear, cool water fills your glass, you raise it to your lips and drink a big, satisfying gulp.

Refreshing for you…but your plants may disagree.

Tap water may be safe for you and me (some may disagree), however it’s not always the best water for plant growth. In this post you’ll learn why – and more important, what you can do about it.

Using Microgreens Turns An Everyday Mom Into A Chef!

Have you noticed when you have a meal in an upscale restaurant how signature dishes are topped with miniature, multi-colored leaves?

Pixabay Photo

Now microgreens are becoming a familiar ingredient in home kitchens, too.  And for good reasons.  Microgreens add great color and great flavor to salads. They are a concentrated nutrient source and packed with beneficial enzymes because of their rapid growth. They are an excellent garnish for meats and other dishes. Congratulations, Mom, you’re now a chef!

Some restaurant patrons (and your family) may mistake them for ordinary garnish.  Just don’t tell them it’s healthy!

What are Microgreens?

They are more mature than sprouts but not quite as large as baby greens. These petite greens seem to be in the middle. As their name suggests,

Vertical Garden Winter Vegetables

Vertical Garden Urban Farming

Our Aeroponic Vertical Garden has been in our greenhouse since mid-November growing fresh, toxin free vegetables for our salads and green smoothies this winter.

December photo of plants that have been in the Aeroponic Vertical Garden for just two weeks.

It is nice to just go outside with a pair of scissors and pick fresh greens when we need them. Salad greens don’t come any fresher than that!

This year we are growing three kinds of lettuce, Swiss Chard, Chives, Parsley, and lots of Kale on our vertical garden.

We grow the kale to use in our morning smoothies. We use a vegan protein shake mix.  Each morning we add kale to our smoothie and sometime Swiss Chard for variety. We also like to add chia seeds, two teaspoons of olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Some mornings we also add some cinnamon.