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Setting up the Nutritower Version 2 ( A Complete Step by Step Guide)

The History of Vertical Hydroponics (600 B.C Old Story)

The term “hydroponics” originates from the Greek words for “water” (hudor) and “work” (ponos). Thus, the literal translation for hydroponics is “water working.” In simple terms, hydroponics is the method of growing plants in water rather than soil.

Hydroponic soil-free technology

Built upon proven irrigation drip hydroponic technology, the Nutritower is entirely soil free. Your seedlings take root in our custom designed netting pots that are filled with our growing medium. They are then automatically watered to ensure that your plants are hydrate and fed helping them to grow up to 25% faster, all while keeping your kitchen completely mess free.

if you thinking hydroponic gardening is a new concept, consider this ancient civilization of Babylon, circa 600 B.C., with their beautiful hanging gardens…grown hydroponically. Many believe these gardens were 80 feet tall, featured elaborate terraces, laden with floating plants, and teaming with lush greenery and colorful flowers

Timed Watering Cycle = Peace of mind

The Nutritower comes with an automatic timer that lets you easily program and customize your watering cycles. You can come home late or travel peacefully, knowing that your plants will continue to thrive and grow. Our timer will make sure they are getting the water and nutrients they need

Fast forward to today hydroponics has allowed people to grow large quantities of food, use fewer natural resources, and with minimal labor required compared to conventional soil-based farming

Ultra low power consumption

The nutritower’s energy efficient lights keep your utility bill low all while ensuring your plants stay healthy. With a system-wide power consumption of just over 200 watts, your tower should cost about $10 per month to operate in the average North-American city.

Nutritower 32 Pot System & Its Accesories

INDOOR GARDENING SYSTEM

Imagine food that’s never travelled further than from your kitchen to your plate. With the nutritower, that’s possible starting today. Our patented indoor gardening system lets you harvest fresh fruits and veggies in the comfort of your own home. At just over 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide, it produces plentiful food in less space than a fridge. And best of all, it does so without any soil. Which means your kitchen stays mess free, year round.

Key Features

ULTRA LOW POWER

The nutritower was designed with your monthly utility bill in mind. Clocking in at just 300w, its ultra efficients ligths and pump will lead to plentiful produce for roughly 10$ of electricity a month.

2. AUTOMATIC WATERING AND LIGHTING

Not home? No sweat. Your tower’s built in timer is designed to auto-manage the lights and water. Just set it to your schedule and forget it — it’ll make sure your veggies get their 12 hours of light a day.

3. SOIL FREE

Built upon proven hydroponic technology, the nutritower is entirely soil free. Your seedlings take root in our custom designed pots that are filled with clay pellets. They’re then automatically watered by our hydration system that ensures a continuous flow of moisture and nutrients to your plants. This helps them grow up to 25% faster, all while keeping your kitchen completely mess free.

4. UPLIFTING LIGHTS

Proven to boost mood, our tower’s full specrum white lights have all the uplifting effects of the sun without the uv. 12h a day is all your plants need, but you may find yourself craving more.

Size and proportions

Nutritower Size & Proportions

SIZE

Height: 89 in

Width: 24 in

MATERIALS

Base: Mild steel construction

Columns: Aluminum extrusions

Pots/Liners: injection molded food grade HDPE

Caps-Top and Base: vacuum formed Polypropylene

Door: Vacuum formed polypropylene

WEIGHT

Base: 50lbs

Columns: 14lbs

Full Unit: appx 68lbs

PLANTER POTS

The nutritower comes with 32 pots standard

Small pots: 270 fl Oz — 0.8L

Large Pots: 405 fl Oz — 1.2L (available early 2017)

POWER

Ballasts: 2 lamp ballasts x 4–38W ea.

auto ranging 120V-240V

LAMPS

8x — T5 flourescent — 6500K-38W

PUMP

120V — 40W

Pump Lift: 2.4m Head Min

Water storage: 3.5 Gallons — 13.2L

Tested varieties of Fruits & Veggies Grown

Tested varieties

Here are all the varieties we’ve successfully grown:

LETTUCE

Romain

Boston butter

Deer tongue

Oak leaf

GREENS

Swiss chard

Kale

Spinach

Arugula

FRUITS / VEGGIES

Tomatoes

Eggplants

Peas

Beans

Peppers

HERBS

Basil, Cilantro, Oregano,

Mint, Rosemary, Parsley,

Thyme, Chives, Tarragon, Lavender

Nutritower Seeds, nutrients and accessories

Nutritonic — A + B formula — Dual Pack

We’ve worked with a team of the world’s leading agronomists to develop a custom nutrient solution that’ll help your plants bloom and grow. Adding a regular dose to your water helps keep your plants healthy and bright.

For just $50 USD per quarter, we’ll send a selection of seasonal vegetable seeds and nutritonic (liquid fertilizer) to your door.

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Tips and tricks

Nutritower in Kitchen Area

WHERE TO PLACE YOUR TOWER

Your nutritower can go virtually anywhere indoors, but we love having ours in the kitchen. Not only does it brighten up the space, it actually makes it easier to add fresh ingredients to each meal. With all that said, placing your tower by a window never hurts. While the nutritower has built in lighting that, extra light will never hurt your plants.

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TOWER

The best gift you can give your plants is: consistency. Big shifts in temperature, watering, air quality or light never help their growth. Keeping your plants as stress-free as possible is the best way to ensure great outcomes.

WHAT TO PLANT FIRST

The Nutritower can grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables — that said, some are much easier to grow than others. We recommend you start with leafy greens and herbs, as they’ll be the simplest and most rewarding to grow first. Lettuce will often go from from seed to harvest in under 45 days. All fruiting plants (like strawberries, tomatoes, etc) are a little more time consuming, and are thus better suited for those that have gotten accustomed to their nutritowers.

BE PATIENT AND HAVE FUN!

Hydroponic gardening is pretty straightforward. But just like anything new thing, there is a bit of a learning curve. Having fun with it and being ok with making mistakes is all part of the experience. We will do our best to make sure you become a master as quickly as possible.

Q&A

Setting up Nutritower

How long does it take to grow food?

This depends on a few things. First of all, lettuce will be harvested much faster than tomatoes — 40 to 50 days versus 75 to 100 days. A little less obvious is that most cultivars are bred for different things. There are types of lettuce, for example, that are bred specifically for something like the Nutritower and can make a difference in yielding a crop in 25 days vs 60 days in a different type. We are constantly testing out new varieties for you to experiment with to help you maximize your yields.

How long does the Nutritower take to set up?

Setting up your Nutritower takes about 2.5 hours. It is best accomplished with a partner and is about as hard as assembling a piece of ikea furniture. We’ve prepared a range of Nutritower tutorial videos that’ll help you figure out what to do in no time.

I’m leaving on vacation, will my plants survive?