Towers For Regular Crops:
The stackable sections of a regular tower are 19 cm high, 22 cm in diameter, and feature 4 planting ports per section. Towers can be configured as follows:
– 28 plants per tower – 1.8 m (height) – 7 stackable modular sections.
– 36 plants per tower – 2.1 m (height) – 9 stackable modular sections.
– 44 plants per tower – 2.5 m (height) – 11 stackable modular sections.
– 52 plants per tower – 2.9 m (height) – 13 stackable modular sections.
Towers For High-Density:
On a high-density tower, the stackable sections are 9.5 cm high, 22 cm in diameter, and feature 8 planting ports per stackable section.
– 100 plants per tower – 1.8 m (height) – 13 stackable modular sections.
– 132 plants per tower – 2.1 m (height) – 17 stackable modular sections.
– 164 plants per tower – 2.5 m (height) – 21 stackable modular sections.
– 196 plants per tower – 2.9 m (height) – 25 stackable modular sections.
In other terms, the high-density towers feature 4 times more planting ports than the regular towers.
The size of the aeroponic towers used in a Tower Farm is the same as the regular towers as they are for the high-density towers. However, the high-density towers feature 4 times more planting ports than the regular towers. Therefore, the tallest model has 52 planting ports for the regular towers and 196 planting ports for the high-density model.
Four times the number of plants on a tower means 4 times less space for the roots to grow. This is why the high-density tower can only be used for growing microgreens and baby greens (baby greens are young plants that are 15 to 40 days old as opposed to 45 to 60 days for a mature plant/regular size).
With regard to crop yield, both tower models are equivalent. In fact, on a regular tower, whether growing 52 ×200 g per plant (10.4 kg) or whether growing 196 × 50 g per plant, it ends up being more or less the same… Of course, some farmers harvest the baby greens when they are only 25 g to 50 g. In this case, although the total weight of the crop output for the high-density tower weighs less than the crop yield of the regular tower, generally, baby greens sell for at least twice the price of regular crops.
When considering starting a Tower Farm, we recommend purchasing a minimum of 20% of high-density towers and the rest for regular crops.
