The 2017 Aquaculture Program Display demonstrates Vertical Aquaponics, a compact system that can produce fish and vegetables on your house patio or condo balcony.

Lettuce Tower

Parts

Supplier

Cost

Rum barrel - cut in half

Diageo or Cruzan Rum 

$30

Barrel liner – 20 gallon   26” x 15”

Hummert International 

  • item #14-6526-2

$32.80 plus shipping

Pond pump and filter

Gallows Bay Hardware

$125

Irrigation hose and emitters

Gallows Bay Hardware

  •      ½” polytube
  •      3 sprinkler emitters
  •      1 connector
  •      1 cap

$25

Cover

  • Acrylic 30” x 36” x .220”
    • (makes 1)
  • or
  • PVC Sheet 48” x 96” x 0.5”
    • (makes 3)

Home Depot

$65

$16

Tower pipe

Home Depot

6” dia. PVC DWV  pipe x 5 ft.

$25

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Watering emitters inside the tower