[Alpharius]

(10-05-2015 11:53 AM)atlant Wrote:  

Always been interested in this myself. Do you think an Aerogarden would be suitable to grow peppers? I've seen some comments that the yield will be low because of the limited horizontal and vertical space. The Aerogarden has my interest because it at least looks somewhat stylish, whereas all the DIY solutions where people use plastic containers and pipes from IKEA and the like are of course cheaper, but also a big eyesore.

I think the best one I've seen so far is this one: http://www.greenfortune.com/streamgarden.php, it looks pretty presentable, and also would let me use my own lighting and thus would be more flexible in regards to plant size. Unfortunately not directly available where I live. The system in kbell's video looks nice too. In any case, the little Aquagarden thing with the betta I could buy here, so I might just give that a try to start out with, just for fun.

Also, how maintenance heavy are these things once up and running? With lighting, pumps etc set up correctly could I go traveling for 2 weeks and come back to a not completely ruined system and/or plant (I mean for the ones without fish, which need to be fed more often, I guess)

The aerogarden is about as maintenance free as it gets. It really is set it up, walk away, come back in a week to refill water. As far as the aquaponic tanks go, there are autofeeder tablets and similar items you can buy, or you can always have a friend stop by and feed them while you're gone.

As far as peppers go, I'd try for a high yield plant like a Basket of Fire.