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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Jan 17, 2002

This is the strangest garden apparatus I've ever seen. Are any of you familiar with the Omega Garden, a cylindrical growing tube which rotates around a central light? The plants' roots are dipped once per each rotation into water/nutrients. It's pretty odd, but it looks like it saves space! http://www.omegagarden.com/

This is one claim they make (more at http://www.omegagarden.com/specs.html ):

Plants are predominantly affected by gravity. Growing in the opposite direction and maintaining verticality, so as to draw water up, away from gravity. Therefore the Omega Garden cylinder needs to be in constant motion. One revolution an hour, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. If the garden stops turning for any length of time, the plants on their sides, or inverted, will turn and grow towards the sky, regardless of where the light source is. Light sources adjacent, or even below will have no effect on this phenomenon.

The result of the constant rotation is compaction, with unusually strong growth in all directions. We call this phenomenon “ORBITROPISM”. For example, basil with stalks more like bamboo than basil. Tomatoes and peppers standing straight up without hanging or sagging, and holding firm throughout their rotation. Seeming to defy gravity!



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Brook Richmond, KY(Zone 6b) Jan 18, 2002

I don't know. Seems like it takes up an awful lot of space: the thing looks to be as big as a catscan.

And did you check out the pricetag? More than three grand, American. That's a lot of lettuce.

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Jan 18, 2002

No, I didn't see the price tag - Sheesh! I won't even think of springing for a compostumber thing, and that looks pretty cool. I just thought this was interesting in how it rotates around a central light and waters/feeds, also. Does look like a big old CT-scan or MRI machine or something, though!

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Jan 18, 2002

With a name like Omega, I figured it would be unique, but wow. That takes the proverbial cake. And for $3300 it should BAKE a cake, LOL!

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Jan 21, 2002

...AND, make coffee!!!

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Jan 21, 2002

AND dig all the holes for my seedlings. AND plant them!

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Aimee Georgetown, TX(Zone 8a) Jan 23, 2002

Darius, I totally agree, but since I already have my collection of coffee makers, and I like to be numero uno to my plants, the big waterbearer and giver of life and food, I think this won't even tempt me if it serves Italian creme cake and espresso.

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