Patent ID: 8327582

Claim:
A vertical hydroponic plant production apparatus for allowing vertical hydroponic greenhouse crop production, the apparatus comprising: a hollow grow tube having a front face, a back face, an open first end, and an open second end; a slot formed in the front face of the grow tube, the slot having a width equal to only a portion of a width of the front face; a media material insertable into the grow tube; a cap positionable over the first end of the grow tube; a plurality of holes formed in the cap; a nutrient solution reservoir, the second end of the grow tube being submerged in the reservoir; tubing extending from the reservoir through the holes; and a pump for pumping nutrient solution from the reservoir into the grow tube through the tubing; wherein the grow tube is positionable in a horizontal position, vertical position, or any position between the horizontal position and the vertical position allowing inclined, multi-angled crop production and multi-stories conveyor style crop production.