TOLEDO -- Farmlife meets the city with a new product on the market. It's a way to grow your favorite veggies, even in a downtown setting.
Grow Soxx are two foot long cotton tubes filled with organic material, soil,and fertilizer. And while they aren't the prettiest to look at they sure shine at bringing a garden to life in places you wouldn't even think possible.
Toledo's Budapest Restaurant got to experiment with them this summer. Here, the tubing mixed with compost material was laid out in rows similar to a farm. Mulch covered the Grow Soxx and areas in between to help keep everything moist. The soil itself was contaminated since it was on the former site of a burned out building. This proves how versatile this product really is.
One of the main goals is to help establishments grow their own produce. In turn it's a way to stop digging deep in your wallet while working off the fruits of your land.
Mon rooted vegetables, like broccoli, tomatoes and lettuce seem to work the best with the grow soxx.
The non-profit, Center for Innovative Food Technology, or CIFT, played a big part in making this all happen. If you're interested in purchasing some Grow Soxx, go to http://www.eisc.org/. Filtrexx Land Improvement System in Grafton, Ohio actually manufactures them. The number is (440) 926-2607 or contact the company via the web at http://www.filtrexx.com/.
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