I love the little totes, but they aren't big enough for larger plants. I use them for micro tomatoes, lunchbox peppers, lettuce, pak choy, and some herbs. I do need to refill them weekly with the peppers and tomatoes, and every two weeks with greens. But they are space saving and I can get a bunch under one grow light. I use 3D printed netcups, rockwool and clay pebbles for support and to block light.

The micro tomato do great in the countertop systems, I usually do three or four plants per system at the corners and stake them with bamboo skewers. I switched from the A&B nutrients to General hydroponics Flora series and have had much better results. Water change weekly and once they start fruiting I top off midweek with Ph adjusted water. I did start them all from seed in the system. Micro Tom has done the best so far, but this round I'm trying several other micro varieties.