by Johan
Window farm, Sweden, Lund
6:39 pm in Uncategorized by Johan
I have just completed my windowfarm. A three step airlift system with the airlift tube inside the bottles. I was planing to do a four step system, but the pump could not pump up the water all the way.
The plants i have right now is (from above) habanero, cherry tomato and strawberry. I’m running the system with pure water the first day, going to add some nutrients tomorrow.
UPDATE:
The habanero and cherry tomato plants got an chock at transplantation. I think i should have let them get used to the bright light in the window before transplantation .
Some people have asked me about my system so i thought i would contribute with some more pictures.
The end of the tower is inside the reservoir so there is no need for an extra tube between them.
The airlift tube runs up through the caps of the bottles. The holes in the caps is a bit bigger then the tube so water can pass through on the way down.
This is the top section of my window farm. The airlift pumps the water up here and then the water follow the outside of the tube down through each section and finally down to the reservoir again
The air pump used in my system is an regular aquarium air pump (Tetratec AP 100) that is used for 80 -150 L aquariums.
The nutrient solution that i use right now is ”Blåkorn”. I have mixed about 5 grams of blåkorn with 2 liters of water, so far the plants seem to like it.
Once the first strawberry is ripe, you should invite her over
I was trying to figure out who “her” was until I took a closer look at the picture.
Farm is looking good.
Thinking about setting up a window farm too, and we’re from the same city
Hmm, think its time for me to make an update then. Blåkorn didn´t work, but Blomstra växtnäring did ^^
Hej,
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Hi.
What airpump did you go with? And any tips on where to buy it in Sweden?
I used a 4.5 W air pump that i found on Tradera. Any small air pump with controllable airflow should be enough. You can go to your closest pet store.
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. Fint system f.ö., keep it up!