by samenrahmen
WindowfarM, Update
7:53 pm in Completed Window Farms, Plants, posts with pitcures! by samenrahmen
I seem to be a little impatient. I can’t believe the system’s been running hardly more than a week, with the pump arriving two days ago.
So, here we go:
The pump will need a proper cover against the sunlight, but I haven’t figured out an elegant way to make one yet. If only I had black aluminium foil lying around …
The mini cucumber has decided to rear its head, after careful deliberation.
wild tomatoes
The yellow wild tomato is well ahead of her red cousin in the background, but for a week I think the height they’ve reached without artificial lighting and in a window facing east is acceptable.
butterwort
And to finish off, my watchdog. No real dog – I leave that to Lorne – but a butterwort, charged with devouring fungus gnats, mosquitoes et al.
Cheers for now.
LOVE the butterwort in the background!
I would recommend wrapping the whole thing in normal aluminum foil or better yet mylar… the black will absorb a lot of light energy and make your flood tube warm up, and that is no good for your roots and it would solve your pump-cover problem.
Correct, heat could be a problem. But the window’s facing east, so there won’t be too much of it.
And I’m planning for the reservoir to be covered in tendrils come summer anyway
we’ll if ever want a guard dog Ill ship her to you for a week Just dont grow berries (trust me)
You can bug your film technician friends for the black foil- or you can buy it at Barbizon, Mutual Hardware (LIC). Kits and Expendables (LIC) or Wits End (Manhattan and LIC) may have some left over from jobs returning supplies, so you may be able to beg for some.
It will absorb light and convert it to heat, though.
Can you explain your setup? It looks like it’s running horizontally.
Thanks.
It’s made of interconnected horizontal PVC pipes, yes. There’s only one small bit of tubing from the pump to the top,
and I haven’t had any temperature/algae/clogging problems yet.
It’s virtually maintenance free, except for the water change of course.