by Karen
New windowfarm in Finland!
3:07 pm in Completed Window Farms, made from scratch (without a kit), Plants, posts with pitcures!, Version 2.0 airlift system, Version 3.0 Modular Airlift Columns, Water flow by Karen
Hey Fellow-windowfarmers!
I’d like to share some pictures of the design and progress of our first ever windowfarm where we are growing peas, mini tomatoes and cayenne peppers 
So far, so good! More updates will follow as our plants grow.
As you will see, the basic set-up of the windowfarm includes; an airlift system using a pump, a nice green hose, a t-joint, two valves, a plastic white cereal container as a reservoir (3.5 litres capacity), 3 plastic white plant pots, two chains by which to suspend the pots from the curtain rail, plastic white tubing to allow the water & nutrients to drain down through each pot and some bbq skewers placed horizontally to keep the white tubing stable and to give the plants something to grab onto! Please feel to add your comments, feedbacks and tips!
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Very special thanks goes to my boyfriend Dmitry for his engineering, design and building contributions. It is our windowfarm and I couldnt have done it without him .
Lovely!!
This one was looking good! I maybe let the bottles go back again
Hi! Looks great; please share which plants you’ve been able to grow in Finland (and in what level of) as I am about to build my own version soon yet I am a bit worried of the becoming winter and lack of the natural light!
agree that this is one of the nicest ones I’ve seen. Congrats!
Hello,
You have valid concerns! Our original peas in the bottom pot flowered and produced 1 pea pod each with 1 pea in each pod – quite a miserable result. After they died we decided to replace them with basil, which is growing slowly there. The tomato plants have grown monstrously and take a LOT of space,light and nutrients from other plants. Unfortunately they haven’t flowered at all, thus no tomatoes! I’m not sure but we probably should have cut back the tomato leaves and branches earlier on, but we left them to grow in the hope of them flowering. In the top pot our cayenne peppers grew slowly, flowered and have now produced about 4 peppers so far
As you correctly mention, the coming winter will prove very challenging for the window farm and we may have to set up some separate light fixture for the farm. We haven’t decided yet!
In our experience, it’s easier to grow herbs and peppers in Finland rather than tomatoes and berries. Good luck and let us know how you get on!
Hello how did you connect the tube to the bottom plant? Did you reinforce it with tape? Can you possibly take picture of the bottom? Nice setup!