by beccadin
Lettuce in a Shower Caddy?
3:11 pm in Getting Started, made from scratch (without a kit), Materials and Resources, posts with pitcures!, questions, R&D-I-Y, Seeking Advice by beccadin
I’m interested in growing some “larger” vegetables in my WindowFarm, like lettuce, and I was curious if anyone had any experience with store-bought modified containers. Most shower caddies have hooks for (curtain) rods, and sturdy hanging plastic bins (easy enough to cut a small hole through). Would anyone be up for the challenge to take make a lean mean salad machine out of this?
Lettuce in a Shower Caddy?
Interesting. Never seen anyone use those as a window farm before.
I have grown lettuce in the windowfarm, but I chose a smaller variety of buttercrunch that only grows to the size of a tennis ball.
Worked really well and quite tasty.
The only issue you may have is the plastic shattering when you try to modify it. Just go slowly with any tools.
My main concern would be accommodating evaporation, proportions of nutrients, etc. I’ll probably have to spray paint each bin so that it is completely opaque, but I would imagine the plastic to be significantly lighter than ceramic.
@beccadin – You would still do the same window farm type idea. Have the nutrients pumped to the top and trickle down between each bin. Just drill holes in the bottom. Should work fine.
great idea! have you tried yet?
Just 3 weeks ago I transformed the windowfarm idea slightly, cominbing the vertical window principle with a mini NFT version: I cut PET bottle open sideways (on 1 side), screwed them tight & almost horizontal on a wood-stick (as a frame). The bottle need to be tilted just enough for the water to collect on 1 end, here I place the (drainage-) tubing in the bottom (at the lowest point).
This way i have more plain area to grow lettuce, but only very little room for the roots. I hope for it to be enough for lettuce, since its hydroponic and they have a good supply of nutrients & water from the NFT setup.
So far the rucola is like 5 cm high, the roots already scratch the bottom, But I am still optimistic.