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by britta

NEW! How To: V3.0 MAMA w/participatory instructions (beta)

June 30, 2010 in Featured Post, How-Tos, Materials and Resources, Version 3.0 Modular Airlift Columns, Windowfarms Project News, energy consumption, environmental impact, kits by britta

* quieter
* easier to set up
* more elegant, but still do-able with recycled water bottles
* more plants for less electrical input (up to 32 plants on one air pump)
* modular, meaning you can have vegetative, fruiting, and flowering plants all in one system

and the participatory web guide routes your ideas, questions, sketches, discussion, & issues for R&D-I-Y while you build with the new FEEDBACK tab.

by britta

Benefits of Windowfarms: Hypotheses to Test

June 5, 2010 in Education, Help the project by testing this, Nutrients, Nutrition, Windowfarms Project News, energy consumption, environmental impact, our mission by britta

Get involved in R&D-I-Y (research and develop it yourself)! Test and contribute innovations to making windowfarms better environmentally, educationall, nutritionally, and socially! Learn about the community’s goals here.

by Will

A wicking system instead of hydropolics?

April 22, 2010 in Materials and Resources, Seeking Advice, electronic components, energy consumption, questions by Will

This is a repost from the “Minnesota” group, because I posted there before I actually figured out how to make a proper post:
A friend of mine showed me a ”window farm” of hers using no hydroponic equipment at all.
It used just a simple system in which the water wicks up through a porous rope that runs [...]

by Edwardo

Pump controller/timer – control that nutrient..

April 10, 2010 in Nutrients, electronic components, energy consumption by Edwardo

After problems with not getting enough nutrient to my system (stalling air-lift) I now have the opposite problem, waterlogged plants!
The airlift is providing too much flow and the seedlings are getting too much watering – there cannot be enough air getting to them
After having a good laugh at the prices of interval timer/switch units I [...]

by Owen

DIY Reflector For CFL’s

April 5, 2010 in energy consumption, posts with pitcures! by Owen

This is a simple DIY way to make a reflector for a compact florescent (CFL) bulb.
There are many situations where you are lighting a plant and half the light coming from the bulb is going out your window, on the floor, or into you living room. A lot of this wasted light can be redirected [...]

by silox

Video: Progress and 2nd Tower

March 31, 2010 in Completed Window Farms, Getting Started, Materials and Resources, Plants, Projects in Process, electronic components, energy consumption by silox

This video was taken more recently on March 30th, 2010:
silox – 1st Week Progress and 2nd Vertical Plant Tower w/ New Plants – March 30th, 2010
This is an update after the 1st week of growing in the 1st vertical plant tower and after building/planting in the 2nd vertical tower of our hydroponic window farm.
We have [...]

by britta

Do i get enough light or do I need to supplement the light?

March 5, 2010 in Getting Started, Help the project by testing this, Materials and Resources, Plants, energy consumption by britta

The answer is generally, yes, you probably do need to supplement the light coming into your window in order to grow light-loving vegetable plants.
If these plants are going to be nutrient packed enough to be worth your while growing them and investing all this time, you should give them the light they need to [...]

by britta2

Finnish Windowfarms Team Adds LED light component

March 2, 2010 in Completed Window Farms, Materials and Resources, Windowfarms Project News, electronic components, energy consumption, posts with pitcures! by britta2

Please check out the excellent work of the Finnish Windowfarms team. This shot is a sneak preview of them installing the first few LED lights on the windowfarm they made out of Finnish recyclables in the window of the Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki.
Their work on adapting the Windowfarms Project for Finland is part [...]

by britta

Climate researchers give the Windowfarms project props

December 18, 2009 in Windowfarms Project News, energy consumption by britta

Several climate researchers I met at the Tipping Point conference on climate change at the Earth Institute Dec 7-8 had words of encouragement for the Windowfarms project. Climate scientists are increasingly taking an interest in social factors. New areas of climate-related research are emerging in the social sciences. Several of these researchers told me [...]