Hi folks,

I am new here and want to start Windowfarm at  yard,hoping gain a little bit sense of achievement,but stopped by that problem:  nutrients for plants? could your guys help  me find the right  solution? Thank you so much.:)

I’m new here, just registered after seeing the TED video on Youtube, and I’m very excited to build my own window-farm. Just a couple of questions and one note.

While I was looking at the How-To Instructions page I noticed that I can get easily all the materials, except for that pump and I was wondering does it have to be a special kind of pump that I have to buy from the site or else? OK just one question then.

The other thing is that in the instruction images I saw that nutrients and ph adjusting stuff are added in the reservoir bottles and if I have more columns like in the 3.0 version, it seems to me, maybe it’s just me but I will screw up the proportions, putting a little bit more in one reservoir and not so much in the other. So I was thinking wouldn’t it be better if the solution with nutrients is prepared separately in a bigger container where you can stir it so all the nutrients dissolve and you can adjust the ph. Just a though.

Again, I am new here if there was something I did wrong in my post, I beg pardon.

Happy window-farming!

My wife and I have been kicking around the idea of putting together some type of hydroponic garden. We were kicking around You Tube earlier this evening and came across Window Farming. To say that we were excited is quiet the understatement. My head is swimming with the possibilities this type of gardening would allow. I only have several million questions at this point…lol.

1. Do you have to have a pump to water the plants? Could you just leave an empty container at the top and manually water the system by filling the empty container and letting it drip into the lower containers?

2. Is commercial grade plant food the only nutrients available, or are there some recipes for other plant foods? Say for example some type of animal excrement mixed with water?

3. I have read through some of the posts, and see that for the most part this is not a high yield system as far as food goes. Are there some tweaks to the system that could be made to fix this? I have a large family, 4 children and two adults.

As I stated before, we are super excited to learn of this type of gardening. We will over the next few days be gathering the materials to get started on our own Window Farm. I wish you all well and good luck in your farming endeavors.

God Bless You and Yours,

Dean

Hello !! First of all, I’ll shortly introduce myself. I’m a young university student. I live in Geneva in Switzerland and I heard about the window farm project in a Canadian tv-show so I decide to do my own window farm. I use classic organic nutrient but after a few day it starts to smell horrible. Otherwise no problems

Could you give me an advice ? Does the organic nutrient from botanicare smell bad ? Which organic nutrient do you use ?

P.S I’ve probably made some spelling mistakes. English isn’t my mother tongue.

Hello everyone,

I just finished my windowfarm system last night. I started with the 2.0 instructions, but made quite a few adjustments along the way. One thing I really want to showcase is the airlift system. Seeing how many people are frustrated trying to build submerged airlift systems, I really recommend using an external system instead. I skipped using inflation needles, and went straight for the t-joint. But I figured there had to be a better, more reliable way than submerging a t-joint.

I got a 3-gallon water dispenser from Walmart, the kind that has the pouring spout. I took regular 1/4″ tubing, and wrapped a ton of plumber’s tape around it, and stuck it in the spout. (the spout screws apart, so you can actually pull the tube through) The water drains through the tube very well, it gets full water pressure since the spout is at the bottom, and you can even use the lever to stop water flow. I put a check valve on the water tube, so no air could bubble up into the tank, and I connected the tube to the perpendicular part of the t-joint. Then air comes in from one side, and the air/water mixture goes out the other. It’s helpful to keep the water tube perpendicular to the ground, and the air and air/water tubes parallel to the ground.

The system is incredibly reliable, and adjusting things and taking things apart is really easy, because it’s all out in the air and easily accessible. No wet hands!

Here’s a video of my entire setup, you can see the airlift system:

Lincoln’s Windowfarm on YouTube

(I’ll add pictures later)

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A few quick questions, since I’m new at this:

• What kind of water should I use? Is tap water alright, or should I use distilled water?
• What kind of nutrient solution would be best for green veggies? (lettuce, swiss chard, peas)
• Would aeration of the nutrient water help? (via airstone)
• I’ve been reading a lot about the benefits of kelp, and I was wondering if that could be used as a nutrient solution alone, or if it was just supplementary.

I think I’m going to be spamming you guys up with lots of questions in the near future.

I have these two bottles of fertilizer, one for sprouts and leafy plants, and one for booming and fruiting plants. I know I’m supposed to start with one and later use the other. But do I switch entirely, start using both, or split them? What if I have tomatoes and peppers (the second bottle) in the same system as lettuce and chard (the first bottle)? I get the impression this is just the way hydroponic fertilizers come, so hopefully there is a standard answer.

What’s a decent place to order cheap seeds for plants I can’t find in stores? I am in the continental US. I could find a random place and try it, but I’m hoping one of you has actual experience.

How do I know if there’s something like salmonella in my system? You know, before anyone dies of it.

Hello, I’m starting my first WF. But i have already some questions

1- i used this “how to” movie to make my WindowFarm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8shuvMGIvc. I planted my seeds ( tomatos and strawberries) in my bootles with coco coir but i dont know if i should keep the water pump on all day during the seedling or just some minutes?

2- in this first stage (seedling) should i add some nutrients, or use only water?

3- When the sprouts appear should i change the coco coir to clay peebles? or can i leave my window farm with the coco coir?

4-how can i know how much water pump speed should i use?

For now it’s all

Need some help.

Thanks.

P.S. Sorry for my english

Any idea : )
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thanks in advance !

Hey everyone!

We’re pretty much finished with our giant windowfarm build and it’s come out super nice! We made a short video showing how we plant our seedlings in the system and what medium and nutrition we use.

Please enjoy the video for now and we’ll be back next week with pictures and vids of the finished farm!

So I made a window farm for my mom for mother’s day out of wine bottles (a la James Nutter). The only problem is, I do not know what to tell her about the nutrient schedule. I just play it by ear and add a little bit every week in my own, but she is scared that she will cause nutrient burn and kill everything. We are using the Botanicare Pure blend, Pro Grow with one 3 gallon resevoir feeding two tiers of three plants each (I made this really cool splitter out of t-connectors and aquarium tubing). We would also like to know how often to clean out the resevoir (do we have to do this every time we want to add nutrients)?

Thanks!