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by Sulla

Low light plants?

August 17, 2010 in Plants, Seeking Advice, questions by Sulla

Hi all,
Haven’t tried these windowfarms yet but I’ve been reading about hydroponics for years.  I’d like to give this a shot, except I have very little light in my apt.  My windows face East and there’s a giant building 6 feet outside my door, so I get about 2.5 hours of direct sunlight in the [...]

We want to promote Windowfarms in Stockholm!

August 17, 2010 in Seeking Advice by Kristoffer Nolgren

Hello World! First post on windowfarms, yaay!
I run a small web-community for caring consumers called Caresumers (it’s all in swedish so don’t bother if you don’t speak swedish )
We and some friends want to give the Windowfarms-project a push here in Stockholm, so we are looking for a public building with big windows in [...]

Windowfarm… outdoor, on my balcony?

August 17, 2010 in Getting Started, Seeking Advice, questions by Plateau Guy

I was wondering : will the Windowfarm system work if installed on my balcony ? For some reasons, I would like to install this farm outside. Takes less space during the summer.
My balcony is on the north side of the building, so there is no direct sunlight. But I guess I have to consider wind, [...]

by Rose

Low-tech system needs more information to work!

August 17, 2010 in Nutrients, Seeking Advice, questions by Rose

Hi!
I’m building a window farm that will be run entirely by gravity and simple machines.  I’m doing fine working out the physics and engineering part, but I have a biology question that I can’t quite seem to find the answer to.
How much nutrient mix per day (not solution, but nutrients themselves) assuming a run-of-the-mill nutrient [...]

by Shirley

R&D in Manila, Philippines

August 17, 2010 in Getting Started, International, Seeking Advice by Shirley

After leaving the comforts of my thriving garden in suburban California, I now find myself in a hectic, crazy Third World country. The produce here is just terrible, and what’s available is soooo expensive. I miss eating from my own garden, and so this seems like the perfect cure for my woes. I’ll be smuggling [...]

by Tim

Welcome to Windowfarming!

August 5, 2010 in Seeking Advice, Uncategorized, questions by Tim

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by naomi

watering by hand?

July 23, 2010 in Getting Started, Seeking Advice, questions by naomi

just stumbled across this site and i’m completely fascinated by the idea of a windowfarm!  unfortunately, my funds are pretty limited, so i’m looking for ways to simplify the design.  i don’t know much about hydroponics – but would it be possible to just set up the basic hanging structure and water the plants by [...]

Question? One hole, two holes or why not get ride of the top all together?

July 22, 2010 in Completed Window Farms, Education, Projects in Process, Seeking Advice, posts with pitcures!, questions by Rama Dennett

 
I have a very nice window farm.  I built it with two holes on either side of the bottle to allow 2 plants to grow out each side.  This has been working very well and my plants are taking over my window, yay! As I was trimming some dead leaves I started wondering, why have holes [...]

by Sarah

Window Farming in Norway

June 30, 2010 in International, Seeking Advice by Sarah

I have discovered a growing (no pun intended) love for gardening in the past several months, and in perusing the internet trying to learn everything I can, I stumbled upon your website.  I absolutely love it: I am so excited about becoming a window farmer!  What a fantastic way to bring green living into city [...]

Reservoir design for window sill & centered airlift tube

June 30, 2010 in Seeking Advice, questions by Andrew Kisielius

I’m looking for advice on finding a rectangular reservoir, and on running an airlift tube up the center of my bottles instead of up the outside.