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Public Group active 1 month, 3 weeks agoThis is a group for Window Farmers who live in Florida, so we can share information about growing in our climate.
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I have downloaded the plans for a basic three container window garden. I’ve had success with ornimental plants in my east-facing office. One of the things about growing indoors in Florida that I’ve noticed is that airconditioning makes things dry out faster. I’m eager to build my first unit and test it out in one of my south-east exposure windows. I’ve heard about urban farming in our SE Florida communities and I’m hoping to be able to offer some of the things I learn from them. I think collaboration is the key so, all of you please post your grand and partial successes.
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Daniel Cronce joined the group
Florida 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View -
I’ve never managed to successfully grow anything other than a bit of lucky bamboo and pothos. Looking forward to trying my hand at my own little garden where I don’t have to spend hours digging in the dirt in the sun. I’m a pale skinned Florida girl, I don’t tan, I burn!
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Lanny Picon joined the group
Florida 2 months ago · View -
Hey FL window farmers, I am also moving into condo/house soon.. and will be trying my hand with this window farming.
I am not 100% sure though since I feel that deriving the plant from soil is wrong and all the Microorganisms that are abundant in the soil too! Also why the hell is the lady using Plastic bottles lol doesn’t she know that those are TOXIC? The plant absorbs it and then you eat it.. yum!!
There are ways around these issues and I hope to it that this group will do something about it..
Hi Carlos,
The nature of open source techniques, I hope you’ll agree, is that participants build on the trial and error of the rest of the group. It’s up to all the individuals to carry the project forward by identifying the pit falls of their pre-runners and then, most importantly, experimenting and suggesting more developed ideas. The more participant, the more suggestions, the more developed the project becomes.
To that end, perhaps you could suggest an alternative the recycled plastic bottle technique currently in use?
Clay pots, possibly or other alternative items like ancient people used to use..
I have seen others try clay pots.
http://our.windowfarms.org/2011/03/02/update-on-the-construction-of-my-clay-pot-windowfarm/
As well as wine bottles.
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Michael Drinkwater joined the group
Florida 2 months, 1 week ago · View -
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James R. Coffey posted an update in the group
Florida: 6 months, 3 weeks ago · ViewHey, guys, I’m just an old Hippie from St. Pete trying to get some feed-back from other Florida window farmers. Anyone care to share what they’ve learned/experienced so far?
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James R. Coffey joined the group
Florida 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View -
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Beth Mulcahy posted an update in the group
Florida: 7 months, 1 week ago · ViewHello Florida Windowfarmers! I will be moving into my first home soon and look forward to trying my hand at a windowfarming. I was wondering how to make use of a southeast facing kitchen window for gardening and have been curious to try my hand at hydroponics for a while. After reading ”Your Farm in the City” by Lisa Taylor and learning about this website I look forward to doing my first hydroponic garden. I can make use of my waterbottles (other than as seed starting containers) and now have plans for what to do with a window that I wanted to do a garden in anyhow. I look forward to learning from this website and the members insight.
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Beth Mulcahy joined the group
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nora greenia posted an update in the group
Florida: 8 months, 1 week ago · ViewHi Florida windowfarmers. I am new to this, and not really good at blogging and such…I have a tendency to lose replies and such, but I am really excited about starting a window farm, am NOT much of an engineer or builder and REALLY need pretty specific plans on how to build something. (AM pretty good about following directions), but I cannot find specific plans, or I am not looking in the right spots or cant figure out how to get to where I need to go. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions? I would LOVE to get started on this project as florida is such a difficult place to grow vegetables, with the heat, fungus’s,bugs and other hungry critters, I see very little of my crop. I have started SIPS but they are still exposed to the vagarities of central florida weather weirdities. Thanks
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nora greenia joined the group
Florida 8 months, 1 week ago · View - Load More
I’m only just getting my first system together. but I’ve been researching for about a month on hydroponics. I’ve talked with a few people and read 5 books(and about half a dozen thesis papers) on the subject of hydroponics.
I’ll have my first system up and running in time for Christmas, so I’ll definitely let you know how it goes. Just remember to subscribe to the Florida Group.