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I bought a Petco 9902 pump, and I suspect it is too weak. I think this because water isn’t circulating to the top. The recommended Petco 9903 has been discontinued. Does anyone know of a store in Seattle to purchase an alternative pump that will be sufficiently strong?
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Hey I was in New York in March interviewing Britta Riley herself for my documentary about urban farming. Now I’m in back home in Portland and I’d love to meet a few windowfarmers from the Northwest. My brother and a bunch of cousins live up in Seattle so I come there pretty often.
Check out the blog to see what I’m up to:
http://www.plantthismovie.com-Karney Hatch
karneyhatch@gmail.comGet in touch!
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John Montgomery joined the group
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shnnnhickman posted an update in the group
I’m interested in getting some tilapia fish to run my aquarium based windowfarm. But the source I found requires you to buy 25 at a time. Is anyone interested in going in on a group buy?
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shnnnhickman posted an update in the group
I put together a 6 unit column this weekend. It hangs above my rubbermaid fish tank. I’m trying beans first then I’ll move on to other plants. I tried to make it an 8 unit column but the water didn’t want to travel up the sixth. I picked up the 1.5 liter electrolyte water bottles from Trader Joes. Because I prefer a straight sided container but I had to hot glue in a little half inch lip inside the water bottle to get the net pot to stay in place at the opening and not fall to the bottom of the bottle. I used the two bicycle pump needles in drilled holes a few inches up the tube and added a sponge filter over the bottom of the tube to keep the snails and small fish out of it. The tanks is actually my cat’s ”fish TV set”. So it’s not much to look at but fully cycled and already on the floor. Ph 7, Nitrates 5.
Sorry the video is sideways Ha! I come from a photoshop world where images are rotated. Not an option with video. I’ll reshoot tomorrow.
But you get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTrNfT7DC4&feature=context&context=G2004994AUAAAAAAAAAA
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shnnnhickman posted an update in the group
howdy,
where did people get their bottles? I don’t buy bottled water so… I don’t have a source at the moment.
you go to basically any store, then buy something that’s in a plastic bottle.
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Lunar eclipse in 5 hours!
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Kelly Bleiweis posted an update in the group
just saw the TEDtalk and I am totaly excited about this idea! I live in a townhouse Issaquah and have great big windows, but no yard/garden, so window farming seems like a great solution.
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Kelly Bleiweis joined the group
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I’m new to the Seattle area but I have a fantastic window so I finally have a chance to attempt a window farm. Does anyone have any suggestions on any local or online seed sources?
Thank you!
My personal favorites are:
City People Garden store in madison Huge selection of seed and bare root plants right now. I picked up a some bush cucumber seeds to try out this weekend.Online:
Seed Savers http://www.seedsavers.org/Content.aspx?src=buyonline.htm
seeds of change http://www.seedsofchange.com/
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Hello Marcus, I’m new (since December) but my experience has been — when the water did not work properly there was an air leak somewhere. I experimented with sealing all leaks and putting my air intake deeper or more shallow. Also when the pipe had too many curves it did not work as good. There is a possibility of a bad pump though. Bummer!!! I hope you can figure out what is wrong. MY WINDOWFARM HAS BEEN A JOY FOR ME and I would have been greatly discouraged if my first system had not worked. Sylvia – Manchester IN USA