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I have installed a single airlift column! I’m growing arugula, basil, parsley, and dill. The plants have been in for a few days, and all looks pretty good except the parsley, which is wilting quite a bit. I might have done a poor job transplanting it, or perhaps the opal basil it’s sharing a container with is not a good match? I would love to post pictures, but I still cannot figure out how to do that…I don’t seem to have the ”media” button or whatever one needs in order to access the picture upload tool. (I’m using Firefox and a Mac…any ideas?)
I’m going to see how this goes for a few weeks, and then if it seems reasonably successful, I’ll begin implementing a window farm in my 9th grade biology classroom (for those not familiar with the U.S. school system, 9th grade is about 14-15 years old).
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Bess commented on the blog post planting in a couple weeks…suggestions? 2 years, 9 months ago · View
Hi Trygve, I’m going out of town for 5 days. This isn’t a very long time, but my reservoir is only 1.5 Liters. I built it according to the window farm instructions, which is a column with four, 1.5 liter bottles converted to hold plants. The fifth bottle on the bottom is the reservoir. Of [...]
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Bess wrote a new blog post: planting in a couple weeks…suggestions? 2 years, 9 months ago · View
Hi Everyone, I’ve really enjoyed reading all of the posts and getting an idea of what people are doing. I’ve finally just completed building my first column, following the excellent directions provided by WindowFarms…Version 3.o…they were quite clear and the photos were very helpful. I do plan on building three more for my apartment, but since [...] -
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Hi Everyone, I’ve really enjoyed reading all of the posts and getting an idea of what people are doing. I’ve finally just completed building my first column, following the excellent directions provided by WindowFarms…Version 3.o…they were quite clear and the photos were very helpful. I do plan on building three more for my apartment, but since [...]
I don’t think the parsley and basil would go at each other after only a few days, and from what I’ve managed to find out they aren’t bad neighbours at all.
Is it the largest leaves that are wilting ? If it’s them, simply remove them – the plant won’t have the capacity to supply them with enough water at the moment.