Thank you for the wonderful blog! i just started germinating some pea plants and I was wondering what it might look like, so now I know. Do you know how much water the plants consume? My reservoir bottle holds a quart and it has to feed three bottles. I might have to refill often.

I tried using the V3 instructions, but it was a waste of money constructing the air valve thingie with the bicycle tube gizmo. I have made a bunch of 3 bottle tower systems by using teflon tape. Wrap the teflon tape around the check valve a few times then screw the air needle on. Wrap [...]

I use a product called “Goo Gone” to remove glue. My window farms have to look good as well as function well. I use Smart Water bottles because the plastic is a better quality than the bottles suggested.

I live in California where we get lots of sun, so I wanted to be able to move my windowfarm outdoors instead of running lights all the time. I purchased a chrome shelf system that I assembled at home. The shelves have a million ways to hang things from them. I put one shelf at [...]

I made a string of those lights and it is very easy. Buy an extension cord that has two wires stuck together like a standard lamp or small appliance would have. You cannot use the round-type cord. The pin sockets are sold where regular sockets are sold. They have a cap that unscrews to reveal [...]

Your system is the most elegant one I’ve seen- lights, pole, clamps, paint. I’m jealous! Good Luck with your move!

Thanks for the part number. I went to Home Depot and explained what I was looking for and they looked at me like I was nuts or something!

My school is run like a Nazi camp. Our time is not our own and 6th grade science has nothing to do with plants, so I have to steal time to do anything outside of the dictator’s curriculum. My students finally have some seedlings growing and we are getting ready to start the first column [...]

The bottle of nutrient solution should have a chart on the back that gives the ratios of solution to water. The water amount is given in gallons. If you divide the solution amount by the number of quarts or even ounces, you can determine the amount of solution per quantity of water running in each [...]