@tardisblue Dear Natalie, Cold is a problem and I had hoped that someone with more experience might reply to your post. But, I’ll share my own experience. Personally Basil has been the best grower for me even on cold spells. I have sometimes had temperatures as low as 64. but not down as low as you [...]

@gaiatechnician Hi Brian, I like your idea. After a long bout with the flu I got back on the WF site and described how I was dealing with my windowfarm at present. It was good to see you on with your work and experiments. They are great. I look forward to getting my aquaponic setup back [...]

I also liked the T valve the best when I was running my aquaponic setup. I love the looks of your plants. When I am well I’ll put my full system ack up, but for now I’m keeping it simpler. Thanks for sharing your work. Sylvia Manchester Indiana USA

Hi again, Years ago I lived in Rhode Island, but am in Indiana now where there are lots of farmers around, that sure know their growing business. The windowfarm is almost weed free and I just learned that my favorite plant Basil, is an excellent anti-inflamatory. So more pots with Basil are going up.These will [...]

@afernandez23 Hi Arelys, It looks good. My plants are in a window that does not get good sun and my tomatoes would not finish setting on properly. I spoke with a local nursery grower and he said that tomatoes need LOTS OF LIGHT to so when I put my tomatoes back in I hope to move [...]

Hi Dawn, It’s great that you are trying to use what is available at home. That is what I did with my windowfarm. BUT, I did not like the spray paint that I had purchased so I used a brush and painted the bottom part of the bottles dark brown and then for better looks [...]

Hi again, Like Charles above said if you are able to get the fish tank closer I would, but doing it away from that ank might work out. From all the different types of aquaponics I have looked at – the action of the water going up into and through the plants feeds the plants. [...]

@mumubu Hi Murielle, I used a fish tank for a while and it did very well. Go to the groups tab here in windowfarms and search for the aquaponic site. That helped me understand how to put my system up. I went to the Purdue University site on the internet also, and I was able to [...]

@jeremyzschau YES = I would like to hear what nutrients you are using. I can hardly wait to get my aquaponic (fish) system back up. Your work is great. Sylvia

@gaiatechnician You have so many fantastixc ideas. For the present I’m just using soil in my window and planning how to put my aquaponic system back up later on. It will go into the south room. I will put some thought into using solar panels. Whoever is panning the camera tell them to go a little [...]

@daisywindowfarm Thanks for the information. I have let the pots go dry for a while but I will be more careful now that you have mentioned the problem of drowning. Next week when I have time, I plan to put the material into the bottles to absorb the water. My cell phone camera will not work [...]

@daisywindowfarm I got my farm up and after just a few days it looks good. I purchased herb plants at a local nursery and used one small aloe vera plant I had shooting up in my window pots. Your post was so special for me and enouraged me. It is much less complicated than my aquaponic [...]

@natalia Your farm is so healthy and I’ll bet that is why the alge is healthy too. I purchased black drip pipe at Lowes and had little alge. I am so happy your plants ate growing well. Happy windowfarming. Sylvia

@natalia WOW You have been busy – It is certainly looking good. I took my system down because of problems I had but I am working on getting it back with stronger support for the nutrient supply lines.
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WOW -Thanks Daisy for sharing your ideas – I already have botles and the chains to experiment with and I’ve raised plants in ordinary soil pots in my windows for years. So this might work for my temporary setup. After reading what you planned – ‘My thought’ – I’ll put the straw like you described [...]