Window Farm

Our plants are growing well, last term compared to this term, we had a 10% growth increase

Our Window Farm is still strong

Our watering system has proved to be successful, we have a solar panel providing 24% of the power to the pump.

Window Farm: Materials, Mounting and Design

 Window Farm: Materials, Mounting and Design

Quantity	Specifications	Type
1	2x4, 1.24m	Wood Pole
2 Packs	3mm	Self-tap in Wood screws
1	5mm	Hook
3	5 Litre	Water Bottles
1	1 Kilolitre	White paint
1	Pumps taller than 2m	Aquatic Pump
10m	2cm diameter	Clear pipe tubing
3 Packs	Short, straight and 3 way	Connectors
Our Window Farm does not incorporate the use of Cable Ties but a different method
Plants and Soil will be added at a later stage once the Window Farm has been built

The attachment to the Lab’s window will be with a Heavy duty brass hook and a leather strap secured to the top of the 2x4, 1,24m Wood Pole with 4 Self-tap in wood screws.

This is our Window Farm design but with some adaptions:
Our reservoir will not be at the top but at the bottom.
We will only have one row of plants as the window space is limited.

Cutting the water bottle.



Painting the support wood- use approxy primer for best result.

windowfarms.com/howto/WF-HOWTO-10.pdf

Taken on 2015/03/03