How to Build a Window Farm

Have one empty bottle for each type of plant., Cut off the bottoms of each bottle with the blade. , Hold each bottle inverted (neck down) and place a few clay fired pebbles into the bottles through the sliced-off bottom., Place a sampling or plant...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Have one empty bottle for each type of plant.

    If the pellets have a tendency to fall out of the bottle's mouth, place a piece of cloth in the neck and then add the pebbles.

    These pebbles act as soil, holding enough water for the roots and also allowing for air to pass. , Then, add more pebbles to hold the sapling in place , The idea is that the cord should be able to hold each of these bottles so that when hung by the cord, the mouth of one leads into the bottom of the one below it. ,,,,, You now have a working window garden.
  2. Step 2: Cut off the bottoms of each bottle with the blade.

  3. Step 3: Hold each bottle inverted (neck down) and place a few clay fired pebbles into the bottles through the sliced-off bottom.

  4. Step 4: Place a sampling or plant cutting in each of these bottles.

  5. Step 5: Fasten the cord to the 'waist' or neck of each of these bottles

  6. Step 6: looping it around each bottle

  7. Step 7: and connecting it to the next one.

  8. Step 8: Hang this arrangement from your windowsill

  9. Step 9: Prepare a nutrient solution and pour this solution into one of the tumblers.

  10. Step 10: Place one end of the pipe in this tumbler

  11. Step 11: and the other leading into the bottom of the topmost bottle (the bottom of the bottle will be at the very top of the arrangement)

  12. Step 12: Place the other tumbler at the bottom of the arrangement

  13. Step 13: to collect water coming through the mouth of the lowermost bottle

  14. Step 14: Arrange the pump for pumping water from the nutrient-rich tumbler

  15. Step 15: into the pipe

  16. Step 16: so that it is transmitted to the bottles.

Detailed Guide

If the pellets have a tendency to fall out of the bottle's mouth, place a piece of cloth in the neck and then add the pebbles.

These pebbles act as soil, holding enough water for the roots and also allowing for air to pass. , Then, add more pebbles to hold the sapling in place , The idea is that the cord should be able to hold each of these bottles so that when hung by the cord, the mouth of one leads into the bottom of the one below it. ,,,,, You now have a working window garden.

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