The creation of a new urban hydraulic system to 25 Seascape strawberry plants in a 4x4 Growlab grow. Planting of strawberriesgrow strawberries hydroponicOur Hydroponic Window Farm - Initial Setup and 1st Vertical Tower - 20100321

The initial setup and after planting in the first vertical tower of our hydroponic window farm. Our hydroponic window farm is located in our apartment sliding glass door area somewhere in Texas :) We are very excited to see how our hydroponic window farm turns out and learn from our experience lies. We want to use our knowledge we gain from this to a much larger aquaponics setup (aquaculture + hydroponics) down the road up as we move into a house. For more information on window farms, please visit

What we use:.
- Petco 9904 Air Pump
(4 air outlets and kit one-way air valves included) - 1 Gallon or more reservior (8L or about 2 gallons in my case)
- Various surgical type tubing and especially reinforced to prevent hose for collecting water from the well to the top bend in the line
- wooden dowels to 1.5L PlastikflasChen
place - Sports ball air needles (1 for each air line from Petco air pump)
- 3 "net cups for plants
- Hydroton (or equivalent) expanded clay pellets for growing medium
- 54W fluorescent light bulb w / ballast and reflector 4ft (transformed close to 180 degrees on one side redirect)
- Timer for light hold up to 8-12h (depending on the cycle of plants and natural light availability)
-.. Water (Qualtify makes the difference) Reverse Osmosis water if at all possible, or something like that Make sure PH is right (between 5.5 and 6.5), and it is pure
-. Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow Nutrients (Organic) for all phases of growth vegitation
- Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom (organic) for fruiting of plants (not used and may not be necessary, so we'll see)

plants on first vertical tower on (far left) from the topbelow:
1 Butterleaf salad
2 Green beans
3 Strawberries />