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Here are some [[michka: | Here are some [[michka: | ||
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+ | ====Non-Vegetal Infrastructure==== | ||
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+ | ===Seedling Pots=== | ||
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+ | I built most of my seedling pots [[michka: | ||
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+ | I used many different kinds: | ||
+ | * Plastic bottles bottoms | ||
+ | * Aluminium drinking cans | ||
+ | * Aluminium food cans | ||
+ | * Small & big plastic yoghurt pots | ||
+ | * Cardboard-aluminium drink boxes bottoms | ||
+ | * Cream cheese plastic boxes | ||
+ | * Appetizers plastic boxes | ||
+ | * Vegetable plastic boxes | ||
+ | * Eggboxes | ||
+ | * Toilet paper rolls | ||
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+ | The only thing not to forget is to poke holes at the bottom of the containers for draining. | ||
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+ | My favorites remain plastic boxes. Aluminium cans are good, but their cutting edge may be harmful for some creeper' | ||
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+ | My first batch was made from very big pots, which need a lot of soil to be filled. My subsequent ones where made with smaller pots, to save the amount of soil use and start out more seeds from the beginning. | ||
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+ | To start out seedlings, I would say that small yogurt pots are the best I found until now. | ||
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+ | ===Growing Bags=== | ||
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+ | I am currently researching on sewing growing bags out of [[michka: | ||
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+ | I also performed some [[michka: | ||
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+ | ===Windshield=== | ||
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+ | After dramatic death of my first seedlings during a windy day, I started to think about how to protect the plants on the balcony from the wind. I have currently installed a piece of transparent plastic and some glass windows as windshields. I may move towards a system based on plastic bottles. | ||
====What I planted==== | ====What I planted==== | ||
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On March 25th, I planted indoors many others seeds (156 exactly). Detailed report is coming... | On March 25th, I planted indoors many others seeds (156 exactly). Detailed report is coming... | ||
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- | ====Growing Bags==== | ||
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- | I am currently researching on sewing growing bags out of [[michka: | ||
====Sowing Instructions==== | ====Sowing Instructions==== | ||
I started direct sowing of a few vegetables on the balcony. Here are the information I gathered to sow [[michka: | I started direct sowing of a few vegetables on the balcony. Here are the information I gathered to sow [[michka: | ||
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- | ====Self-Watering Systems==== | ||
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- | I also looked for diverse [[http:// | ||
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- | ===Rope-based system=== | ||
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- | Water flows slowly from the bottle to the soil through the rope, by capillarity. It works but does not waters the soil enough. | ||
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- | ===Fabric-based system=== | ||
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- | It is supposed to work almost the same way as the rope-based system, but does not seem to be as efficient - it may be a design issue. A new version made of a continuous piece of fabric - and not small ones tied up together - should be tried out. | ||
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- | ===Water-layer based system=== | ||
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- | I found this design [[https:// | ||
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- | ===Good neighbour system=== | ||
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- | After these failures, Rasa offered me to take care of the seedlings when I am away, and I am very grateful to her ! | ||
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- | ====Windshield==== | ||
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- | After dramatic death of my first seedlings during a windy day, I started to think about how to protect the plants on the balcony from the wind. I have currently installed a piece of transparent plastic and some glass windows as windshields. I may move towards a system based on plastic bottles. | ||
====Getting seeds==== | ====Getting seeds==== |