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====Non-Vegetal Infrastructure==== | ====Non-Vegetal Infrastructure==== | ||
- | ===Seedling Pots=== | + | Here are some details about [[michka: |
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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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- | ====Self-Watering Systems==== | + | |
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- | I also looked for diverse | + | |
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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 | + | |
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- | ===Water-layer based system=== | + | |
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- | I found this design | + | |
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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. | + | |
====What I planted==== | ====What I planted==== |