Farms: Soil-less sky farming: rooftop hydroponics on NYC restaurant
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Chef John Mooney believes so strongly in local food that for his latest restaurant in Manhattan's West Village, most of his produce travels just 60 feet from the building's roof to his kitchen. He's able to grow nearly two-thirds the vegetables for his restaurant- Bell, Book & Candle- because he doesn't rely on soil. Instead, Mooney and his partner Mick O'Sullivan installed 60 vertical tower hydroponic systems. Original story here: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/soil-less-sky-farming-rooftop-hydroponics-on-nyc-restaurant/
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Sound stops around 5:36 and video freezes : (
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This is great. Hope there is a stackexcange or community site to document several ideas and progress of people.
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Where did you get your tubes?
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What is the plastic being used... Pvc? Or some food grade plastic... I am trying to source something that does not leach out chemicals... Thank you.
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fascinating, love it
Chef Mooney, would you explore this in Hawaii? -
what about the microbiology?
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you need to block the light on the ones that dont have a plant and you have light on top i would cap that .....root rot come from pythium ...pythium needs light to survie ...you can use a beneficial bacteria. it would help alot with your brown roots....if you get your roots white and lush your gro would increase by at least 50 faster yield. good jobb with the solar setup .you can brew you own bacterial like tea its dirt cheap that way if worried about cost. peace
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Beautiful set up my friend. Keep up the good work and spread the word. Hydrophobic's is the truth.
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The disadvantage of hydroponics is you have to purchase "plant food" or nutrition and supplements which are more costly.
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what do you do as the weather gets cold ? thank you.
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This is not "totally organic" john... There is nothing organic about synthetic nutrients injected in tap water from your dositron
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Cool system. The square foot garden method is another awesome system to get the most food per square foot.
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Anyone know where I could buy those towers
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I really love this idea. I think it is a good investment and will pay for itself over and over again. I would love to implement something like this where I live. I would end up with so much produce that I could bring it to those who are in need of food. Plus, learning the art of doing this could benefit others as I could teach those who have limited space on how to grow their own food. If you give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. Same way with gardening. Something we all with have to learn how to do someday.
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These kinds of delicacies for growing food is very sexy.
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Wow, what a great setup for a rooftop! Great use of space.
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Brilliant
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Here is the question you dumbass consumer capitalist pigs never ask: Why don't affluent nations give GIVE FREE OF CHARGE this system to the 4,000,000,000 poor people of the world? Not only does it make sense in the city it makes sense EVERYWHERE. You can end world hunger with this. IF you don;'t try to make a fucking PROFIT off it. You could change the world with this> IF YOU WANTED TO.
DO ANY OF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER?
Or do you want to sit on your asses and do NOTHING to improve yourselves or the world? -
Curious, the fertilizer if synthetic will make large plants but are they nutritious? Or was the fertilizer and organic substance?
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Check out the page for the Bioponics Institute on Facebook. You, too, can learn this!