Environmental conservation is one of society’s greatest challenges and some of today’s forms of agriculture pose a threat through soil pollution, deforestation, largely caused by land conversion for agricultural use, and greenhouse gas emissions produced by the farms themselves, among other negative effects. But most important is the huge and inefficient energy consumption required by these forms of agriculture. – A large amount of resources are wasted, such as water, the treatment of which requires an energy-intensive process. – The food has to be transported to supermarkets and then brought home, which is a long energy-intensive journey. – The machinery used in these forms of agriculture consumes a great deal of energy to prepare the crop and to preserve it. – A large amount of food is wasted (which translates into wasted energy) because it is produced in bulk and not adapted to our needs.
Its modular design allows you to play with its height according to the space of your home, with the combination of vegetables to grow according to your needs, and its orientation for optimal use of solar energy.
In it you can grow from aromatic plants to vegetables and it is therefore a sustainable, compact garden with sufficient capacity for a production that takes advantage of energy (both in its manufacture and in its operation) and is self-sufficient.
To operate the bamboo, an aquarium pump is required, which should be attached to the bottom of the base container and an outlet pipe should come out of it to pump the nutrient water to the top of the bamboo (in general any aquarium pump will do, but check that it will pump the water to the desired height of the garden). This pump will be connected to a solar panel that collects the solar energy as well as the bambu plants.
The base cover has a hole in it to pass the power cable that will connect the pump to your household socket. This hole could also be used to pour in water as it is consumed or to introduce nutrients.
The outlet pipe from the pump should be inserted into each of the modular pots as the garden is being assembled until the last pot or bamboo top is reached. At this point the PVC tube-hose, which is also sold as aquarium equipment, is cut and finally the system is closed with the lid.
Once the bamboo is mounted and the water flow through the garden has been started by the pump, it is time to start cultivating.
The crops can be directly incorporated, by the roots, into the containers of the pots without substrate, or they can be filled with leca balls or expanded clay to achieve a better fixation of the plants.
All you have to do is wait and let bamboo work for you by continuously watering the crops, which, thanks to hydroponics, will grow quickly.
