All About ZipGrow
Always a cold place, very tasty syrup and ice hockey hooray! ZipGrow originates from this country
What is Canada?
This green originated from the Mediterranean, is usually sold as its baby version, and is known for its peppery flavors
What is arugula?
This number is how many greens we can grow on a tower
What is 8?
This large wall decor captures the names of members and their greatest moments within the club
What is a tree?
This process involves the sun and green plants where light energy is converted into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
Created to teach any classroom or academic space about vertical farming. Project IF uses this ZipGrow system
What is The Education Rack?
It's the week of giving thanks! Project IF is hosting a social next week! This herb is the main component for the pesto pasta main course :P
What is basil?
This number is the EC range of kale, buttercrunch lettuce, and arugula
What is 800-1000?
Project IF members being recognized for their efforts will have a beautiful printout posted on the wall of the farm, this is the title of recognition of those members
What is Member of the Month?
This rough, plastic-like material sandwiches the wicks of the ZipGrow towers
What is Matrix Media (Growing Medium)?
Snip the base of a crop to have it split into 2, snip again and you'll get 4! This is the process to promote bushier crops
What is pruning?
A seedling tray, is where Project IF germinates their seeds. This number is how many peat moss plugs a tray can hold
What is 200?
Pay attention now, we just mentioned them today! These are the names of the four project groups that will launch for Project IF
What is Automation, Operations, Outreach, and Mini-Hydro?
Nutrient solution is emitted from nozzles and onto a cloth? ZipGrow uses these hydroponic practices
What is Drip and Wick?
The scientific term for the first two leaves that come from a seed (aka the embryonic leaves)
What is cotyledon?
This sum is the maximum volume of all 4 ZipGrow sides (in gallons)
What is 24 gallons?
Coding, sensors, technology. WOW!
This is the name of the program used for everyday maintenance to calibrate the EC and pH levels of nutrient solutions
What is Termite?
"The sky's the limit for vertical farming" is the title for this post featuring with Project IF and ZipGrow
What is a blog?
Here's a maintenance scenario: EC is 1130 and pH is 6.4. Excluding the amounts, adding these adjustments will make the range go back to normal.
What is Immature Solution and pH Down?
For every maintenance session the pH sensor is plugged into the farm's laptop, this is the COM number that needs to be switched for the program to output the right values
What is 3?
Mascots represent multitudes of values within communities. Project IF has 4. This mascot of all four has not been present on today's slides...
Who is Larry the Ladybug?