All About ZipGrow
Crops, Crops, and more Crops!
By the Numbers
Let's Talk All About IF!
Example
100

Always a cold place, very tasty syrup and ice hockey hooray! ZipGrow originates from this country

What is Canada?

100

This green originated from the Mediterranean, is usually sold as its baby version, and is known for its peppery flavors

What is arugula?


100

This number is how many greens we can grow on a tower

What is 8?


100

This large wall decor captures the names of members and their greatest moments within the club

What is a tree?

100

This process involves the sun and green plants where light energy is converted into chemical energy

What is photosynthesis?

200

Created to teach any classroom or academic space about vertical farming. Project IF uses this ZipGrow system

What is The Education Rack?

200

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?

200

This number is the EC range of kale, buttercrunch lettuce, and arugula 

What is 800-1000?

200

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?

300

This rough, plastic-like material sandwiches the wicks of the ZipGrow towers

What is Matrix Media (Growing Medium)?

300

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?

300

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?

300

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?

400

Nutrient solution is emitted from nozzles and onto a cloth? ZipGrow uses these hydroponic practices

What is Drip and Wick?

400

The scientific term for the first two leaves that come from a seed (aka the embryonic leaves)

What is cotyledon?

400

This sum is the maximum volume of all 4 ZipGrow sides (in gallons)

What is 24 gallons?

400

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?

500

"The sky's the limit for vertical farming" is the title for this post featuring with Project IF and ZipGrow

What is a blog?

500

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?

500

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?

500

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?