Where is the best place to locate the Floating Garden?
If indoors, locate your hydroponic garden near a south-facing window where the plants can receive sunlight during a part of the day. During the summer months, direct sunlight does not come in through a south window. Early in the day, the sun comes in from an east window, and the planter can be placed in an East window. During mid-day, the south window is best, and late in the day, as the sun sinks toward the West, a West window has the most sun. Supplementary lighting will help and will reduce or eliminate the necessity for moving the Floating Garden. Outdoors, you can locate your Floating Garden on a sunny patio or in your yard. For summer gardening outdoors our recommendation for lettuces is to choose a location that is relatively cool. This might mean trading off locating your garden in full sun with locating your garden in partial or filtered sun to reduce lettuce leaf burn.
If indoors, locate your hydroponic garden near a south-facing window where the plants can receive sunlight during a part of the day. During the summer months, direct sunlight does not come in through a south window. Early in the day, the sun comes in from an east window, and the Floating Garden can be placed in an East window. During mid-day, the south window is best, and late in the day, as the sun sinks toward the West, a West window has the most sun. As a rule of thumb, if you do not have supplemental lighting (like our plant light assembly), locate the Floating Garden in the location where the most window light is available. Outdoors, you can locate your Floating Garden on a sunny patio or in your yard. For summer gardening outdoors our recommendation for lettuces is to choose a location that is relatively cool. This might mean trading off locating your garden in full sun with locating your garden in partial or filtered sun to reduce lettuce leaf burn.
