/challenges-projects/design-challenges/vertical-farming/b/blog/posts/stacked-container-hydroponics-for-vertical-farming-blog-2Hello again! Welcome to the second installment of my challenge blog. Please bear with me on the formatting of these posts. These online editors often present me with problems.Keeping with the structure I set forth in my last blog post, her...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/vertical-farming/b/blog/posts/stacked-container-hydroponics-for-vertical-farming-blog-2Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:24:50 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0513f452-e526-490b-b056-930c7c6cd040DAB1<p>Nice post.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I worry about your stacking approach.&nbsp; You need to make sure that the upper plants do not deprive the lower ones of nutrients.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would also worry about salt accumulation in the lower container.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You might be able to balance the system by choosing plants that only use certain nutrients that pass&nbsp; to the others, but I think you will find that most indoor planting systems use separate feeds for each plant to prevent contamination and enhance proper nutrient distribution to all plants.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=224&AppID=120&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">