Ecosystem MkII - 18

The Ecosystem MkII 18 slab vertical hydroponics system is a great piece of kit for any grower who wishes to maximise the results from their garden. We recommend about 5 plants per slab in this Ecosystem, making a total of up to 90 plants grown in the 18 Rockwool slabs, which are 1 metre in length.

The main design of the Ecosystem is to have the lights positioned central and vertical amongst the plant canopy rather than horizontal above your plant canopy, this allows all the plants to receive the same quality and quantity of light and also many more plants to be positioned vertically around the lights and grown for a much shorter period before fruiting or flowering them, and as there are many more plants grown the yield produced can be better than you could imagine for the amount of lighting used and the space taken up by the Ecosystem.

The Ecosystem irrigation delivery system is a top feed drip irrigation system with pipe and compression fittings, neatly fitting around the unit. Nutrient solution is pumped from the main tank and delivered up to the top of each growing slab through the irrigation pipes, allowing the nutrient solution to gently drip and run through the slabs to feed your plants, excess solution drains at the bottom into pipes and is re-circulated back into the main tank.

The glass tube is 6" in diameter and can be connected to an extraction system to draw all heat produced from the two 600w lamps to keep the temperatures inside the unit and room its used in very low. A fresh air supply into the grow room is also essential and floor fans can be used to help deliver a gentle breeze of fresh air up through the plant canopy. Wheels are also fitted to make opening and closing of the unit possible for one person.

The Ecosystem can be purchased as seen in the image above but will require two 600w ballasts and two 600w lamps, unless you have them already, or it can be purchased from GreenSea with these supplied. The room its installed into will also need ventilation that can be connected to the glass tube as well, this is not supplied with the Ecosystem but if you take a look at our extraction kits we offer a 10% saving on all parts in the kit and a fan and some duct can be used for the fresh air supply into the room.

Ecosystem 18 measures: Height 6' x Diameter 4' 2"

For more information into these fantastic vertical gardens, please visit the Jardin Du Futur website.