How the GRO2 GroWallTM system Works
Why don't the plants fall out of the green wall?
Our fabricated metal GroWallTM panels have several individual planting cells within them. The GroWallTMpanels are grown laying down horizontally at first in the controlled environment of a professional grower's greenhouse. Once the plants mature and have rooted into the GroWallTMpanels (several weeks to months) the plants are anchored into the special cutouts in the walls of the planting cells. The growth of the root system also expands the soil volume so it pushes against the walls of the planting cells, preventing them from falling out when the GroWallTMpanels are turned vertically.
How do you attach the green wall panels to the wall?
The GroWallTM panels are hung on a simple bracket system that attaches easily to most surfaces, whether indoor or outdoor. A waterproofing membrane is recommended on the surface behind the mounting brackets. Due to the unique design of the bracketing system, the brackets sit off the wall with a 1/2 inch spacer, ensuring that the GroWallTM panels never touch the wall surface they are mounted to, allowing for adequate air flow between the GroWallTM and the mounting surface and preventing condensation on the back of the panels from ever touching the wall surface behind the panels.
Each panel is hung individually on the brackets, allowing for ease of installation and ease of replacement or adjustment at anytime after they are installed. Panels do not interlock or stack on top of one another; each is hung like a picture frame sits on a wall and then sit side by side to create an entire wall of plants.
How do you water the GroWallTM?
Because plants are living things that need water to survive, our GroWallTM system is installed with a built-in irrigation system. You wouldn't put in a new lawn without a sprinkler system, would you? The GroWallTM panels have notches in the top of each and every panel to accommodate 1/4” drip irrigation tubing. The panels have cutouts every six inches that line up with the drip irrigation's pressure compensating emmitters that allow for free flow of water through each vertical row of cells within the panel. Gravity and capillary action in the soil media allow water to flow freely throughout the entire panels through these engineered cut outs and through the bottom of the panels where they are emptied onto the ground or into our specially engineered catch basins.
