Indoor Vertical Garden

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Lepisosteus

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I have a wall in my apartment roughly 16ft long. Looking to make an indoor vertical garden to cover all of it. My plan is to create a lower plant bed out of 2x8s. The bed will be roughly 16’x2’x8” tall. On the back side of the bed, a 2x6 construction will go up almost to the ceiling flat against the wall. The 2x6’s will be spaced roughly 1 m apart allowing pocket style planters to fill the area between by securing them to the wood. At the top of the 2x6 structure I will have a perpendicular 2x6 protruding outwards to Mount some lights. Any thoughts on the project? What kind of lights should I aim to use? Plant suggestions?
 
Wish I could help but I've got a brown thumb and suck at engineering stuff -- but sounds like a really cool project, that would instantly make any room way more pleasant to hang out in, good luck and hope to see it as it evolves.
 
Cheap but effective lighting for indoor plants, fishrooms, garages, etc. - Barrina led t5, 20 watt, 2200 lm, 6500K. Easy to install, simple to string together.

As to plants, there are thousands to choose from. Whatever floats your boat. Just stay away from those that require high humidity.
 
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I’m still in the gathering plants part of the build until the vertical planters arrive. Currently have 2 variations of ivy, 2 variations of spider plants and pothos. The lights I’m using are 15W led flood lights. 4 of them will span across the wall with 1-2 75 watt versions

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I’ve thought of doing something similar in my future house but havent quite worked out how to do it yet..

So i’ll be sure to keep an eye out on you progression to hopefully grab some ideas here and there lol...
 
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