@article{1581, abstract = { A growing population needs an expansion of agriculture to ensure a reliable supply of nutritious food. As a variable concept, vertical farming, becoming increasingly popular, can allow plant growth for local food produc¬tion in the vertical sense on, e.g. facades in addition to the classical layered structure in buildings. As substrates, textile fabrics can be used as a sustainable approach in terms of reusability. In our experiment, we investigated which properties a textile should possess in order to be suitable for an application in vertical farming by the example of cress seeds. To determine the best-fitted fabric, four different textiles were mounted vertically, and were provided with controlled irrigation and illumination. Our results showed that a hairy textile surface as provided by weft-knitted plush is advantageous. There, the rooting of cress plants used in this experiment is easier and less complicated than along tightly meshed, flat surfaces, as for woven linen fabrics. }, author = {Diestelhorst, Elise and Storck, Jan Lukas and Brockhagen, Bennet and Grothe, Timo and Post, Inken Blanca and Bache, Thorsten and Korchev, Rumen and Rattenholl, Anke and Gudermann, Frank and Ehrmann, Andrea}, issn = {23503696}, journal = {TEKSTILEC}, keywords = {vertical farming, textile substrates, cress, cost-effectiveness, germination}, number = {4}, pages = {276--285}, publisher = {University of Ljubljana}, title = {{Necessary Parameters of Vertically Mounted Textile Substrates for Successful Cultivation of Cress for Low-Budget Vertical Farming}}, doi = {10.14502/Tekstilec2021.64.276-285}, volume = {64}, year = {2021}, }