--- _id: '594' abstract: - lang: eng text: Vertical farming is of major interest in research and development to enable the production of food in the quantity sufficient for the growing world population under the weather conditions, which are increasingly becoming more and more extreme. Especially in cities, vertical farming allows for growing vegetables and other plants locally. Apart from industrial applications of vertical farming, new ideas are being developed to make cities “greener”, often related to the maker culture. In the study, we concentrated on the second approach by investigating the possibilities to grow plants on textile fabrics placed vertically, e.g. along a balcony railing, but also as structural elements in agricultural areas. Our investigations revealed, using the example of cress, that steadily irrigated knitted fabrics enable plant growth on them, indicating no significant differences between differently knitted stitch dimensions and different illumination intensities. Finally, we discuss the possibilities to measure the time-resolved plant growth reliably and suggest additional possibilities to evaluate the growth success. article_type: original author: - first_name: Robin full_name: Böttjer, Robin last_name: Böttjer - first_name: Jan Lukas full_name: Storck, Jan Lukas id: '221157' last_name: Storck orcid: 0000-0002-6841-8791 orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0002-6841-8791/work/95037491 - first_name: Dominik full_name: Vahle, Dominik last_name: Vahle - first_name: Bennet full_name: Brockhagen, Bennet id: '237316' last_name: Brockhagen - first_name: Timo full_name: Grothe, Timo id: '221330' last_name: Grothe orcid: 0000-0002-9099-4277 orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0002-9099-4277/work/94763669 - first_name: Sabine full_name: Herbst, Sabine last_name: Herbst - first_name: Karl-Josef full_name: Dietz, Karl-Josef last_name: Dietz - first_name: Anke full_name: Rattenholl, Anke last_name: Rattenholl - first_name: Frank full_name: Gudermann, Frank last_name: Gudermann - first_name: Andrea full_name: Ehrmann, Andrea id: '223776' last_name: Ehrmann orcid: 0000-0003-0695-3905 orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0003-0695-3905/work/94763670 citation: alphadin: 'Böttjer, Robin ; Storck, Jan Lukas ; Vahle, Dominik ; Brockhagen, Bennet ; Grothe, Timo ; Herbst, Sabine ; Dietz, Karl-Josef ; Rattenholl, Anke ; u. a.: Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics. In: Tekstilec Bd. 62 (2019), Nr. 3, S. 200–207' ama: Böttjer R, Storck JL, Vahle D, et al. Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics. Tekstilec. 2019;62(3):200-207. doi:10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207 apa: Böttjer, R., Storck, J. L., Vahle, D., Brockhagen, B., Grothe, T., Herbst, S., … Ehrmann, A. (2019). Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics. Tekstilec, 62(3), 200–207. https://doi.org/10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207 bibtex: '@article{Böttjer_Storck_Vahle_Brockhagen_Grothe_Herbst_Dietz_Rattenholl_Gudermann_Ehrmann_2019, title={Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics}, volume={62}, DOI={10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207}, number={3}, journal={Tekstilec}, author={Böttjer, Robin and Storck, Jan Lukas and Vahle, Dominik and Brockhagen, Bennet and Grothe, Timo and Herbst, Sabine and Dietz, Karl-Josef and Rattenholl, Anke and Gudermann, Frank and Ehrmann, Andrea}, year={2019}, pages={200–207} }' chicago: 'Böttjer, Robin, Jan Lukas Storck, Dominik Vahle, Bennet Brockhagen, Timo Grothe, Sabine Herbst, Karl-Josef Dietz, Anke Rattenholl, Frank Gudermann, and Andrea Ehrmann. “Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics.” Tekstilec 62, no. 3 (2019): 200–207. https://doi.org/10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207.' ieee: R. Böttjer et al., “Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics,” Tekstilec, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 200–207, 2019. mla: Böttjer, Robin, et al. “Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics.” Tekstilec, vol. 62, no. 3, 2019, pp. 200–07, doi:10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207. short: R. Böttjer, J.L. Storck, D. Vahle, B. Brockhagen, T. Grothe, S. Herbst, K.-J. Dietz, A. Rattenholl, F. Gudermann, A. Ehrmann, Tekstilec 62 (2019) 200–207. date_created: 2019-09-12T16:10:04Z date_updated: 2023-03-10T14:49:18Z department: - _id: '103' doi: 10.14502/Tekstilec2019.62.200-207 file: - access_level: open_access content_type: application/pdf creator: aehrmann date_created: 2019-09-12T16:09:21Z date_updated: 2019-09-12T16:09:21Z file_id: '595' file_name: _2019_Böttjer_Tekstilec62_200-207.pdf file_size: 341939 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2019-09-12T16:09:21Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 62' issue: '3' keyword: - vertical farming - textile fabrics - plant growth - knitted fabrics - hydroponics - measurement technology - cress - illumination - irrigation language: - iso: eng oa: '1' page: 200-207 publication: Tekstilec publication_status: published quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: Influence of Textile and Environmental Parameters on Plant Growth on Vertically Mounted Knitted Fabrics type: journal_article user_id: '221157' volume: 62 year: '2019' ...