Vertical Turf

What is Vertical Turf?

Vertical Turf is a vertical living Fytowall full of healthy growing turf. Suitable for indoor or outdoor use. Vertical turf consists of series of Fytowall panels. This could be one panel high covering many meters in length or 10 panels high (5m) and only 1m in length. These panels offer more, with the ability to be interchangeable. Vertical turf can be used as a feature using different turf varieties. Highlighted using lights or made into different shapes.

Why use Fytowall for ‘Vertical Turf”?

Fytowall is an aminoplast resin foam. This results in a light, but very stable and firm white spongy pH neutralised growing media.

Product Range:

Vertical Turf has a range of panels. However the panel FWT14 is the standard size, which is wrapped in UV stable shade cloth. These panels are planted with a thin near soilless layer of turf. The effect of the shade cloth wrapping is two fold. It adds stability and lowers evaporation. The shade cloth is available in, either black, green or wheat.

Size:

The interchangeable panels come in a standard size of 100cm long x 49cm high x 14cm depth. (FWT14). This equates to 0.49m2 in area and 68 litres of volume. We can also custom make panels of different lengths to suit a project.

How do I get turf to grow on the Fytowall foam panels?

Fytowall has a balanced air/water ratio over the panel height, which enables plants to grow in both the top and the bottom of the panel.

The turf species selected, must be suitable to the region and climatic conditions that is the “Vertical turf” will be grown in.

Fytogreen will plant and grow in all panels for installation of the Fytowall.

Weight:

The standard panel FWT14 has an absolute saturated weight of 44kg per 0.5m2 or 88kg per m2 without plants. However under normal watering conditions, you could expect the panels to be at approximately 25-35% saturation by volume. ie . holding 25-35L of water and nutrients. This equates to 12.5-17.5kg per 0.5m2 panel. Plant weight per panel will depend on the species and age, but when fully grown, you could allow 12kg per m2 for plants like mondo grass up to 24kg for turf panels.

Are there limits to Vertical Turf?

The interchangeable panels must be placed lying on their long edge. This means that the maximum vertical height of one panel can only be 50cm. Each panel must have a physical barrier between it and the one above or below. This applies to a wall 1m high or 5 m high. The minimum gap required between panels is 20mm, enabling irrigation lines and panel support.
Vertical Turf can be grown in exterior or interior spaces. The overriding factor will be plant selection and available UV light.


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