Plants are growing well at the top of the towers Photo: Camilla Ruø Rasmussen
Checking root growth behind the sliding boards of the root towers. Photo: Eva Rosenqvist
Working with the 4 meter tall root towers require extra lifting machinery Photo: Eva Rosenqvist
Visitors observing the roots behind the sliding boards of the root towers. Photo: Camilla Ruø Rasmussen
The first plants can be observed at the top of each tower Photo: Camilla Ruø Rasmussen
Plants are planted in each chamber at the top of each tower, irrigation is controlled using drip hoses Photo: Camilla Ruø Rasmussen
The plants are growing well at the top of the tower Photo: Camilla Ruø Rasmussen
12 root towers
Deep Frontier has constructed 12 unique root towers that are each 4 meters tall and in which it is possible to study root growth, microbes and uptake of nutrients and water at the various soil depths.