Green+Roof+and+Fertilization


 * Green Roof and Fertilization **

Green Roof Group Goals and Objectives
//Greening of Aiken Spring ‘15// //Alex Frayer - afrayer@uvm.edu// //Ellen Thorne- ekthorne@uvm.edu// //Alex Smith- asmith79@uvm.edu//

__Advisors__ Carl Waite Gary Hawley


 * 1) 1. Learn about green roofs


 * 1) 2. Organize and analyze year 2 data
 * 2) a. Statistical Analysis of data
 * 3) b. Organize water samples and send them to the lab
 * 4) c. Calculate flux
 * 5) d. Compare year 1 and year 2 data

i. Analyze nutrient runoff data
 * 1) 3. Fertilize Green Roof in the spring
 * 2) a. Determine ideal concentration of fertilizer
 * 1) b. Design a method of application

Flux, Peak Flow and Cumulative Data Calculations




**Fertilization Plan**
For this project we are using Plant-tone fertilizer. This is an organic fertilizer and the information regarding its make up and application concentrations can be found below.

__Calculations:__ Each plant tray is 2ftX4ft and we decided to do four flats at a time (4ft X 8ft) = 32 sq ft. 0.32lbs per 1 flat = 145.1495 g of fertilizer 145.1495g x 4= 530.5980g for four flats.

Alex S. and Alex F. practicing applying fertilizer Advisor Gary Hawley applying fertilizer to flats on the green roof

Final Video
@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M82s5rnDbVI&feature=youtu.be

Our final video presents our semester long project working with Aiken's green roof. The video highlights our goals and objectives through giving information of green roofs and why Aiken's in unique, showing how water samples were organized and data was analyzed, and showing the process by which the green roof was fertilized.

Alex Smith and Alex Frayer on the Green Roof (April 2015).