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Post by ibis on Sept 4, 2021 18:50:38 GMT 1
A rough sketch of an "automated hanging garden" I am designing...
I need a sheet metal bender to complete the final product.. The prototype will be single sheets and filled in with filler..
I am just waiting on the "cuttings - clones" to grow big enough to fill the space...
Plants are my life - sometimes better than people and hydroponics is the future of growing.. I have been trying to push this for 25+ years and it just now seems to be gaining momentum.
My motto is " grow your own"... LOL
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Post by ibis on Sept 4, 2021 19:08:43 GMT 1
This is a project from last winter I hope to bring to market this winter
The above is for our "micro-green" kits and runs on a 5v phone charger.
Spent days creating the specs for a 3D printed case for the light and luckily enough have a 100% biodegradable food container manufacturer close by.. €3 for the kit (top, bottom and medium-hemp) with a special blend of seeds - 4 different blends. Light not included.
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Post by ibis on Sept 4, 2021 19:22:33 GMT 1
This is the prototype of our "Grow Box" - again 5v (phone charger) and fully automated ( lights - moisture level - water reservoir & pump)
I found the wood on the street but the final product which again hopefully comes out this winter will be white plastic or again wood (10mm) but white..
The bottom section is for propagation and behind is the electronics and reservoir.. This model does not have a front door but that is included, with a window or without..
I built it for micro-greens and a specific tray which is from a big English company who are having problems shipping to the EU. Get your act together Garland... It does work also for seeds and cuttings. The 5v RGB lights I spent a few weeks on them programming for the best color and have stuck with a sort of purple wave length. A mixture of red and blue which gave the best results in growth and rooting.
Happy Gardening...
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Post by specsavers2 on Oct 22, 2021 22:35:06 GMT 1
What are you still cropping from your gardens? gardens around me are cropping potatoes, chard, beetroot, squash, courgettes, carrots, lettuce, onions pensive and peppers.
Vegetables in the shops and markets are expensive apart from the onions.
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Post by exile on Oct 22, 2021 23:47:39 GMT 1
Still have potatoes (pink fir apple) in the ground but the tops are dead so it is just a way to keep them fresh until the threats of frost. Leeks, parsnips, carrots and fennel still growing. The fennel will have to be harvested before the first frosts. Picking the last of the sweetcorn The pumpkins and squash finished early this year Still have a few outdoor tomatoes that are ripening in protected corners. The Spanish broad beans are beginning to pod. Because the new potatoes went in late due to the cold spring, the beans were sown late (they go in when the potatoes are harvested) and I am hoping they will crop before the frosts. Saffron - big step up this year 4! flowers but better than previous years. Brassicas all doing well and expecting good crops of cabbage (red and white), sprouts, Broccoli, swede, turnip, kale etc.
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Post by specsavers2 on Oct 23, 2021 0:17:37 GMT 1
Sounds like you have had a successful growing season Exile. Hoping next season can be better for me and others in the area. Late season has been the best for our gardens.
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Post by exile on Oct 23, 2021 21:21:24 GMT 1
Well like many years there have been good and bad bits.
The asparagus was rather poor (adequate but no surplus as we usually have) and I don't know if that is the result of 3 successive years before this that were very dry or whether the bed needs replacing. It is now 12 years old. I had promised myself to start preparing a new bed but it has not happened yet.
Beans were fantastic but squash and courgettes a little poor. The squash are all rather small despite plenty of water this year and the courgettes came all in one flush (as they do) but then stopped rather than going on for several weeks.
Everything this year has been 3 or 4 weeks later than normal due to the late and extended spring.
But every year is different and I guess that is what makes gardening interesting.
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Post by ibis on Oct 23, 2021 21:35:49 GMT 1
The asparagus was rather poor (adequate but no surplus as we usually have) and I don't know if that is the result of 3 successive years before this that were very dry or whether the bed needs replacing. It is now 12 years old. I had promised myself to start preparing a new bed but it has not happened yet. But every year is different and I guess that is what makes gardening interesting. Sound like you have been to greedy in your picking (no surplus this year) and should let a few stick around to help develop the part of the plant you do not see...
Gardening should not be interesting in the way you mean as it is just plants with dos and don'ts. If something went wrong it is normally the one with a brain making the mistakes.. I guess it is ok as you have a LIDL nearby..
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Post by exile on Oct 23, 2021 21:43:18 GMT 1
Thanks for your infinite wisdom.
I know all about growing asparagus and I have not been greedy.
Oh and I don't have a Lidl nearby - around 100km round trip when I go - so please keep nasty jibes to yourself.
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Post by houpla on Oct 24, 2021 10:46:50 GMT 1
Well like many years there have been good and bad bits. The asparagus was rather poor (adequate but no surplus as we usually have) and I don't know if that is the result of 3 successive years before this that were very dry or whether the bed needs replacing. It is now 12 years old. I had promised myself to start preparing a new bed but it has not happened yet. Beans were fantastic but squash and courgettes a little poor. The squash are all rather small despite plenty of water this year and the courgettes came all in one flush (as they do) but then stopped rather than going on for several weeks. Everything this year has been 3 or 4 weeks later than normal due to the late and extended spring. But every year is different and I guess that is what makes gardening interesting. A very similar story here, exile. We normally start harvesting the asparagus in February, but a combination of cold and dry weather delayed it by a good 6 weeks. I suspect that the row (300m) is getting overcrowded and tired, despite a mulch of whatever is handy, each year. The self-sown pieds in the borders produce huge spears in comparison The artichokes (globe and Jerusalem) were abundant, carrots and parsnips took three attempts at direct sowing. We won't be getting tired of potimarron or butternut squash this winter On the bright side, still harvesting sweet peppers and aubergines from the tunnel, and picked 8kgs of beautiful limes from my tree-in-a-barrel yesterday
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Post by traveller on Oct 24, 2021 13:45:34 GMT 1
This is a project from last winter I hope to bring to market this winter
The above is for our "micro-green" kits and runs on a 5v phone charger.
Spent days creating the specs for a 3D printed case for the light and luckily enough have a 100% biodegradable food container manufacturer close by.. €3 for the kit (top, bottom and medium-hemp) with a special blend of seeds - 4 different blends. Light not included.
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Post by traveller on Oct 24, 2021 13:47:25 GMT 1
Sorry Ibis I meant to quote you in order to say how inspiring and ingenious your invention looks.
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Post by ibis on Jan 13, 2022 21:22:10 GMT 1
A pretty simple "kit" for a school or home project. A few Basil plants just starting.
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Post by ibis on Jan 13, 2022 21:29:43 GMT 1
Next is a bigger bucket design and water level gauge.
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Post by specsavers2 on Jan 13, 2022 22:18:50 GMT 1
I will follow this with interest ibis
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