The cyberpunk dream is alive. Soon I’ll be growing food from electricity on this all 3D-printed (minus the Home Depot bucket, fish pump, and LED power indicator) DIY hydroponic tower in my hacker lair. I think I’m ready for some basic growing, but want to work on a monitoring/ automation situation for this setup.
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Make sure your 3d printer is using food safe plastic.
I tend to advise people not to use 3d printer for this because it's cheaper just to buy food safe pipe instead
Why not just use PVC pipes? That looks expensive and leaky.
All in it’s around 20-ish bucks in filament. Haven’t had any leaks yet. If it fell over that might be a problem. Seems pretty solid for now. Nothing wrong with going the PVC route. I do like the modulability of the 3D printed, but the real reason is… I think it just looks cool. 😎 lol
I suggest starting now, without the automation. I have a similar setup, of using grow lights, hydroponics, and some ol' fashioned dirt. But mine is made mostly of trash that I scavenged.
I print the 3" net cups, but the containers are old food containers, a shoebox with a broken lid, or whatever else I can find that would otherwise just get recycled.
It's pretty bare right now since I just harvested, but I'm about to start another batch of hydroponics today using some containers that are out of frame in the picture above.
And I admit it, I did print some flower pots just for fun. I wouldn't recommend it, unless there's something super cool about your design. It's far more economical to buy them.
I followed you so I can pick up some tips and tricks as you run into issues. I'm especially interested in yo what degree the moving water prevents algae from growing.
