Hydroponic Compact Garden - Complete Kit

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Hydroponic Garden - Complete Kit A perfect addition to your kitchen, use it to grow all kinds of lettuce and herbs and even chillies. It's small and compact. It's designed to be completely 3d printed and requires no screws to put it together. This kit comes complete with the net cups and all the instructions below. Depending on how mine grows, I will create an extension arm to lift the grow lights higher if the plants grow too tall. I printed mine using Generic PLA, I found the basin adhesion not so great that water would leak, so I used water based glue and pasted a thin layer all around the water basin, no she don't leak no more. One kit takes approx 17 hours to print everything - I printed using 0.2mm. Instructions: Use about 300mm of the LED strip stick in the groves of the top plate and run cable down the pole arm (there is a hidden cable runner inside). There is a hidden hole inside the pole to the basin to run the water pump cable. I have mine connected to a ATTINY85, which controls the water pump inside the basin and also controls the LED lights. I coded the water pump to activate every hour and the LED lights turn off for a 3 hours during the day. I fill the water basin with hydroponic nutrients. All the electronics are mounted at the lower back of the light pole, as this is v1, I didn't bother making a cover for the electronics. Here are the consumables you will need: The net cups are designed to fit a 30mm coconut coir growing mediums, one kit fits up to 6 net cups, I got mine from here, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224522095650?hash=item34468f4c22:g:kaoAAOSwyApg4rVm&frcectupt=true The top plate requires some tinkering and soldiering, you will need a roll of LED grow lights, I got mine from here, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/234112706379?hash=item368234674b:g:1KEAAOSwDiphBPfP&frcectupt=true Buy the hydroponic nutrients, (measurement guides come with the package) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/174856783164?var=474029786226 Buy the ATTINY85 here, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/392469599826?hash=item5b6102d652:g:QLkAAOSwhQpdnARB&frcectupt=true Buy the 5v USB water pump here, (also used to move create movement in the water and to distribute the nutrients. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393425084128?hash=item5b99f65ee0:g:blYAAOSwrqdg4Av4 Buy a 5v relay, (used to power the water pump) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/132649566979?hash=item1ee287c303:g:9rwAAOSwWkFep9fM:sc:AU_AusPostStandardLetter!2605!AU!-1 I'm growing these lettuce seeds at the moment, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/132967208086?hash=item1ef5769496:g:hdgAAOSwSJVatWfL I've love to see your prints and what you grow. Happy growing.