My wall-mounted plant germination station is complete! 🌱 (hexbear.net)

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Been cooking this idea for a while and finally got all the equipment for it. Took me all day but it's finally done! Just gotta plug it into a timer once January comes around.

Context: I love gardening but my place gets exactly zero natural light inside, so I had to devise some way of germinating seeds indoors in the cold months before spring rolls around when I can move them all outside. Last year I just put all my plants on a counter top and pointed some lights at them, but that quickly became very messy and I ran out of space. This way, everything is up and out of the way and I'll have ample space for all my plants 🌱

Btw I don't know why there are those black streaks across the picture something to do with how the lights refract I guess I dunno.

For those curious, the equipment:

Wall mounted storage cabinet
2X Spider Farmer Glow30 grow lights
2X computer fans (I used two Noctua fans because I had some spares laying around from a previous PC build but you could use anything really)
2X four-pin to USB adapter cables
Wall mounted power strip with USB ports
4X 4" pipe grate

Just needed a 4" and 1.5" hole saws to drill the holes required to install it all. I know I'm not getting the maximum voltage for those fans (5V rather than 12V) but I'm not to worried about it, should work just fine to get a little breeze going in there.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This is awesome! Well done! Noctua fans are awesome. So quiet!

What are you planning on germinating?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thanks!

This year I made what was essentially a proof of concept for an outdoor hydroponic system, so next year I'll be expanding on it. Primarily I'll be growing:

Hot peppers
Strawberries
Cape gooseberries

In hydro, and in soil likely:

Tomatoes
Snap peas
Cucumbers

And whatever else I have room for until I run out of areas of sunlight that I can grow in :) Also looking into getting some blueberry bushes, depending on where I can fit them. I'll be sure to post progress updates next year!

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