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Properduino - When an Engineer Gardens - Part 1 - Le Propergator Watering System

Step 13Run the pump a couple of times!

Run the pump a couple of times!
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Just to test it and to make sure your soils damp.
you can increase/decrease the time the pump goes on for depending on how thirsty your plants are.
Water them when you feel like it.
Code a button in so you can just push a button to water your plants.
If you are feeling adventurous, code some sort of time in so it can water the plants when you forget.
Use two arduino's an have one of them on an xbee module and light + temp sensors, the other one having the relay and a receiving module connected to it. Think creatively...

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