Akin Yildiz

hello, you can find all my work regarding plants & lights at this link; https://www.instructables.com/id/LED-lights-1/.you should stay as close as possible to cool white, 5000k and warm white, 2600k - in terms of LEDs 630nm for red and 455nm for blue/purple. but with LEDs you can also just use cool/warm white since they look more natural in addition to red and blue/purple.

hello Sonny, this is a very highly assumed misconception. i have grown plants using just white, just yellow, just red, mix of all colors.. they all work, there is however 1 thing you have to keep in mind and that is the kelvin reading of the color of lights used. 2600k-5000k are used respectively. if you don't get too far off these numbers you should be good. check this out for examples of diferrent lighting applications; https://www.instructables.com/member/Akin%20Yildiz/collections/

i'm using regular bagged soil from home depot, like soil for tomatoes or garden vegetables. to this i mix in perlite to make the soil more loose. I didn't add any fertilizer other than what was already inside the soil bag.

yes all negatives to negative, and all positive to positive on the dc adapter. however you need to wire it to hide the cables, or make room for smtg else etc. its an easy wiring, technically all lights are connected in parallel NOT series, never series with neopixels

there are webpages such as http://garden.org/plants/ we just need to be able to have pot2 connect here and choose any plant really.. and adjust itself the new values. this is totally possible, and should be fairly easy to an expert :)

do you have programming background. idea 2 with the database has been on the list for me. such a database actually does exist online. however its just an old text style webpage, the info would have to be downloaded and a web server with excel database must be created, which is down the road but is necessary for this project eventually..

hello sagieo, good question. corrosion of the water sensor is an issue, but there are ways around it. best approach is to check for water level only 2 times/day instead of every 5 seconds. it will corrode only while electricity is going thru. and plants won't die instantly as soon as they are thirsty. so even checking the water level once a day is still enough. this would make it last much longer. +6 months probably. .Luckily the sensor we are using is only 60cents and very easy to replace. you just slide the old one out and the new one in..Plants are very reactive to heat and humidity. It can heavily effect their growth rate. With this sensor in place, pot2 can alarm you when the sensor readings are above/below a certain temp&humid level, preventing a possible delay on growth.

very inspirational words, thank you for your interest. glad you like it, and hope that you will give it a try one day :)

thank you for your interest.!!

thank you for your interest. nice post yourself. automated watering in such a small space i feel like is unnecessary. reminding the gardener when to water seems like a more proper solution. after all you are going to have to refill the water tank, you might as well just water the plant.BUT have you seen the plant box; https://www.instructables.com/id/the-Plant-Doctor-f... this will have both hydroponics and soil+watering options. and i haven't gotten that far yet, it's done on paper. just not in reality yet :) you have access to a CNC or laser machine.?

sick setup, great details.. thank you for sharing.

great hack, beautiful design. voted.!!

this is incredible, thank you for sharing. beautiful design..

great idea, will try this at a future kids class. hope to post pictures :)

good point. this is exactly why pot2 is open source. so it can't fail :) there is no company to fail, it's just an online research/educational database, giving the end user the tools & information so they can just create a solution to their specific problems. in this case automated gardening..i suggest ordering the parts and giving it a go. especially if you haven't gotten into arduino yet. blynk has achieved great popularity and support. their team is very responsive and knowledgeable. and i believe you can export the data collected from their server to an excel file.