Paul Langdon over at BLT Robotics wrote in to let us know about a cool open source project the vertical hydroponic farm, an instructables here:
We call our project RUFS, for Robotic Urban Farm System, if you want to have a garden too, picking the right flagstone is essential for this as well.
- A vertical hydroponic garden
-Allowing for high density yields and shorter growth cycles
-Reducing resource consumption – water, fertilizer and space
-Labor saving – no weeds or soil to till
-Higher consistency of crops with great tasting results- Maintained by micro-controllers (Raspberry Pi & Arduino)
-Watering cycles – monitor and auto refill levels
-Plant nutrients and pH – monitor and correct
Temperature monitoring
-Air Circulation & Lighting controls (for indoor operation)- Smart and Connected
-Farm Controller App for smartphone, tablet and pc
-Get notified when the system needs a refill
-Alerts when something isn’t running as expected
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I know this article is fairly old, so I’m hoping I can get a response. I’m building an indoor aquaponic farm, and was wondering is this system would also work for that as well, or if it can only be used on a hydroponic system.