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Automated greenhouse system

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Hi Ben!

I am interested in both growing plants and electronics. It would be nice if you could build a small grennhouse (maybe 1x1x1m) and use a raspberry pi to control a water pump to control humidity (perhaps a evaporator to create a mist or a dripping system), a fan to controll overheating and also a heatinglamp to control prevent freezing.   

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  • You certainly could.

     

    I had a cold frame like that for a couple of years when I was spending more time at my place in the suburbs, but I never got around to any automation beyond remote temperature sensing.  It was really fun and helped pass the winter.  I used decaying straw at the bottom for a heat source, coupla barrels of water to raise my thermal TC.  Someone had thrown out one of those little greenhouses people attach to the sides of their houses, I used that for the lid.  Before a cold snap I would water or fertilize the straw at the bottom to hasten decay thus get more heat.

     

    If you go e- you will need a battery and a means to charge it.  I think that if you made attachments on the side with computer fans you could ventilate yet they could be rain-proofed in J-shaped tubes.

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  • You certainly could.

     

    I had a cold frame like that for a couple of years when I was spending more time at my place in the suburbs, but I never got around to any automation beyond remote temperature sensing.  It was really fun and helped pass the winter.  I used decaying straw at the bottom for a heat source, coupla barrels of water to raise my thermal TC.  Someone had thrown out one of those little greenhouses people attach to the sides of their houses, I used that for the lid.  Before a cold snap I would water or fertilize the straw at the bottom to hasten decay thus get more heat.

     

    If you go e- you will need a battery and a means to charge it.  I think that if you made attachments on the side with computer fans you could ventilate yet they could be rain-proofed in J-shaped tubes.

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