Self Draining, Self Filling + More Hydroponic Cloning Machine

thekevin07

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HI

I have built a self draining, self filling with optional auto ph adjusting, and 2 nute drips that can be used for tap water or low dose nute water and clearez. You can buy an actual cloner with my smart device precablibrated or just buy my smart device and reuse your own hydroponic cloner.

If I were to release it commercially it would be completely open source. So you can add your own sensors and code them yourself or completely change how my cloner operates by removing my factory sensors and putting in your own and changing the code.

If I do this I would have to launch a kickstarter and/or indiegogo campaign and I am looking ahead to see if there is any commercial interest. I'm sure your gonna say pics so I will take some when I get back.

The prototype is crewed as it has no soldering done and there are exposed wires. That being said it works great, I've been running 3 days and I see white bumps already.


What do you think
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loftygoals

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The question is... why?

It's a cloner. pH shouldn't be changing much. You don't really need nutes (and if you want to add some they're not going to be getting used up heavily). Self draining and filling? Why?

If you were talking about a bigger scale automated whole system then people would be showing a lot of love. But a cloner? Are you sure you're not adding a whole level of complexity for no real gain?
 

thekevin07

Well-Known Member
The question is... why?

It's a cloner. pH shouldn't be changing much. You don't really need nutes (and if you want to add some they're not going to be getting used up heavily). Self draining and filling? Why?

If you were talking about a bigger scale automated whole system then people would be showing a lot of love. But a cloner? Are you sure you're not adding a whole level of complexity for no real gain?
I'm trying to come up with ways to get us out of the garden and reduce manual labor. Ive smashed my cuts a few times by having the lid off.

More importantly, the smart cloner was an easier segway into my other larger project which I'm thinking about calling smartgardencontrollers or automatic garden. This is an open source environmental control system. You get a master controller, air sensor and then you have your hydro setup and/or substrate setup. You can add as many controllers as you want and everything is plugged into my cloud which I am calling Garden Feedback. The hydro setup has valves for draining and filling and optional pumps, ppm & ph meters, nute drip to keep a consistent ppm (optional mixer to make sure ur nutes mixed up). I made all this first because I have an UC6XL undercurrent system and so far everything works for about 3 weeks now. You can buy hydro systems from me as a package or just buy my product and use it with your existing system.
For soil i have soil moisture sensors and a watering system that turns on by a schedule. Everything is solar powered (when it makes sense). I'm waiting on a few parts but those will be here any day. Everything will work out of the box, the open source element is just a bonus. Its way cheaper for me to make it closed source but I would pay a lot for the OS option as a customer.

I would love to hear what people would want to see made for there garden. If you have suggestions send them to me and as a thank you, I will send you one. would anyone buy an open source environmental controller product with cloud?
 
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