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Tinker ☀️Regarding indoor hydroponics...Most of my power consumption is through my grow lights (still way cheaper to grow than to buy at the grocery store).I've thought about solar panels and batteries etc... but that costs a lot of money (I havent found a non-scam solution - still researching, but let me put this down for a second).So I started thinking... instead of lining my roof or side walls with solar panels to power indoor LED grow lights......why not just install light collectors outside and funnel that light directly into my house and on too of my plants with fiber optics?!?!Basically run cabling through my house to wall literal light sockets. And attach further cabling from there to my plant shelves and setups. I could still have LEDs for augmenting the grow space if needed or during stormy days for example... but even then there is light to be collected. Anyhow!)Turns out other people have the same idea!Here is a gentleman going a into detail on the math and science of it with a DIY project: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DN8GXTmR6RI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DN8GXTmR6RI</a>There are even some companies that do this! Here's the basic idea (I stole this pic from <a href="https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/guide-to-fiber-optic-solar-lighting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/guide-to-fiber-optic-solar-lighting</a>):<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/solarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solarPunk</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/indoorFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indoorFarming</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/indoorGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indoorGardening</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hydroponics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydroponics</a>

Tinker ☀️Trouble with my hydroponics!!! Oh noooo!!!!So, two of my crops failed to germinate in the bins (I'm seeding directly from the bins and not germinating separately / planting into bins after they've sprouted).This was weird. - Four of the other crops germinated just fine.So what's going on?Got to thinking. I put water in from a different tap. Same water... right. So it's not a pH issue, etc. But the water was COLD from this other tap. Like really chilly. Whereas the four bins were filled up with warm water.So I'm thinking, maybe the temp was too cold for the seeds to germinate.I've started over, this time with warm water. Will watch if that helps. We'll see!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hydroponics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydroponics</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/indoorFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indoorFarming</a>

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