I have been doing a lot of stuff since my last blog update (which was eons ago…), one of which is building my own aeroponic setup.
The main intention is to attempt to grow something in my hdb flat. And what better than to grow some lettuce for salads and stuff. Anyway, I’ll keep the story short and show more pics of the whole setup.
We need an aquarium pump, PVC pipes, PVC joints, net pots, opaque plastic box
Drill some holes to place the netpots.
Use a holesaw to do this.
Remains of the cover after being sawed.
All holes drilled and netpots in.
Drill holes at the PVC pipe to direct water to the netpots
Attach the pump to the pipe and test the water flow.
Check if water sprays into the netpot
Final check if all water streams hit the net pots. Add nutrient solution and cover up.
Fully assembled! Finally!
Fill netpots with leca balls and growing medium (vermiculite)
Place the seeds in. Two in each netpot. (butterhead used)
Water the seeds with nutrient solution and start waiting.
Well, that’s about it so far. Anyway, I didn’t really go into step by step detail as well as explain how aeroponic (mine is not true aeroponics by the way) works. Let’s leave that till next time if my seeds do manage to germinate. No point me telling you guys all that if it’s a failed project. So stay tuned in the next few days. I’ll put up a post if i succeed in germinating the seeds.