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Klorofila
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Добавлен 15 июл 2020
Innovative irrigation for indoor vertical farming
Microgreen watering automation, new siphon
Visit www.klorofila.ca for more information
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Adding fans in the controlled grow tent
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Added some computer fans and connected them to my controller. The LED Lights and the controller are custom designed prototype. For more information on them, check out the website: www.klorofila.ca
Making a heat sink for the microgreen controller
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Making a heat sink for the microgreen controller
Microgreen Germination issues
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microgreens auto germination chamber
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🏡Website www.ecotechfarm.com 📨Contact info@ecotechfarm.com 🟢Grow Tent - US: amzn.to/3payOQg CA: amzn.to/2SpKW3P 🟢Shelf - US: amzn.to/3c80BeM CA: amzn.to/3tceeiQ 🔵Air Filter - US: amzn.to/3yVJnuT CA: amzn.to/2HswpyR 🔵Humidifier - US: amzn.to/3wMlAvK CA: amzn.to/2Ev0f4A 📖Light Management... - US: amzn.to/3uFjE6L CA: amzn.to/3j17qAA 🧰TDS meter - US: amzn.to/3uGdEuG CA: amzn.to/2FK8BGd 🧰PH meter - ...
Best Automated microgreen top and bottom watering!
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Best Automated microgreen top and bottom watering!
Automated Microgreens - No more watering!!
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Automated Microgreens - No more watering!!
High Efficiency LED grow light! - progress Update
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High Efficiency LED grow light! - progress Update
Automated microgreens and hydroponics!
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Automated microgreens and hydroponics!
Power display for LED lights - Hydroponics
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Power display for LED lights - Hydroponics
Microgreen automation progress, update - 2
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Microgreen automation progress, update - 2
Data acquisition for microgreen farm - Google sheets
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Data acquisition for microgreen farm - Google sheets
Automated Flud and Drain - Microgreens
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Automated Flud and Drain - Microgreens
Automated Microgreens - Answering your questions
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Automated Microgreens - Answering your questions
Beau set up man 🤙🤙
PAR values? Can you show the spectrum output?
Thanks for sharing
bell siphons already exist.
Instead of using top watering systems that require a lot of fine-tuning, you can soak your wheatgrass seeds for a day and use only bottom watering after spreading those on the trays. Another thing is, you don't really need soil for cultures like wheatgrass or alfalfa. Wheatgrass has really strong roots and grows up to 10-15 cm or about 5" without any soil.
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where can we find some detailed step by step to-do list and compoments to replicate the system, with local parts suppliers?
smh... I think you missed the part where he selfishly said that he doesn't want to give up too much information, so that no copies his design.
Do you have any contact information? I'd love to see what's for preorder!
I've watched all your videos and you're inspiring me a lot 🙏 Regarding the siphon: Have you thought about what happens if the water level, for whatever reason, couldn't rise to the desired level? I have no experience with growing greens and I don't know if this is even a thing but it just came to my mind that the trays might sit in water Regarding your lights: Are you still working on this project? I'm interested in lights like you have build them mainly because of the cost factor since I'm just thinking about getting into growing / automating and over 100 bucks for some LED's is a bit expensive for me
Same here!
Was it mold or roots ,, because mold need light
Which grow tent is this?
What pump do you have? The specs?
Don't give up on building this company. I am looking forward to order your system when finished and available to ship to europe. Cheers
I just copied your design. Patent destroyed
You've got your sockets underneath your water filled trays?
What medium are you using for these microgreens? Rockwell??
I live in the UAE and we currently do exactly what you're doing. They have entire automated aquaponic facilities in Al Ain and almost every grocery store in Dubai does this exact same growing method. They've been doing it for years. You should check them out.
Is this the only way to do this? Is it possible to just use float valves that drain once the water hits a certain level and drain into a lower tray, then repeat until it drains back into the bucket?
that's called a Bell Siphon.
Awesome man! I love your channel!
Drag its you that's crazy!
Thanks a lot for sharing such valuable details about your project! A couple of questions, if you'll let me: how many times a day do you flood it? also, once you flood, do you drain the water or will the tray be dried by the roots ingestion of water? Thank you once again!
Coolest microgreen channel on RUclips
I can tell just by watching this video alone that you, sir, have a genius mind.
This is my first of your videos, but I want to find about all the programming and hardware that lets you water automatically.
【promosm】 ?
I also use a germ “chamber” with a temp regulated crock pot of water for temp and humidity. I use an old refrigerator for the chamber. I like you set up. I wonder if you need coir.. maybe screens for substrate? ✌🏽🌱❤️
interesting! I would be worried about mold in your fridge. In my tent I can circulate fresh air to help with that I have played with hemp and screens but when I produced for my clients they preferred organic soil: so i kept practicing with it to make sure that the setup worked over time with loose soil ;) Now I am focusing on the tech so I might go back to screens and hemp ;)
We’re did you get the larger trays that you are flooding?
Those are botanicare flood tables. I got them from Agron. Btw, my last videos is an update on this watering system, you might be interested ;)
Keep it up!
That's the plan! thanks <3
Interesting
Love ur vids
Thanks! Happy to hear that
How are you selling wheatgrass?
in two ways, I just cut it and sell it (plastic bag) and i also have a juice extractor to convert it into juice that i freeze and sell as ice cube packs
@@klorofila bless your heart for replying. Care to drop a nugget on your target market? There is t one where i live. I’ve developed a market for microgreens and have done well so far. There is zero wheat grass here but I feel like it could be big, I just haven’t met anyone willing to share some wisdom nuggets!
Hey awesome video! I want to order a set of these, I'm in New York, USA - would you be able to ship them to me? Thanks!
Hello, Thanks for the interest, I really appreciate it. I have tested these lights for the past months and made a new version that I am about to test. You will be able to get the newer version in a few weeks (hopefully). Make sure to follow and I will let everyone know when it happens
with the google calendar bruh???
Yes, you can easily change the plant schedules with that ;)
@@klorofila I've watched your videos and while I use Raspberry Pi with code adjustments the simplicity of Calendar is hard to beat, so you have me convinced... Just be careful with daylight savings and such which automatically change the time, but you've been doing this for 2 years now you probably already know
I like how you share the whole process of creating a very professional controller. Something i would love to see added: growth programs. What i mean, i would like to be able to save a certain amount of pre-programmed schedules for different seeds. By simply selecting the schedule, it would be so cool if all the events are automatically scheduled in google calendar. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for you feedback! I plan on working on that feature ;) happy to hear that others would also like it
Great setup, dude! I am looking into doing something similar. Somethings maybe you could look into: 1. Mesh bottom grow trays for hydroponics. Allows more of a root system to come into contact with the grow solution. 2. Capacitive moisture probes that you can put under your substrate to be able to finely monitor substrate or root moisture content. 3. Individual flood and drain solenoids for each 10x20 tray. This will allow you to vary watering as per crop recipe. 4. Redundancy shutoffs or alarms for fan and light failure (current monitoring maybe) or photodiode, and airflow switches. 5. Flood mitigation. Level sensors where if a valve gets stuck on, it would shut off pumps and activate drains as to not flood your grow tent or house. When I learned PLC's a long time ago in school, we always had to think of people, production, and property damage risk mitigation through automation. I wish I knew how to program like you do! Amazing job! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the great feedback! Some of this stuff is in my to-do list ;) I love the redundancy reminder, i should work on that too I made decent progress since the last video and hope that you'll enjoy my next update (when I get to recording it)
Hm... you are not afraid of mold issues with the germination chamber ? I'm not sure if this is good idea having water mist system on top of high humidity. Not having air movement in there might be an issue . I guess you will find out . Also looks like you not stacking the trays with weight Interesting . Keep up good work .
thanks for the comment. Yes I am haha, so keeping an eye on it to see how it goes. That being said, there is a fan always moving the air inside and i will have another fan that will regularly bring fresh air inside. so the plan is to have fresh/humid air. not stale air
I need this system to purchase
Saw your post on FB 👍
Neat system. I would worry about something going wrong during the night with my luck LOL. I always take a picture of the water valve so when I wake up at 2 am with the sinking feeling I left the water on, I can prove to myself it is off and go back to sleep. I guess that becomes a fear when you top off the pool and forget and leave it on all night 🙃
yeah things have gone wrong during the day and at night haha but that i one of the reasons I use a grow tent: the bottom is waterproof, so no leaks on my wooden floor ;) my reservoir is so small that even if it all ends up all spilling, it would still be contained in the tent
@@klorofila Yeah, I figured the damage would be minimal because of the size of the reservoir, unlike my pool incident. LOL We had water all the way across the property. Good thing I was on a well and not city water.
Your water level control design look to be an inversed toilet filling design, I'm drunk and it took me 30 second to guess how a system similar to yours would look like, then you calculated the opening flow ratio to be equal to your pump GPM, to keep the same water level, a slight angle and aquaphobic coating and you should be able to stretch you watering cycle before cleaning from 20 to 35%If had to guess you have a something smilar to a telsa valve design to control your waterflow and reduce the amount of turbulence your roots have to deal with but I'm reaching at that point. Anyway, the barrier of entry is too low for that specific one, hardware is stupidly easy to copy and is not a viable base to build your business strategy at such a low level of engineering, you should focus on the software side, your goal should be to make it the most convenient possible to use and assemble. Love your work, you were an invaluable source of inspiration at my lowest, All the love.
Thank you for the message! You got some of it right and some of it wrong ;) over time I found simpler tricks to make it work with any GPM (so not tied to a specific pump). You are correct that this stuff is easy to copy and that is why I stopped showing some of it. I am trying to make is simple for the user and small changes seem obvious but are hard to find haha. I think that my drain reached that point and I am looking into patents. Thank you for the kind message and I look forward to seeing your next comment Michel :)
@@klorofila @EcoTech Fr the GPM you are right, the solution is pretty simple actually, the GPM never really mattered at least just the maximum amount you are able to drain within your system specs; the water level is the most important factor, the opening size should be tied to the water level to achieve parity. I have some design input I'd like to give but youtube isn't best channel for this kind of talk.
Hi, what brand is the watering system (top sprinklers, ball valves…)?
they don't have a brand written on them. I talk with Chinese suppliers and get them from there
@@klorofila Do you have a link? I am thinking of doing a DIY version myself, thank you for your insights on automatisation
Please move your electronics to the top shelf at the very least. Your top watering overspray can cause a short and start a fire.
Great point! I am doing that on purpose and keeping an eye on it (I am there during top watering events). The boards are conformal coated and I want to see how bad it get to know how to improve the design
@@klorofila Get all the non necessary outside of the tent, why are you still working tthis kind of growth tent design, I thought you would have switch to coated endoskeleton design by now, the board have no need to be in contact with the environment nor to be tested when your first design principle should have been durability. I have the basics of a design that would allow the durability by isolating all your electronic from the water and would make it easily scalable. I'm thrilled to see the evolution of your work.
Are you working with arduino? Or how you translate the data to youR computer? Where i'm from there is not too much tech, but is just a thing of learning by ourselves and then go on trough.
This project started with Arduino (years ago) but I moved onto the ESP32 family. It is very similar but has better performance + Bluetooth and WIFI integrated
Damn son, that is a pretty sick setup!
Great work :D
I like the way you are approaching the automation. I would like you lower the over head hose so that is don't wet up the LED to cause a short circuit. I would try implement a moisture sensor which will prevent over watering.
Thank you! yeah having the water under the LEDS would protect them but that would also mean that some LEDs would be covered by the tube, leading to less light and heating the tube. So I am going to try conformal coating to waterproof the LED boards
@@klorofila It is going to be a tricky situation but if something come to mind I will let you know.
I dont know if it is just me.. but color of the leaves looks better on the barrina LEDs, the color of the leaves on the eco lights looks a little bit pale, plus they have a smaller size..
Good..
Thanks 😊
Hi, I have a setup similar to yours. Have you ever had trouble draining the flood trays? My water pump is only sucking air since the main water channel is not always full with water... Any ideia on how to solve this? Thank you a lot!
Hello, i was using a prismatic pump to avoid your issue but then I was facing clogging issues. So I reverted to a regular drain, with a custom bell syphon
@@klorofila Thank you! I'll need to look at other solutions because I really want to water each table independently
Maybe sub to this channel. I will soon do a video update on my system and plan on selling this system when I feel that it is good enough ;)
Impressive system, I was wondering what type of water pumps do you use? I noticed they are not submersible. Do you have a solenoid valve on the drain pipes to prevent the water from draining until you need it to drain?
Prismatic pumps. I got those because they are very good at self priming and wanted to use that for something.. but it didn't work. I would not recommend them ;) No solenoid on the drain but i have custom bell syphons for that. It removed the need for hardware and makes the system simpler :)
@@klorofila Thanks for responding. Great info.
Do you have any issues with mold growing in hemp while using an automated system? I’ve been testing on hemp and biostrate and hemp grows better but i have experienced mold issues with it.
yes I had been having mold issues. ventilation helped to reduce it but couldn't get rid of it consistently. I reverted back to soil