Because I’m making plans for Nigel…
So I discussed the wall o’plants with the Wif, and didn’t sound like she was super hip. That takes care of one problem then. Since the wall won’t be in a shared space, it doesn’t need to meet the same criterias.oSo here’s way I’m looking for:
- Robust. I hate it when things fall apart.
- Water conserving. I’ll have to bring all water in from another room, so all water loss should be minimal evaporation and harvest.
- Food grade, because I like me some veggies.
- Artificial lights, because veggies in an otherwise dark room.
- Automated. I’ll have a reservoir at the bottom with a bilge pump watering when needed. Runoff will be collected into the reservoir. Lights still be controlled. Alarm states. Everything.
Now then. I need to decide on the design. Since I’m no longer designing for two, I have a few more options. The most interesting one I’m entertaining would be horizontal 3″ pvc with goes cut out of it. Add in a slight tilt and I have water flow. What I’d probably do is add some 3/4″ as utilities and call it good. I’m almost thinking this would be ideal add I could straight up build these across the ceiling…I’m not sure I like the aesthetics though.
I should pregnant go with the box on wall design as a temporary solution. Robust. Repurposable.