Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by alexellisuk » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 10:54 AM UTC

Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi
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Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by alexellisuk » Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 10:55 AM UTC

We have 28 people participating now, with live-previews, lots of Twitter activity and prizes to give away for folks who complete the various parts of the challenge.

The code is open source and includes a data logger and Grafana dashboard that's fun to use even if you are not growing things.

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by unwind » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 5:57 PM UTC

Meta: I think the title would work better if it said "your own food".

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by stevekemp » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC

unwind wrote: post #3

Meta: I think the title would work better if it said "your own food ".

That was a very confusing title, especially considering that I dug up some wild raspberry bushes this morning, to plant upon my balcony!

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by throwaway744678 » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:12 PM UTC

unwind wrote: post #3

Meta: I think the title would work better if it said "your own food ".

As a non-native english speaker, I first confused the title with the expression "grow a pair". I wondered how a Pi would help in that case.

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by iancmceachern » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:53 PM UTC

alexellisuk wrote: post #2

We have 28 people participating now, with live-previews, lots of Twitter activity and prizes to give away for folks who complete the various parts of the challenge. The code is open source and includes a data logger and Grafana dashboard that's fun to use even if you are not growing things.

My wife and I founded Open Agriculture Supply (www.openagriculturesupply.com) years ago to support the mit open agriculture initiative that ultimately fizzled out. We'd love to support in any way you need!

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by tailspin2019 » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 7:38 PM UTC

unwind wrote: post #3

Meta: I think the title would work better if it said "your own food ".

Yeah I was confused by this title last time (this post seems to be a repeat from a week or two ago)

Edit: seems that the link is different from last time. The GitHub README that this links to gives a much better introduction to this project than the previously linked website [0] does (in terms of quickly understanding what it is).

Plus it looks like a really great project.

[0] https://growlab.dev

Re: Show HN: Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi

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Post by na85 » Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

I love stuff like this. I recently[0] put some raspberry pis and beaglebones to work monitoring my plants (though my own solution is not as smooth as this, and I didn't opt for photo capability).

My robogardeners alert me via push notification on my phone when e.g. my basil needs watering, and I can issue them commands to set water/dryness thresholds via IRC.

[0] https://0x85.org/raspi.html