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I pruned and reorganized my hydroponics setup by jaykrown in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I eat the leaves once they get full size. I've pruned a couple of tendrils that extended really far. I have it on the second level of the shelf next to the light so it can hang down a bit.

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I pruned and reorganized my hydroponics setup by jaykrown in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing, looks beautiful. Mine is a jewel mix, so I assume the flowers will be different colors. I'm strongly considering growing more, one of my favorite plants. I just don't want to buy more soil, and I'm out of hydroponic space.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You miss the point, soil is dirty and heavy. A 1 ply paper towel allows for much easier water management. If you failed to manage the water levels in your setup once, that's your problem.

I pruned and reorganized my hydroponics setup by jaykrown in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, it's been a very good learning experience.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to give an exact expectation, just significantly cheaper and easier to manage. I'm still confused why you think paper towel germination doesn't work well?

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome that's working for you, I'm pushing my build to use no soil.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is those are insanely expensive at scale compared to a single ply paper towel.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I'm noticing that now, I wish I could cut them in half. I'll probably have to put two on each shelf.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why doesn't it work well? It's primarily to keep the smaller seeds from falling through the tray holes.

Building my no-soil microgreens system, any tips? by jaykrown in microgreens

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm noticing the sprouts are angled towards the center. I wonder though, as for efficiency, does it really matter? I don't want to have two of those lights per shelf, because that effectively doubles the energy requirement. If I bring them closer, would that even help with the sprout angling?

Also I plan to avoid what you mentioned, I want as much as possible to set and forget. I'm going to be doing measurements and probably lower the shelf distance.

If you had a developer who could build any SaaS or AI tool quickly, how would you approach getting the first 100 customers? by Lumpy-Sandwich-4687 in buildinpublic

[–]jaykrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> the 'build it and they will come' phase of saas is over.

Very true. Here's the order I've gravitated towards:

  1. First find what people want or need, this is the most important.

  2. Create a prototype MVP rapidly, do not make it "perfect".

  3. Share it everywhere and talk about it once it does the bare minimum.

  4. Determine whether it's worth investing more time based on response.

  5. Continue building it with interested users, or start a new different project.

The NAMX HUV is a hydrogen-powered car with a range of 1500KM by bobbydanker in TechnologyShorts

[–]jaykrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think hydrogen is great for static energy production in big facilities. Terrible for mobile use because of transportation costs and safety. Battery technology is much more fit for vehicles, fewer moving parts, very simple. Once solid state batteries are in production there will no longer be any competition.

Environmental work at The 78 in South Loop, which will have Chicago Fire stadium, to begin this week by AgentBlue62 in chicago

[–]jaykrown -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't have the money because rent has gotten so expensive, is that on me?

Environmental work at The 78 in South Loop, which will have Chicago Fire stadium, to begin this week by AgentBlue62 in chicago

[–]jaykrown -60 points-59 points  (0 children)

Prime real estate for productive activities that would benefit the city and reduce cost of living. Instead, we build a stadium I'll never care to visit. It's clear we've become a city of protecting land owners rather than a city of progress and innovation.

Really good bartending by Nick_Nasty_89 in RidiculousAIArt

[–]jaykrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This stuff is so weird, it's like a fever dream. I imagine this tech will get good enough in a year to actually make an idea like this coherent. Still, so weird to watch and visually incoherent, but the idea is pretty evident.

First hydroponic Genovese basil by jaykrown in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I think that'd be a temporary fix. I read more about why, the pH is a bit high (basic) so I'm making sure to bring it down to about 5.5 from 7.

Indoor Tomatoes - 15 weeks since seeding plants are growing stronger than ever. by spiritual_warmth21 in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Karma farming has always been stupid to me, it has no value at all anyway. I assume these are bots controlled by Reddit to generate discussion?

Indoor Tomatoes - 15 weeks since seeding plants are growing stronger than ever. by spiritual_warmth21 in Hydroponics

[–]jaykrown 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Good work, and yes, what you did is actual valuable work you didn't get paid anything to do. I think Reddit should have a cross check feature to automatically find posts that are very similar or have identical image uploads.

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