A solar panel powered watering system for a hydroponic garden. This system uses technology (solar panel) and thousands year old know how (Japanese ShiShi Odoshi) combined to make a simple yet effective self watering garden.
This garden hangs on my backyard fence here in Texas and worked enough to produce tomatoes, green peppers and Jalapenos all summer long.
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I typically do have …
I typically do have covers for the water containers, but I removed them for making the video. Not so much so for concerns for algae, but to keep the local mosquito population at bay. As far as making a cover for the solar panel, I am pretty far south in Texas so snow is not a problem. I did try putting netting over my tomato plants to keep the birds away and that seemed to work fine. Thanks!
Very innovative …
Very innovative setup! I really find the solar panel very interesting to be used with hydroponics. I believe this is a tool that can help create better results in hydroponics gardening. But I think that you should put a removable cover for the whole area where your system is installed to protect your plants from pests as well the snow during winter. Also, leaving the water containers open can be a little risky because doing that can help promote the spread of algae inside your water reservoir.