Hydroponic Vertical Garden

Now, all gutters are mounted on the wall and the main drain pipe is connected. Because this is a thick tube that is normally used for underground water pipeline, it needs support construction so the water flows in right direction. Each gutter is leveled with a slope of 1cm per 1m.

The drain tube are connected by printed parts and by silicone glue.

This is the first prototype of pipeline support.

Meanwhile the lettuce grow, the weatherman says the next night become frosty, hope the plant stay alive.

The six one meter long gutters must be removed first before the longer new can be mounted.

On the basis of a plan I install all gutters.

Because four holder are missing, one last short gutter can not installed. It will find his place on the upper left.

Two short gutters filled with picking lettuce that grew in the last weeks with too little light so they had a long stem.

The next days I hope that I will find time to install the pump and mount a drain pipe over the total length of five meters.

Four gutters are bought including end caps and drain connectors are printed. I am in hurry, the weather gets better and the lettuce plantlets become tall.

For the next four gutters each is two meters long I need minimum three holders to mount them at the wooden wall cover. So the 3D printer has some busy days :-).

Now, a much too warm february is over, I started to sow seed of pick lettuce and, what a magic of life, first seedling outgrows only after two days. I hope that, depending on weather situation, I can put them outside after two weeks.

We plan to expand the installation with four more gutters to the right side each with 2 meters length. Hope that the pump will have enough power to suply all gutters with water.