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I made a self-watering flower pot with an arduino, a moisture sensor and a small pump once. Worked like a charm. Well, until I forgot to put water in the reserv
by dirktheman 9y ago
I made a self-watering flower pot with an arduino, a moisture sensor and a small pump once. Worked like a charm. Well, until I forgot to put water in the reservoir, that is. I suppose I could hook it up to water mains, but I couldn't be bothered.
The plants we have at home are 'trained' properly so they can survive with an intermittent splash of water every now and then. At the office we have hydroculture and a gardener that takes care of them.
- zilian 9y agoSame comment, I'd like to know more about the setup if possible. I have an old arduino (1st gen) lying somewhere.
- lsaferite 9y agoJust add a low-water sensor and loud buzzer.
- pasiaj 9y agoToilet has an automatically refilling water tank. Now all you need is a hose!
- shbm 9y agoI have a similar setup but it also has an esp8266 hooked up that sends data to thingspeak. It then communicates with Pushbullet that notifies me to water the plants.
- dirktheman 9y agoI had it hooked up to internet with an ethernet shield so that it tweeted when the water level was low. That proved to be not very practical, as network cables are pretty rigid and ugly, and the plant had to be in the vincinity of a network socket. At that time, I couldn't be bothered anymore and I made something else.