Growing Costco Strawberries in a 3D printed hydroponics tower

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Buying bare root strawberry plants and putting them in a 3D printed hydroponics tower is a simple thing to do if you want to get started in hydroponics.
You can print to the size of your print bed, buy the bare root strawberry plants and be growing within no time.
I will do update video on everything on the channel so you can see how things are going. As we are still due some snow here in AB, Canada (April 11th) the tower is staying inside for a few more weeks.

Do you grow strawberries at home? Soil or Hydroponics? Let me know in the comments.

The 3D files for printing the hydroponics tower are located here:

NOTE: These are not my files, the link is to their current location. Any issues with the 3d print files are not mine and you should contact the owner.
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Thanks for this video! Been exploring the growing and hydroponics space and I didn't know there was such thing as bare roots until I saw your video!

UpGado
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What are your thoughts on making the tower without the internal tubing guides and use a pvc pipe with misting nozzles. I have printed this tower myself with indoor grow light arms and my main complaint was any shuffling of tower components would require a full disassembly due to the tubing being routed through each piece. With the misting setup, you could twist and pull without having to fuss about a tube or a top piece. so if you wanted to add fresh plants to the bottom and keep a rotation going you always have fully grown stuff at the top or vice versa. Yes you could pull the inserts that the plants sit in, but at the expense of possibly damaging roots.

josephcatano
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Any updates? I'm just about finished printing a hydroponic tower and I'm going to go get some strawberry root stock today. How are your plants doing 4 months later?

eliasclawson
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I just go to my local strawberry farms and pay them for the runners. Those bagged strawberries sit on the shelf for far too long before you put them in the system. Did you add any nutrients? What was the E.C? Did you use tap water or RO? How did you adjust your PH, With acid? Did you have any problems with light leak? Algae growth? Fungus gnats?
I am very experienced at hydroponics, however these are the type of questions that beginners need to ask before taking the time to assemble these systems. Having a fancy hydroponic tower is nice, but if you don't know some simple water chemistry you're just wasting your time.

garden_dork
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I'm wondering how much filament this uses.. A lot is very vague.. Could just weigh some parts to have some rough cost estimation

veryrudeguy
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How long do you need the water running for. Im thinking it might be a good idea to have it solar powered if you dont need water running 24/7

davidl
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Is there a way to do this to link multiple towers together without buying a ton of water pumps?

js
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Nice cant wait for youre update video i just made the same only a few sections higher, i have a question though what time interval do you run youre pump?

Wietzevanderlaan
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what interval do you put on the water pump timer ?

ragnarmarnikulasson
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I love th bucket, what brings you here? Spouse? Work?

jamess
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do you have the link for the bolts you used and the ring i cants find it on printables

coachnick
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Hi man :D
Can you post a link for base I cant find it enywhere :(

GenevaFly
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Have you done any sealing to your tower?

thebigdoss
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Whats with the microplastics?. Does it leach into the vegetable?

RimlaAri
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PLA can degrade in water and become brittle not to mention UV and warping depending on where you live. Use a PVC pipe as the main body, print a guide to drill angled holes and print the pods to place in it. Hydroponics while it does have high yield due to growing vertically, it does require you to buy liquid nutrients and requires much more attention than normal soil gardening. Do your research before you go ahead and waste a ton of filament printing a hydroponics system.

am_stephanos
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the whole world is trying to get microplastic out of their food, but 3d printer bros are adding plastic to their food on purpose

schwarzarbyter