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choasforages:
i don't grow illegal veggies....i just think it would be cool to use a computer to grow any kinda veggies...kinda like that german dude that built rockets "i only make sure the rockets go up, i have no say in where they come down"

Aloone_Jonez:
Forget the software, how about the hardware?

You'll need to consider:

Heating, what fuel do you want to use? oil/gas/electricity.
If you choose gas you could use the CO2 to make your plants photosynthesize more efficiently.

Irrigation - pumps, rain water collection, recycling and filtering of used water, you also might want to add fertilizer to the water.

Ventilation - fans/shutters.

Insulation - you might want to add blinds or curtains to keep the heat in at night.

Lighting, are you going to install UV lamps?

PC interface - you'll need loads of electronics just to connect all of this hardware to your PC, I might be able to give you a hand here. :)

This is a very complex engineering project, what particle/technical experience to you have?

choasforages:
embeded stamp...and relays...ive seen it done, on an industrial scale. you could control the water with electronic valves, it would be most effeicent to run said system off the grid. ventilation would be essiantial to any system like this, too much co2 cuases plants to die, also, since we are trying to be echo friendly, we could use some equipment to scrub co2 out of the atmosphere and use it boost the plants rate of growth.

also into the consideration for an effiecent setup would be a balancer on the lighting, so it can cover more area

Aloone_Jonez:
I can see how too much CO2 could be a problem but  I wouldn't remove it all as it's required for photosynthesis and the plants will die.

By the way, is this one of those ideas you have that you'll probably never do you do you really plan to do this?

choasforages:
depends......

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