Who said I bought it? Where there’s a will there’s a way, man. You do you.

Lmfao it’s been almost 7 years

I will note that price is from the local grocery store, because fuck Walmart. But also the main reason I grow it under artificial light instead of out in the garden is because it gets so hot here that lettuce starts to bolt in May or early June. This way I have non bitter lettuce year round.

I’m not sure where you live, but where I’m at it feels like everything is expensive. Want a head of lettuce? That’s $5. You want that same head to still be good and fresh 2 weeks later? Ha! That’ll be another $5.

Whereas my 60 watt Mars Hydro (the big one) only uses $3 in electricity per month. Now the fan and the smaller supplementary light use power too. Idk how much, but it couldn’t be more than the purpose made grow light. So let’s call it $6 per month for fresh lettuce whenever I want it. Can’t beat that with a stick, bud.

For sure! If I remember you’ll get an update lol

Your greenhouse design looks very cool! Consider me subscribed! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

The walls aren’t super thick but the guy who designed this thing did a great job. I pick them up all the time, I actually take them to the sink to water them instead of taking the water to them because it’s less messy.

You can find the design here: https://www.printables.com/model/762433-expanded-a-wider-planter

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It’s a decent size for sure but I am constantly finding bigger stuff that I want to print that doesn’t fit lol.

Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro by the way. It has been a great first printer but my next one will have a truly monster build plate.

Thank you for the knowledge! It looks like foodgrade petg is 3 times the price and I don’t plan on changing nozzles and stuff to keep everything kosher anyway. So I reckon I’ll use regular petg and hit it with Shellac for the redux. Unless you have a food safe resin seal to recommend based off your research?

Thanks again!

It’s PLA. I honestly hadn’t considered the microplastics when using this material as a growing container. Though I do know not to use it to make cups and bowls and stuff that you eat out of.

I think my printer can print ABS, although I’ve never tried. Would that material be safer to grow in?

But it tastes way better than the micro plastic infused lettuce at the grocery store.

Lmfao