Not growing much this year and what I am growing tend to be low maintenance like root crops. Might grow a cherry tomato plant or two and some peppers, Shishito and Korean Red. The high tunnel is still just a poly film roof, no ends, no sides. Got a ton of work to do to…
I think I could do better but I’m also not the one that came up with it so it would only be improving it and I do have 50 years experience as a fabricator so …
On CBW modules, a Timer can be set on Scheduled Tasks and then an Trigger of When Timer 1 Expires set in Conditional Tasks. I did 1) Set Timer 1 to 20 seconds at 6am 2) When Timer 1 expires – turn off LEDs They turned off at 6:00:20 Not a very useful scenario but…
Before I found out about the CBW controllers, I programmed a Unitronics V120 industrial PLC to be an irrigation controller but a very manual controller. Power it up and enter how many minutes you want the pump relay on for and hit Run. When it ends, hit Run and it will run for that same…
Found this on an electrical discussion forum and later in an installation manual for a linear actuator which is what I’ll be using to open and close gable vents and possibly sides of the tunnel. The set up uses two SPDT relays to reverse polarity on a DC motor so it can spin in either…
Sowed some beans and melons and got really poor germination. Seeds were for 2022 which is a little old but not that old. Checked my soil temps yesterday. At 6am, 2 inches down, 77 degrees. At 3pm, 2 inches down in bare soil, 98 degrees. In the shade of tomato plants and under a pile…
I’ve got more 1/4″ drip tubing on the way but worked with what I have to add a single line each for the two new beds I just added and seeded with bush beans, cucumbers, mini watermelon and squash. The unfinished high tunnel has stayed moist due to all the rain we’ve had and the…
