Update: Maker Challenge No.2 - Aqua / Hydroponic Garden Maker Challenge - 45 STEEM in Rewards

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Update: The Reward Pool for this Challenge has increased to 45 STEEM - 10 STEEM Eachwill be awarded to the top 4 Aqua / Hydroponic Garden posts. Many thanks to @aggroed for offering the added 20 STEEM to the reward pool :)

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The Maker Challenge is a series of maker challenges presented by the Meadows & Makers podcast. Each challenge will allow 1-2 weeks for completion and submission. Top entries will be announced on the podcast and rewarded with STEEM. The Music Maker Challenge was the first challenge in the series.

Aqua / Hydroponic Garden - Maker Challenge No.2

Hydroponic gardens usually use no soil, instead a growing medium like baked clay balls or rockwool is used to grow the plants on. The plants gather their nutrients from the water medium or medium cups are sitting in. The water has to flow, or a bubbler used to keep the water oxygenated for the plant roots. Nutrients are added to the water with a Hydroponic system, an Aquaponic system uses well fed and maintained fish to provide the nutrients.

Aqua / Hydroponic Garden Post Specifications:

  • A post detailing your own Aqua/Hydroponic Garden setup (new or existing) is preferred
  • A post detailing your planned setup would be accepted
  • A post detailing another persons setup - with their permission - would be accepted

Rewards for Selected Posts:

  • The Top Four (4) Posts selected will receive 10 STEEM each.
  • Additional Selected Posts will split the remaining 5 STEEM.
  • 25 STEEM has been set aside for the Aqua / Hydroponic Garden Post Challenge payouts (@offgrid-online)
  • 20 STEEM for the winners has been offered by @aggroed
  • 45 STEEM total for the prize pool

Contest Schedule:

  • Contest starts with this post
  • Entries will be accepted until the end of the day - Friday November 2nd, 2018
  • Rewards will be paid out before the Meadows & Maker podcast on Saturday November 3rd, 2018 (5-7PM UTC)
  • Results from the contest will be announced on the Saturday Nov 3rd podcast and in the show's curation post

How to Enter:

Paste a link to your Aqua/Hydroponic Garden Maker Challenge post in the comments section below, or contact @makinstuff or @jackdub on steemit or discord.

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I'll kick in another 20 steem to the winners. Just let me know.

Thanks @aggroed - that's awesome, much appreciated. It will really sweeten the pot, i'll let the growers know :)

Very nice! Thank you for your submission Amber! Great write up eh ;) are those window planters you used for your growing containers?

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I'll have to think about doing a post for this. I was doing some aquaponic gardening for the past few years.

Definitely should do a post, I'm curious to see. It's the perfect time of year, I'm going to set up a little something myself :)

Maaan!! i'm just preaparing a hidroponic set up and this post felt like a ring to the finger! for sure i will be posting a entry to the contest with the hydroponic set up i'm doing!

i just made my entry post for the contest!!

https://steemit.com/gardening/@malos10/maker-challenge-no-2-my-hydroponic-setup

@jackdub and @makinstuff thanks really much for hosting this contest!!

Heya - what an amazing idea!! Would wicking beds count? :)

Thanks - i'm looking forward to seeing all the setups. For sure wicking beds would count :)

We had an aquaponics set up but one day the solar pump died and 50 trout fingerlings did too. My husband was so upset we decided to give it away. Now my friends up the road are running that system and have it hooked up to power AND solar back up. It's brilliant.. I should go film it. And they don't like trout, so will give them to us!! We made an awesome fish smoker out of a beer keg. I'll find the link if anyone is interested.

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Great!!!

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Awesome @jackdub I love to see community support with cool challenges and big payouts! May the best maker win

Many thanks, I appreciate your support :)

@jackdub, go and place your daily vote for Steem on netcoins! http://contest.gonetcoins.com/

Hey all, we're enjoying all the maker challenge entries - I was inspired to put together this unofficial entry :)
https://steemit.com/gardening/@jackdub/hydroponic-garden-setup-drain-pipe-nutrient-film-method-maker-challenge-no-2-unofficial-entry

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