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Derek Caelin is writing a book

It is just wild how hard it is to buy some things from an online site other than Amazon.

Where can I find hydroponics equipment?

@derek
Maybe eBay, but I guess that's the same problem?

@stevensrmiller nutrient solution, a small pump, and those pad thingees. basically the whole shebang minus the pvc pipes.

@derek

So not an industrial-level farm, then?

I know they can be scary as all hell, but I've actually had nothing but success with Temu. I do recommend using a burner debit card, just in case. But maybe they have some of what you want and, if they do, it's probably cheap.

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@stevensrmiller home system, impulse buy. Temu has popped up! Thanks for the tip.

@derek

Please report on how that works out.

So far, I've bought some plastic cat toys, two different Arduino starter kits, a multimeter, and an optical thermometer from them. Not one of those things cost me more than ten bucks, and all of them work fine. The multimeter and thermometer probably wouldn't survive a drop on a hard floor, but they work and tested within a percent of my "good" ones at our lab. The Arduinos seem AOK too.

Good luck!